One World: 24 Hours On Planet Earth

Nicola Davies and Jenni Desmond’s first collaboration: a spell-binding tour of Planet Earth and an important rallying cry.

Where on Earth are you, right now? It’s late where I am and almost everyone’s asleep, but I’m awake, looking out into the night. Wondering…

As the clock starts striking midnight, a little girl and her sister visit animals of every shape and size, all around the world – discovering that, in some time-zones, creatures have just started their day, where in others they’re already busy hunting for food. Combining fascinating biology, spectacular artwork and an important climate message, Nicola Davies and Jenni Desmond’s first book together is a magnificent celebration of life on Earth … and a powerful call to action.

“Nicola Davies is one of the best children’s writers in the business.”
Huffington Post

“Jenni Desmond knows just how to make children’s precious imaginations soar.”
Guardian

Nicola Davies is an award-winning author, whose many books for children include A First Book of Nature, A First Book of the Sea, Tiny, Lots, The Promise, King of the Sky, Ice Bear and Big Blue Whale. She graduated in zoology, studied whales and bats and then worked for the BBC Natural History Unit. In 2017, she became the first ever recipient of the SLA’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Information Books. She lives in Wales.

Illustrator Jenni Desmond is an artist and picture book author, working from a studio in a rattling railway arch in east London. She graduated with distinction from the Masters in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art (APU), and her books have won awards including the Cambridgeshire “Read it Again” Picture Book Award. Jenni lives in London, N16.