Everything changes. From the birth of new stars to the endlessly shifting tides and tiniest life cycle. Some change happens right before your eyes, while other transformations happen so slowly that you won't notice them in your lifetime. And you change too, just like everything else in Nature growing, learning and changing your thoughts and feelings.
All Things Change is a lyrical and beautifully illustrated book looking at the many different processes of change in the natural world, covering geology, ecology, biology and more. It also embraces the philosophical topic of change how do we approach changes that make us feel sad? How do we cope with changes we can't control?
Ideal for children to explore independently or with parents, it holds a special appeal for anyone struggling to find stability in a rapidly changing world.
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A thought-provoking exploration of the many processes of change within the natural world. All Things Change takes a holistic approach, covering geology, biology, ecology, and more also exploring the philosophical and emotional aspects of change, how we can accept it, embrace it and derive meaning from it.
Introduction: Sometimes fast, sometimes slow, always changing The
Universe Our Sun and Solar System The seasons Night to day The rock
cycle The water cycle Fossilization Old coin/key/treasure, ending up
underground A river creating a valley Ice forming on a lake The tide
(with tide pools) Sunny sky changing to a storm and clearing Wildfire
Climate change: natural and caused by humans Caterpillar egg to butterfly
A chick hatching and growing A see growing into a tree Frogspawn changing
into frog A dead thing returning to earth Evolution A person changing
through life All things, change... even you! (brain development, changing
emotions) How does change make us feel? Finding meaning, finding beauty,
finding acceptance, making our own changes How long do things take to
change?
Anna Claybourne has written over 150 children's books on all kinds of subjects, from sharks, black holes and splitting the atom to how to draw, Shakespeare's life, and Greek myths and legends. She knows a lot about conservation in the rain forests of Costa Rica as she once volunteered there for three months. She likes space, sewing and music, plays the trombone and loves going camping. Sarah Edmonds is a freelance illustrator on projects with publishers, museums, national parks and charities. Alongside this, her collection of playful illustrated gifts has grown and is sold online and in gift shops.
Sarah is inspired by vintage print production, instructional children's illustration and mid-century colour palettes. Those influences show - she has a particular eye for colour and a unique, memorable palette. Her previous non-fiction titles include: Save Our Species by Dominic Couzens (HarperCollins), All Things Change by Anna Claybourne (Welbeck) and Funny Bums, Freaky Beaks by Sean Taylor and ecologist Alex Morss (Welbeck).
Sarah lives by the sea in Worthing, with her partner and their two young children.
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