One World: 24 Hours on Planet Earth

One World: 24 Hours on Planet Earth takes young readers on an imaginative journey with two sisters who magically glimpse the planet's diverse ecosystems in a single moment. From the Arctic to the tropics, they observe animals like polar bears, sea turtles, and whale sharks in their natural habitats. Nicola Davies blends accessible science with poetic language and sweeping illustrations to create a profound tribute to the natural world. It serves as a gentle introduction to biodiversity and climate awareness, making it an ideal read-aloud for Earth Day or any time a family wants to explore the wonders of our planet.

Take a magical ride around the globe to see the wonders of a single moment in a story illuminating our precious and fragile natural world. Our planet is always turning. It may be midnight in London, but in different time zones other living things are waking up, ready to hunt or feed or fight. As the clock strikes twelve, two sisters are spirited away on a journey to glimpse, in the span of a moment, extraordinary biodiversity: a mother polar bear and her cubs hunting seals in Svalbard, tiny turtles in India following the moon toward the sea, and enormous whale sharks gulping plankton in the Philippines. Quietly profound, this glowing tribute to the natural world—and reminder of its fragility—blends accessible science, lyricism, sweeping artwork, and a call for climate awareness into an ideal companion book for Earth Day, or any wondrous day on Earth.