Gary The Go-Cart: Carbon Comes Out of the Closet

By B.B. Denson

Book Overview

"Carbon Comes Out of the Closet" is a humorous, conservative-leaning children's book that tackles Climate Change, Energy, and Fake News with a simplicity kids can enjoy and a deeper message adults will recognize. It offers the "inconvenient truth" behind the carbon controversy from a perspective that isn't often heard, highlighting how much of the debate is driven by politics and money rather than environmental science.

Written in playful poetry with rhyme and cadence, the story is brought to life through full-color illustrations by the late, award-winning Sidnei Marques, who completed this book shortly before his passing. The title reflects the author's own moment of "coming out of the closet" after watching people get vilified for questioning man-made catastrophic climate change-and deciding it was time to say out loud that she questioned it too.

This book presents carbon dioxide as beneficial to the environment and introduces readers to a side of the climate conversation that rarely makes it into mainstream discussions. Children can enjoy the story at face value, while teens and adults will catch the deeper commentary woven into the humor. A special section titled "For the Adults in the Room" appears at the end, offering additional context, quotes, and explanations for readers who want to dig further.

Part of the Gary the Go-Cart series, this book was created to help balance the conversation around energy and the environment. BB's goal is to simplify complex ideas about climate and energy in a way that's engaging, accessible, and-yes-likely to make you laugh out loud.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0997588330
• ISBN13: 9780997588330
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Desideramus Publishing
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 2 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 7