Eyes Wide Open: About

With simple, matter-of-fact language, an attractive layout and an abundance of references, this compact guide to addressing climate change is a must-read for millennials and for all who seek solutions to global warming.

Prompted by the disturbingly regular sight of dead bees on his driveway, Paul Fleischman has done our beleaguered planet a kindness: He’s inspected its environmental ills and given the next generation some analytical tools to sort through them.

Though many authors have taken on environmental issues, few have done so as effectively—and innovatively—as Newbery Award–winning author Paul Flesichman in Eyes Wide Open

Given the dizzying array of ways that information swirls around us in today’s media-driven culture, it’s often tricky to get the real facts about what’s happening in the world. Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman found this to be the case when his own curiosity and concern about the state of the environment was piqued by his personal observations, and he encountered a plethora of conflicting information in his research.

This book proved to be a jack of all trades, providing images, historical references and a glossary that could allow a novice learner to become an accredited expert overnight. One of the best parts of this book was the abundance of resources that Fleishman provided for the readers.

"Eyes Wide Open provides both the facts needed to comprehend the environmental scene and the tools to assess information sources. Alongside context and vocabulary about population, consumption, and
climate, students will learn psychological concepts for analyzing motives and gain perspective on the media chatter. Additional resources—documentaries, articles, websites, other books—invite them to expand their
understanding of this riveting historical moment."

"I grew up in Santa Monica, California, hearing my father, Sid Fleischman, read his books aloud chapter by chapter, as they were written...