author/illustrator: Pierre Grosz / Rémi Saillard
ages: 4+
32 pages
21 x 27.5 cm
hardback
La Cabane bleue
Sold: German
Mr Johnson's Good Idea
The (almost) true story of the man who managed to bring nature back in New York. A colourful feel-good picture book.
Rusty nails, rotten fruit, flat mattresses, weary tires… That’s all that was left of salt marshes which bordered New York as the city transformed them into a garbage dump. Until a man named Herbert Johnson decided that it was time to bring nature back… Inspired by the true story of a pioneer of ecology, this poetic picture book reminds us how everybody, in their own way, can achieve great things for the planet.- 2023 Veolia environment book award