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Nature: Why We Need To Care For Our Planet emphasizes our current lifestyles in modern life and how we have grown disconnected from the planet that also provides for our needs. It makes a strong point that staying indoors, shopping, and connecting on social media can make us feel happy sometimes but sometimes we also lose the will to want to get out of bed and have no idea why we feel unhappy. The book then goes on to raise general awareness of the concerning state of our Earth and how we have overpopulated, homogenized, and polluted it to the point that animals are being wiped out and our planet is growing sick to the breaking point. Finally, it loops back around to the girl from the beginning of the book and how she feels better by going out in nature more to reclaim her balance.
This book is geared to 7–11-year-olds making it targeted for Middle-Grade audiences. However, this book is designed to raise general awareness and gives simplified explanations and an overview of the concepts that would suit it well for younger audiences in the 5-8-year-old age range. With the animated illustrations and bold color choices, it will keep the attention of younger audiences while imparting general awareness making it better suited for the younger reader.
Overall, it could have gone more into depth about the mental health we gain by experiencing nature. At times it raises awareness in a way that raises anxiety with only a small part devoted to what we can do actively to help better our planet. I would recommend this read to younger readers wanting an overview of what global warming is and how that is affecting life on our planet.