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A river of dust the life-giving link between North Africa and the Amazon

"A narrative nonfiction story detailing the long distance that dust from the Sahel in Africa travels across the Atlantic Ocean to replenish life in the Amazon Rainforest. Told from the perspective of dust, A River of Dust takes readers on a journey through vibrantly illustrated landscapes, celebrati...

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Main Author: Hoffmann, Jilanne (Author)
Other Authors: Mello, Eugenia (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2023]
Subjects:
Atmospheric circulation > Atlantic Ocean > Juvenile nonfiction.
Atmospheric circulation > Africa, North > Juvenile nonfiction.
Mineral dusts > Sahel > Juvenile nonfiction.
Plant nutrients > Amazon River Region > Juvenile nonfiction.
Creative nonfiction > Juvenile.
Picture books.
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Summary:"A narrative nonfiction story detailing the long distance that dust from the Sahel in Africa travels across the Atlantic Ocean to replenish life in the Amazon Rainforest. Told from the perspective of dust, A River of Dust takes readers on a journey through vibrantly illustrated landscapes, celebrating the power and wonder of Earth's ecosystems, and showing how these tiny particles are in fact key to the health of our planet"--
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm
Audience:Ages 5-8
ISBN:9781797211756
1797211757
Author Notes:Jilanne Hoffmann is a children's book author with a BS in Engineering and an MFA in Creative Writing. She has traveled to the Amazon rainforest highlands in Peru, collected the dust of six continents in her shoes, and plans to see the dust swirl in Africa's Sahel and Sahara Desert before she turns to dust. Jilanne lives with her family in San Francisco, California, where dust from China's Gobi Desert flies on the wind, on its way to feed the trees of the High Sierra.



Eugenia Mello is an illustrator and graphic designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. When she was seven years old, she moved to Costa Rica, where she was surrounded by the most incredible nature. She was deeply impacted by the majestic scenery she saw: enormous leaves, infinite greens, the rainbow colors of the animals, and the myriad of small creatures, from insects to frogs. This experience has shown her that everything on this planet is connected, bound together by invisible ties that we might not see but which are there, keeping everything alive in a delicate but ever-so-strong balance. She has an MFA in Illustration and lives in New York City.


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