I Have the Right to Save My Planet

The author-illustrator team behind I Have the Right to Be a Child returns for this companion, in which a child narrator informs readers of the dangers humans pose to the Earth—including deforestation, habitat destruction and interconnectivity, ocean pollution, pesticides, and climate change—as well as what children can do to combat these issues, framed as rights (“Even if I’m poor, I have the right to water,” Serres writes). Gouache paintings by Fronty, in an oft-abstract naïf style, feature humans of different skin tones and hair textures. Educators and conscientious older readers will perhaps best appreciate this wordy tome, and may find the book’s actionable suggestions galvanizing. Ages 4–7. [em](Apr.) [/em]