Information on climate change and global warming is often overwhelming and confusing.
This funny adventure comic will take readers aged 9 and above on a global journey of discovery that will help them understand the causes and effects of climate change around the world, what people are doing about it, and how each one of us can make a difference.
This educational graphic novel for kids is also for attentive parents, creative teachers and anyone who is concerned about climate change and wants to learn more by reading a fiction story that is visually stimulating, fun to read and scientifically accurate. Captain Polo and the many colourful characters he meets on his journey will introduce you to interesting climate change facts and not only teach you what the main terms and concepts of climate change actually mean and how these are reflected around the world, but also several things everyone can do every day to help reduce the effects of climate change.
Based in biodiversity-rich Ecuador, Alan wears several hats: he is an author-illustrator, an educator and a conservation biologist. Alan’s work is inspired by the majesty and fragility of nature and the need to do everything we can to protect it.
Alan combines his artistic creativity with his technical experience and knowledge to create scientifically accurate, educational children’s books full of quirky, comic humour and fun action, and usually bearing a message about how everyone can help preserve Nature.
Alan draws the artwork in his comic or picture books by hand and then edits it all digitally.
He is the author of five educational comic books for middle grade children, among which his main ongoing focus is the Captain Polo series about climate change.
Alan is also the author of 3 climate change-themed picture books for children within the 6-8 age range.
Check it all out on Alan’s website, AJH Education Comics and Cartoons: https://alanhesse.com
Following the inspiration of Kathy Meis, founder and CEO of Bublish, this week's Author Insight from 'The Adventures of Polo the Bear: a Story of Climate Change' isn't about crises, problems and serious stuff.
It's about what's still beautiful in the world.
Many of us feel inspired, in this time of unprecedented quiet as the world is in Coronavirus Lockdown, by the immensity of the ocean. On this page from my book, Polo, being a bear, is naturally more concerned about finding food. As he does so, way out in the middle of the vast Pacific, he also experiences wonder at the surprises that await him in the ocean.
Whales, sharks, puffer fish, and countless other fabulous sea creatures are still out there, swimming, pulsating, floating, diving in the immensity of the world's oceans. May they endure the folly of Mankind, forever.
Book Excerpt
The Adventures of Captain Polo: The Climate Change Comic
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