This was amazing! I loved every page of it. I was so nicely drawn, very informative in quite a different way than I am used to reading things meant to teach something. I would recommend this to high school kids though, for little kids it can be somehow boring, not very engaging. Amazing way of showing diversity - and not just that of animals and plants.

This book was wholesome, concise, and informative in an engaging way. The absolute cutest. A French-Canadian treasure.

4.5

I really enjoyed reading through this one. It explains diversity in a concised and simple way. When it comes to diversity, we always just think of plants and animals but this reminded me that microorganisms and even man-made things are a part of it. I like the added environmental aspects and the consequences when we try to change just one part of the ecosystem chain and how everything will be unbalanced as a result. The environmental science and regulations mentioned was definitely a bonus for me.

The are was cartoonish, colorful and somewhat playful. The only thing I hated was the font since it was a bit squiggly which made my eyes hurt reading through the large paragraphs.

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with the digital copy for an honest review.

*I received this book as an eARC from Europe Comics via NetGalley. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.*

This is a graphic novel about biodiversity and its connection to us. The story takes the form of a field trip, kind of in the style of the Magic School Bus. But French. There are some odd cultural references that I believe are the result of this being a translation. This book does a good job of balancing human's uses of resources and the advances we are making to remedy all that we have done to the world.

This book covers a lot of different things. Microbes, both from the distant past and now today. Things like fossil fuels and drinking water. Animal extinction and reintroduction stories. Invasive species.

This is an informational and fun story. With great artwork. A kid interested in nature and science would absolutely love this book. As an informal educator myself, I think the topics were handled age appropriately and with care. There's also a great piece about having discussions with people who think differently than you. It's a great ending to this science book. I give this graphic novel a 5/5.

Thanks to Netgalley for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

The story is told with a group of students and their teachers going on a field trip to learn about biodiversity.

I started to read this with my nephew, thinking it was for kids, but fairly soon lost his interest with the book. After finishing it, it's recommend it for a high school age, as it might be a fun text to supplement school science.

As someone who doesn't know too much about science, I felt like overall there was too much of an information dump and while some sections were definately interesting, I'm not sure how much I truly retained. Everything felt slightly disjointed, which was strange as the graphic novel was about how everything is linked.

I enjoyed the images which broke up the large chunks of text. I preferred the second half, as the first was just too dense with text and information. The earthworm labourers were my favourite part.

I appreciate the efforts if the author and the artist for their efforts in explaining biodiversity in the simplest possible means.

This was just a field trip explanation to the kids by Hubert Reeves in short about the various elements that compose of what is meant by biodiversity. This one is fairly simple to read. The kids will be able to grasp it whole when it is being read to them or just when they read it.

The art sequence is somehow haphazard though. Otherwise it's a good read.

Thanks #NetGalley for the book #HubertReevesExplains

I loved this little graphic novel. It gives great simple definitions of fossil fuels, and explains in great details how diversity is important to keep our planet rich and abundant and healthy. It's especially important now with climate change and the Amazon forest burning, and i think every kid should read that graphic novel.

Very informative comic with an urgent message. It explains how much we need nature, how humans have changed its processes by their intervention and how our future on this planet is threatened if we won't care. I especially appreciate the way the author shows all the coherences of the bio system and how everything falls out of balance if we remove one of the elements (for example by overfishing). And I finally learned why mosquitoes exist!
The art is sweet (not incredible, but agreeable) and helps to illustrate the points even better.

The book discusses the theory of evolution as a fact - something to be aware of if you don't believe in the evolutionar theory.

I thank Netgalley and Europe Comics for an ARC to read and review.

I enjoy reading this one. Very informative :) The Illustration is great! Reading book like this, about what nature have provided for human, really make me extra grateful for our planet.
Some of the info might have been familiar for some, but I believe you can always learn something new even though it’s only one or two thing.
This book is perhaps better targeted for younger reader (like teen) but I am adult and loving it!

I knew that I would enjoy this book! But I was not sure who the audience is for this book. Is it adults? Children would be bored with all the facts. Some of which would be hard for them to understand. i enjoyed the book, and the graphics were awesome. I just wish it was a little less intense. it seemed like it was negative the while way, but the narrator was trying to force positivity. You cannot have it both ways.

Full Disclosure this was provided via Netgalley in return for an honest review.

This is a nice little graphic novel following a school trip as they learn about biodiversity around the world.
It’s cute, I like the style of the pictures and it was a very speedy read.

