Plastic: past, present, and future

$27.99

The world consumes over 300 million tonnes of plastic each year. But when did we start using plastic? And why?

Where does all the plastic waste go?

Journey through the life cycle of plastic – how plastics are produced, the many uses of plastics throughout the last century, how our plastic use has spiralled out of control, and what we can do about it.

Ages 5–10 | 285mm × 230mm | 36pp | CMYK + 1 Pantone on cover | Buckram paper on cover

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Author: Eun-ju Kim
Illustrator: Ji-won Lee
Translator: Joungmin Lee Comfort

AU Edition (Hardback) | AUD$27.99

Publication Date: 6 Aug 2019 
ISBN: 9781925849196

UK Edition (Hardback) | £11.99 | Buy at Bookshop.org

Publication Date: 29 May 2019 
ISBN: 9781912854134 

UK Edition (Paperback) | £8.99 | Buy at Bookshop.org

Publication Date: 02 Apr 2020
ISBN: 9781912854325

US Edition (Hardback) | US$17.99 | Buy at Bookshop.org

Publication Date: 07 Apr 2020
ISBN: 9781950354061

[R]efreshingly, plastics recycling is not presented as a catchall solution for single-use plastics. Readers are encouraged to reduce single-use plastic consumption, to learn about innovative solutions from scientists and activists, and to acknowledge that eliminating plastics use is unlikely. Illustrations of people throughout show varied skin tones consistent with the bold style used by the illustrator.’
Kirkus

‘[R]eaders are launched into a close examination of plastic — how it came to be, how it’s made and used, and how it has changed the world, for better and for worse. The book objectively presents the petroleum-based substance’s contributions to the field of medicine and to the accessibility of manufactured goods alongside its increasingly harsh toll on the environment ... Lee’s boldly coloured digital illustrations attractively and neatly chart out complex phenomena such as microplastics consumption.’
Publishers Weekly, starred review

Eun-ju Kim has been writing children’s books for a long time since studying physics and early childhood education in college.

Ji-won Lee studied illustration and has been working as an illustrator of children’s books.

Joungmin Lee Comfort is a translator who enjoys children’s literature as much as her kids do. She is delighted to have translated Plastic: past, present, and future, and looks forward to helping spread more Korean children’s literature around the world.

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