It's Up to Us: A Children's Terra Carta by Christopher Lloyd

Terra Carta For Nature, People and Planet

Nature - we live our lives surrounded by people and other living things

People - humans find everything we need in the Nature that surrounds us

Planet - then we noticed something - the Earth is getting hotter

Terra Carta - but wait! We can bring Nature back into balance

Terra Carta is modelled on the Magna Carta. "That revolutionary British text, handwritten by feudal lords on sheepskin in 1215, was a treaty signed between British nobles and their king. Its principles, revised and enumerated over the years, have become the foundation for Western legal systems, enshrining the principle that sovereigns are subject to the rule of law and all citizens have the right to due process—an underpinning of British common law, as well as the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights."  Quartz

Prince Charles, heir apparent to the British crown, has asked the world’s CEOs to guarantee the rights of nature in capitalism. His 17-page Terra Carta, meaning Earth Charter in Latin, is a “recovery plan for Nature, People & Planet.”

The two covers above are from the US and walker Books Australia. Note the tiny differences.

Explaining how we find ourselves in the situation we are now, the book presents understandable principles for change: investing in renewable energy sources, protecting coral reefs, forests, savannas and wetlands, listening to the wisdom of indigenous communities, working with scientists to find smart solutions, and demanding that the leaders of our countries and businesses put nature first. Book Trust

This book should be added to every school library. I adore books like this that allow me to discover a huge range of international illustrators - some of I do know of course but many who are new to me.

Thirty-three highly talented children's artists and illustrators are featured in the book, including:

Mehrdokht Amini (UK), Stuart Armstrong (USA), Harmony Becker (USA), Wesley Bedrosian (USA), Sally Caulwell (Republic of Ireland), Raul Colon (USA), Reza Dalvand (Iran), Owen Davey (UK), Sally Deng (USA), Paolo Domeniconi (Italy), Leah Marie Dorion (Canada), Blak Douglas (Australia), Barry Falls (UK), Victoria Fomina (Russia), Gunnella (Iceland), Nick Hayes (UK), Kumiko Horibe (Japan), Isol (Argentina), Su Jung Jang (UK), Murat Kalkavan (Turkey), Gwen Keraval (France), Ye Luying (China), Esteli Meza (Mexico), Poonam Mistry (UK), Rutu Modan (Israel), Musa Omusi (Kenya), Nick Sharratt (UK), Peter Sis (USA), Sydney Smith (Canada), Vanina Starkoff (Brazil), Fotini Tikkou (Greece), Luisa Uribe (Colombia), Stuart Armstrong (USA) and Phung Nguyen Quang & Hunh Kim Lien (Vietnam). 

Watch this trailer where you can see inside this book. Seven Impossible things Before Breakfast shares several pages too. Here is the page by Sydney Smith (Canada):

Here is part of the page by Raúl Colón (USA):

I am imagining the excitement of each illustrator as they received the words for "their page".  This process reminds me of these books. Check my previous post about international illustrators.

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I will highlight a few of the illustrators in It's Up to Us:

Luisa Uribe (Columbia)

Fotini Tikkou (Greece)

Raúl Colón (USA)

Poonam Mistry (UK)

Nick Sharratt (UK)

Blak Douglas (Australia)

Sally Deng (USA)

Owen Davey (UK)

Paolo Domeniconi (Italy).  (This new book by Jane Yolen will be published in 2023. He has over fifty books and I am very keen to explore his work further)