COLE, Joanna and DEGEN, Bruce
The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge
NY, Scholastic Press, (2010). Signed by both authors in the month after publication. Ms. Frizzle takes the Magic School Bus on a tour of all things related to climate change: the melting Arctic, rising sea levels, disappearing glaciers, disappearing coral reefs, extreme weather patterns, crop devastation, loss of habitat, the greenhouse effect, fossil fuels, alternative energy solutions, conservation efforts, and individual and government responsibility, (and yes, the bus is a hybrid by the end of the tour). Published in the early years of the Obama administration, this title is an indicator of the issue of climate change becoming mainstream, and it retains some of the optimism of the time. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Scarce signed.
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