Konnie Huq, Jamie Oliver, David Baddiel, Adam Kay, Mary Portas and Joseph Coelho are among those collaborating on an ebook about the climate crisis which will be free to access for every UK primary school.
And I'm betting the ones squawking about celebrities writing children's books won't be uttering a single peep about this....
The ebook, Children for Change, is edited by Huq and features contributions from more than 80 writers, illustrators, environmentalists and young people including Tom Gates author Liz Pichon, The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler and TV presenter Chris Packham. The book contains stories, poems, illustrations and features about a variety of topics related to the environment including fast fashion, rewilding and measuring our carbon footprint.
Ugh! Children are usually pretty good about avoiding propaganda and stories adults encourage them to read, so hopefully, they will regard this with as much horror as I once regarded stuff by Enid Blyton.
The introduction advises children to “start anywhere” in the book. “It’s a chocolate box, essentially”, said Huq.
Well, Jamie Oliver won't like that! He's a health nut now, isn't he?
“What I love about the idea behind this book is that it’s not all doom and gloom,” said Young Bond series author Charlie Higson, whose writing appears in the anthology. “It’s about letting kids know there are things they can do to safeguard their futures and encouraging them to get involved.”
Because how else can the next cadre of eco-terrorists be raised?
Huq said it was important that the book was made available for free because there are many children who do not own books, as well as schools that do not have libraries.
A school with no library is an abomination.
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