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Mason County Clerk recommends Votes

In Mason County, Michigan, the Mason County Municipal Clerk’s office donated a set of quality election books to the public libraries, and happy to see Votes of Confidence 2nd Edition included in that list. Here’s the full story from the Ludington Daily News.

World Oceans Day book recs

June 11 is World Oceans Day, a United Nations-led day to bring awareness to the threats facing the world’s oceans. Along with pollution and overfishing, climate change is a big part of the problem, and the Alachua County Public Library helpfully included A Hot Mess in this awesome reading list for the day.

Booksource Features A Hot Mess

St. Louis-based Booksource put out this handy list of 12 Books About Environmentalism and Climate Change for young readers, and included A Hot Mess among its titles, which include selections for students from early primary school through high school. An excerpt: How will climate change effect our lives in the future? Students will explore the […]

Votes included on Kidizenship list

While A Hot Mess is getting most of the attention lately, being the newer book, Votes of Confidence 2nd Edition continues to pop up in more libraries and on more useful lists, including this cool new one from Kidizenship of ten things to read, watch, or listen to for those interested in civics. Always nice […]

A Hot Mess longlisted for 2022 Green Earth Book Award

For the third time in two weeks, A Hot Mess: How the Climate Crisis is Changing Our World has appeared on a top-ten list for best books of the year in the environment/sustainability category. This time, it’s been longlisted for the 2022 Green Earth Book Award in the young adult category. The awards are given […]

Hot Mess a Foreword Reviews finalist

The list of finalists for Foreword Reviews’ INDIES annual book-of-the-year awards came out today, and A Hot Mess is a finalist in the Ecology & Environment category. The magazine’s review in the November issue called the book “a substantial, science-based guide that explains climate change through history, its deniers, and the current evidence, all in […]

ALA Booklist names Hot Mess a top ten of the year

Booklist, the magazine of the American Library Association, reviewed A Hot Mess in its December issue, calling it “a documented, balanced, and accessible update on an evolving crisis.” The new March issue focuses on the environment and sustainability, and that includes a list of the ten best books for young readers about the subject – […]