However I’m not really sure who this is aimed at as I found it in the adult fiction section which i don’t think is quite right as i feel it’s more suited to children or people in their early teens.

I found it also read like they’d taken snippets directly from a textbook and put pictures with it to make it a more appealing way of learning but that’s just my opinion.

Probably wouldn’t recommend to people my age unless they knew nothing about biodiversity but probably would recommend it to parents or teachers.

'Hubert Reeves Explains Biodiversity' by Hubert Reeves and Boutinot Nelly with art by Daniel Casanave is a lecture on biodiversity for younger readers told in a graphic novel format.

Hubert Reeves takes a family on a field trip and teaches the kids the important of biodiversity. Along the way things like the importance of earthworms and how invasive species are introduced are discussed. The importance of maintaining food chains is illustrated with imbalances seen recently.

The illustrations make it more fun, but it still reads kind of like a one sided lecture. Other characters speak, but they are just saying what the main character is saying. I suppose it would be a way to learn about the subject, but there was at least one glaring science error I ran across (iron oxide does not actually contain water).

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

I thought thsi was a really cute introduction for kids. I enjoyed the illustrations, I thought that maybe the actual explaining could be done a bit slower, so that the kid aren't trying to take in so much information all at once, But this was very cute!

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In the last years, we are all more worried about our planet. There are environmental protection campaigns and each of us could do something just by modifying the lifestyles. I am glad I had the possibility to read this graphic novel. I do not know much about biodiversity and it is nice for both adults and children discover something more about this topic through a cute comic. I really enjoyed reading it and it reminded me a cartoon I was watching when I was small, The Magic bus. I know those who studied science and biodiversity didn’t like particularly this graphic novel because of mistakes or discrepancies. On my side, I cannot review the scientific statements and is not among my expertise. Therefore, my review is based on the comic itself. What I can say about Hubert Reeves Explains is that I liked it, it is simple, perfect for children who want to discover a bit more regarding science but in a funny and entertaining way. For the science part I think is better to read a more scientific illustrated book. I loved the illustrations which are typical of the publisher Le Lombard that reminds the Tin Tin style.
I gave three stars mostly based on the inaccuracies regarding the scientific statements. For the rest the comic is pleasant and enjoyable.

I love this comic and the graphics in it. I like the story and how this comic nicely explains biodiversity and how everything is connected. I didn't check all the facts and details in this comic, but I assume it is all true.

This is a cute and short read about a class who, while on a school trip, learn about biodiversity.

I wish the book had been advertised for a younger audience as I didn't learn anything new (other than iron oxide containing water?). However it was a sweet book that would be a nice way to introduce the topic to a young reader. The graphics were wonderful - especially the full page orcas!

Thank you to Europe Comics for making available a digital edition of ‘Hubert Reeves Explains: 1. Biodiversity’ in exchange for an honest review. It is written by Boutinot Nelly and Herbert Reeves with art by Daniel Casanave. It was translated from the French by Joseph Laredo.

Reeves is a popular Canadian astrophysicist and here teams up with Nelly and Casanave to create an accessible introduction to biodiversity for young readers.

Casanave did a wonderful job of presenting the ideas of Reeves and Nelly in bright, colourful images. In some scenes, such as explaining the roles of earthworms, there was also a delightful quirky humour. Although I consider that I have quite a solid background on this subject, I certainly learned a few things from this book including the role of invasive species.

Overall, a graphic novel that I would expect to be popular in stimulating interest in this important subject. Hopefully it will be included in classrooms and libraries as well as being utilised by parents seeking to open dialogue with their children.

I will look forward to Europe Comics publishing the second volume of this series, which focuses on the Forest, as these kind of educational graphic novels are such a strong teaching aid.

I would love to see its cover made available as a poster as it is very striking..

I loved how biodiversity was explained. It was in depth but with language any child would be able to understand. It went I to food webs and how the balance of ecosystems is a fragile thing to mess with. I absolutely love it. The artwork reminded me of the old Tintin comics. The fact that the information is provided as a comic book helps propagate information in a fun and creative way.

I heard there might be some inaccuracy but I think this was a good introduction to the importance of biodiversity. It definitely got this message across.
I loved the illustrations. Graphics was a very attractive form to talk about this subject in.

I was drawn to the eye-catching artwork first and then with the topiv on Biodiversity. This informational comic book will be a great addition to public libraries and will fit right in together with the Science Comics series frim First Second books. The title will appeal to both kids and adults.