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by Jon Scieszka

“Even though the Water Planet did not turn out to be a good Goldilocks Planet, it did turn out to be a good lesson on how to take care of a planet.”

by Brian Selznick

“Merwin. All life is in danger. Remember, life began as a gift, and it must always be treated as such. No matter how unstoppable the danger seems, no matter how unavoidable, there’s always something you can do.”

by Molly Bang, Penny Chisholm

“Billions of tons of fossil fuels – my sunlight energy – still lie locked deep inside the vaults of Earth. If you burn them up, Earth’s CO2 blanket will grow thicker and thicker. Your Earth will warm so much it will change in ways that no one can predict for sure.”

by Douglas W. Tallamy, Sarah L. Thomson

“We just have to change the way we think about plants.”

by Molly Bang, Penny Chisholm

“Dive into the sea! Now flip over slowly, and look up. The water is shimmering with light – my light. I am your sun, your golden star. All ocean life depends on me; so does all life on land.”

by Elyssa Campbell

“The crow had fallen out of the sky. But it hadn’t hit anything. It was fine, then it couldn’t breathe…after it had flown directly over the smokestacks through the smog. I looked back at the smelter—the smog still rising from its stacks—and frowned.”

by Molly Bang, Penny Chisholm

“I am your Sun. My energy warms your days. I light up your world. But of all my planets, only one is teeming with life: your Earth. Why? Because it is covered with water – H2O – always moving, always changing, from liquid to solid to vapor and back again.”

by Jess Keating

“Sharks were not mindless killers. Sharks were beautiful. Sharks were smart. They deserved to be studied, protected, and loved.”

by Greta Thunberg

“This is the biggest story in the world”

by M. G. Leonard

“One snowflake will melt on its own, but billions of them together … are powerful enough to change the face of a planet.”