Book Series
The Book Series is a culmination of fiction stories and story ideas for young children that are specifically focused on introducing the study of our futures.
Our first book is What We Know About Being Here, a publication of stories told and illustrated by my class at Bolton Hill Nursery School. These are profound philosophical and futures stories which show the ability for very young children to think deeply (and abstractly) about the world.
Download and view the .pdf of What We Know About Being Here
Limited edition hardbound copies of What We Know About Being Here will be coming out during summer 2010. Information on the release date and event TBA.
If you are interested in reserving an advance copy of WWKABH, please email heidi@earlyfutures. com.
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The first full manuscript in progress for the series is called An Entangled Future.
The Summary /
An Entangled Future follows two anonymous children, living in a world of people who are immensely afraid of everything. The children’s lives are suddenly changed by a series of events which rid the world of all painful objects, hard edges, weapons and of course, disease and germs. The human dream of a fearless, painless, peaceful and sickness free world is celebrated at last!
Not soon after, it is revealed that two very important changes come because of this event: one, humans stop dieing and two, humans no longer need their skin to protect their bodies from germs and harmful things. This strange turn of events isn’t scary, as often is the case with humans losing their skin. In fact, it brings a great sense of hope, “Skin by skin, people lost their outer protection. People could finally see inside of each other after all these centuries.” Through a slow unfolding, articulated with delicate illustrations and subtle details, the twist of The Entangled Future starts to emerge: What happens to all these billions of people, who have no skin, never get sick and live forever in peace?
An Excerpt /
” Deep within the Earth lay the key to the troubling truth. Using ancient knowledge found inside the darkest caves and hearts, as well as a hyper modern atomic microbionical manipulator, people discovered how to get rid of the germs and destroy disease for the first time in all of history! “
