Plastic Island
• Original title : 플라스틱 섬
• Price : 16,800KRW
• Product Dimensions :
270x244, 40pages
• Publication Date : 2025-03-04
• ISBN : 9791169813570
• 추천기관 :
_2015 BIB Winner : Plaque
_2015 NAMI Concours Winner : Green Island
_2015 NAMI Concours Winner : Green Island
Book Information & Summary
written and illustrated by Lee Myung Ae
Plastic Islands Floating in the World's Oceans
The Reality of Islands as Told by Seabirds That Stay There
In the distant oceans where people live, plastics that were washed up by ocean currents have gathered to form islands. The people who actually caused the problem cannot see the islands, but birds can go to the newly formed islands in the middle of the ocean. Birds are not taught about plastics, so they simply perceive them as colorful and novel, and wrap them around their bodies, taste them, or swallow them. They do not avoid them. In this way, plastics gradually spread inside the bodies of birds and into the mouths of marine life.
It is estimated that there are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean, and 8 million tons are newly introduced into the ocean every year. And it is known that seabirds are the creatures that suffer the most from this waste.
This picture book tells this serious story through the mouths of one seabird. Under the gentle and calm text that begins with “On the island where I live,” the pictures gradually reflect trucks transporting waste, colorful scenes of life, the distant sea where colorful debris gathers, and birds naively exploring. The contrast between the colorful artificial colors, the sea that has lost its blue, and the nature unified in black delivers the message contained in this book even more powerfully. This is also the biggest change in this revised edition.
Plastic Islands Floating in the World's Oceans
The Reality of Islands as Told by Seabirds That Stay There
In the distant oceans where people live, plastics that were washed up by ocean currents have gathered to form islands. The people who actually caused the problem cannot see the islands, but birds can go to the newly formed islands in the middle of the ocean. Birds are not taught about plastics, so they simply perceive them as colorful and novel, and wrap them around their bodies, taste them, or swallow them. They do not avoid them. In this way, plastics gradually spread inside the bodies of birds and into the mouths of marine life.
It is estimated that there are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean, and 8 million tons are newly introduced into the ocean every year. And it is known that seabirds are the creatures that suffer the most from this waste.
This picture book tells this serious story through the mouths of one seabird. Under the gentle and calm text that begins with “On the island where I live,” the pictures gradually reflect trucks transporting waste, colorful scenes of life, the distant sea where colorful debris gathers, and birds naively exploring. The contrast between the colorful artificial colors, the sea that has lost its blue, and the nature unified in black delivers the message contained in this book even more powerfully. This is also the biggest change in this revised edition.
Editor’s Note
_Märchenwald Verlag(Germany)