SuitabookGreen
Nicola Davies, illustrated by Emily Sutton
- Reading
- Read the diagrams and timeline slowly rather than treating the book as a single sitting. Afterwards, choose one unfamiliar idea—such as photosynthesis or carbon storage—to revisit together.
- Themes
- Plants as planetary infrastructure: The book explains how plants and other photosynthetic organisms support life, store carbon and contribute to Earth’s atmospheric balance. Plant life is presented as essential and valuable, with its ecological importance strongly celebrated.
- Human pressure on the environment: The book links human activity with environmental harm and presents plant communities as needing assistance to help restore planetary balance. Human environmental impact is clearly criticised, while the book’s call to act is urgent rather than a detailed programme of solutions.
- Worth knowing
- The environmental message is direct and urgent: habitat destruction, plastic pollution and increased carbon dioxide are identified as threats, while practical actions are not explained in detail.