All Things Change

Anna Claybourne has written over 150 children's books on all kinds of subjects, from sharks, black holes and splitting the atom to how to draw, Shakespeare's life, and Greek myths and legends. She knows a lot about conservation in the rain forests of Costa Rica as she once volunteered there for three months. She likes space, sewing and music, plays the trombone and loves going camping. Sarah Edmonds is a freelance illustrator on projects with publishers, museums, national parks and charities. Alongside this, her collection of playful illustrated gifts has grown and is sold online and in gift shops. Sarah is inspired by vintage print production, instructional children's illustration and mid-century colour palettes. Those influences show - she has a particular eye for colour and a unique, memorable palette. Her previous non-fiction titles include: Save Our Species by Dominic Couzens (HarperCollins), All Things Change by Anna Claybourne (Welbeck) and Funny Bums, Freaky Beaks by Sean Taylor and ecologist Alex Morss (Welbeck). Sarah lives by the sea in Worthing, with her partner and their two young children.

Introduction: Sometimes fast, sometimes slow, always changing • The Universe • Our Sun and Solar System • The seasons • Night to day • The rock cycle • The water cycle • Fossilization • Old coin/key/treasure, ending up underground • A river creating a valley • Ice forming on a lake • The tide (with tide pools) • Sunny sky changing to a storm and clearing • Wildfire • Climate change: natural and caused by humans • Caterpillar egg to butterfly • A chick hatching and growing • A see growing into a tree • Frogspawn changing into frog • A dead thing returning to earth • Evolution • A person changing through life • All things, change... even you! (brain development, changing emotions) • How does change make us feel? Finding meaning, finding beauty, finding acceptance, making our own changes • How long do things take to change?