In his children’s book about the environment, Living Green and the Spell: The day the plants stood still, but they are still alive, Florian Bushy introduces kids to a world where plants bounce with life and spirit.

Long ago, during the early days of planet Earth, our world was habited exclusively by plants, trees, and flowers, all living harmoniously together, moving around as humans do today. They spread their joy and cheerful nature around, loving and protecting one another. Unexpectedly, a threat arrives in the world of friendly plants: an invader that holds in his heart the terrible purpose of breaking the lively spirits of the plants to turn them still forever. This short story will bring kids closer to the importance of nature and our environment, letting them understand that the world around us, though seemingly still, is full of life.

The author creates an inventive mythical story to explain the hidden life behind every plant in our environment. It’s filled with lovely illustrations that portray the little plants as amicable and humanizes them to the eyes of the reader. The story is simple and quickly familiarizes kids with our environment and its beauty. It also warns them of the dangers humans oftentimes bring to it, trying to make them conscious of their power and the meaningful role they can already start partaking in to try to protect the world that we’ve come to call our home.

The plants portrayed in the story and in each of the illustrations are vivid and energetic. They are happy, cheerful, and radiant. They represent an ideal world, fraternal and peaceful. The dreadful consequences of the damage brought by humans towards the plants can be immediately felt and understood throughout the story, bringing forward the main point: nature can only keep sharing its beauty and life with humans as long as us, as a society, actively decide to protect and take care of it. It’s a beautiful and important message to start passing on to the youngest of generations to create a more positive impact.

Living Green and the Spell is a beautiful and inspirational children’s book that will bring our little ones closer to nature, understanding the importance of environmental care and realizing that our world is shared between humans and other living organisms that are of equal importance and hide in them just as much life as us.

Pages: 32 | ASIN : B09V571BCT