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    Tom Rivett-Carnac & Bee Rivett-Carnac To Zoé &F Arthur, Esmee &F Grace Tom and Bee are brother and sister and live a few miles apart in South West England. ‘This is the first time they have created a book together. ‘Tom WorKs ON CLIMATE CHANGE. and is an author, podcaster and Dad to Zoé and Arthur. globaloptimism.com BEE IS AN ILLUSTRATOR AND A GARDENER. She currently divides her time between growing cut flowers, illustrating and looking after her two daughters, Esmee and Grace. beerivettcarnac.com For updates and more information on this picture book, go to whathappenedwhenweallstopped.com First published in the UK in 2020 by Global Optimism Limited, 18 Charles Street, Bath, England, BA1 1X globaloptimism.com ‘Text copyright © 2020 by Tom Rivett-Carnac Illustration copyright © 2020 by Bee Rivett-Carnac Design copyright © 2020 by Carla Kreuser All rights reserved ISBN number: 978-1-5272-6440-3 Story by Tom Rivett-Carnac Illustrations by Bee Rivett-Carnac Designed by Carla Kreuser (carlakreuser.com) AND & ry What Happened When We All Stopped Tom Rivett-Carnac & Bee Rivett-Carnac This is a book about what happens next It starts right now, today, as we are all locked away in our houses, looking out of our windows at the seasons changing. BCacOl MeN Tog mm CB MOC o meme ti Ccar tle BOTs Cone something that we had forgotten creeps in, and we start remembering how to live on this planet. SUS arate CRN seco PCa Tote oce OR RCT) and this story is as likely as any other. We who are here now get to choose where we take the human story next. LET’S CHOOSE WELL. Ir starts as a whisper A word on the air It can’t quite be heard But you know that it’s there As gentle as sunlight As tenacious as hail In its route to the heart It could not but prevail ea people looked up ae From their day to day tasks Their day to day jobs Fae me Cateye MUL} ii! Ce Mim ‘They heard or they felt Where the whisper could lead And they looked with eyes wide At what that might mean But the feeling it brought them At first glance was pain As they lifted their eyes On the land they had claimed Since they saw at last as if raised from a dream ‘They were almost alone on the land and the sea For the trees had almost gone and the bees had almost gone And the creatures in their shells by the seas had almost gone one wild chance for rebirth BREAKING NEW GROUND, seeds rolling down Smell of the earth on your hands and your brow No time for sorrow, we're building tomorrow The sound of things growing now keeps us around 24 - As the wildness grows and the deep wood grows And the sense that the future’s Teneo coe ciay Col SCO ite of od J A 4 There’s no chance we can rest, we must do our best This moment can lead us back home, that’s our test ae OW Ir srarts as a whisper A word on the air Tt can't quite be heard But you know that it’s there It then spoke like thunder until we all moved And we could, and we did, and it’s done She’s renewed. It starts i now, es as we are all locked away in our houses, looking out of our windows at the seasons changing. It tells the story of how, in this moment of quiet and isola something that we had forgotten

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