Next week, Lerner’s Graphic Universe imprint will release inventor Steve Mushin’s graphic novel Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan for Rewilding Every City on Earth. Today, The Beat has an exclusive preview of the book, which takes a creative but plausible look at how we can proactively address climate change.
Here’s the full description:
Join maverick inventor Steve Mushin as he tackles climate change with an avalanche of mind-bending and scientifically plausible inventions to rewild cities and save the planet. Jump into his brain as he designs habitat-printing robot birds and water-filtering sewer submarines, calculates how far compost cannons can blast seed bombs (over half a mile), brainstorms biomaterials with scientists and engineers, studies ecosystems, and develops a deadly serious plan for cities of the future. Ultrawild is a tour de force of extreme problem-solving for kids and teens (and anyone else) who love big ideas.
“To make leaps of innovation we have to explore ideas that initially seem preposterous,” said Mushin. “Even as we’re bombarded by headlines about the destruction of nature, massive rewilding projects are rebuilding ecosystems faster than most people believe is possible. And I decided to invent whatever it takes to rewild every city on earth.”
Graphic Universe editorial director Sean Tulien said, “Ultrawild is a tour de force of extreme problem-solving for kids and teens—and anyone else who loves big ideas. This captivating introduction to the underrepresented concept of ‘rewilding’ is an extreme STEM resource stuffed to the brim with inventions, charts, diagrams, maps, and creator Steve Mushin’s big personality.
“The beautiful, oversized book begs to be displayed in a place of prominence and poured over until all the pages are dogeared. If you’ve got a kid with a big imagination—or are one yourself at heart!—you need this audacious, defiant adventure of a book,” Tulien continued.
Ultrawild will be available everywhere books are sold on September 9.
