"A beautiful book." - School Library Journal It's Up to Us "celebrates nature and the diverse world we live in, while giving an honest yet optimistic take on collective sustainability. Beautifully illustrated, it makes a sweet birthday gift for a span of young ages." - Jane Sung, Forbes Vetted "Readers . will linger and consider the writing more in conjunction with the gorgeous artwork. Usingstyles ranging from realistic, geometric, and whimsical to folk-art, comic book, and surreal, 33 artists from around the world (many of whom will be new to American viewers) depict both thebeauty of Earth and its need for help." - Angela Leeper, Booklist "As much as this is a celebration of nature it also celebrates the global community . Christopher Lloyd's words shine on each page.

" - Sarah Street, The Silvan Reverie "I grew up in a country which was very polluted, very industrial . through the years of growth I started to become aware about the power stations and the industrial companies, and I have been trying to do any project I can to talk about the importance of the preservation of the planet, but also how beautiful things can be and how we have to be careful and caring about all this." - Peter Sís, illustrator "I wanted to paint and create a piece which felt like there was a lot of movement going on . the water, the environment, the people, the landscape have this great force to it that is bigger than us." - Sally Deng, illustrator "I saw that there is an imbalance with Nature and farming and how that's affecting the globe, so I took the idea of an imbalance, like a waterfall, and mashed it up with a farm, and put the two together, and I thought that would be a nice metaphor which is open to interpretation and gets down to the feeling that things aren't the way they are supposed to be." - Wesley Bedrosian, illustrator "I have been thinking a lot about how I can use art to inspire and educate people about what they can do to take care of the Earth around us, so I was really thrilled to be part of this project." - Harmony Becker, illustrator.