Too Much Carbon is a simple informational text that draws attention to the dangers to the environment caused by excess carbon emissions. Using carbon, introduced in earlier texts, to represent carbon dioxide, the text attempts to describe the phenomena of global warming. The text concludes positively with what people can do to help. This beautiful illustrated series of 40 readers covers sustainability foundation ideas and concepts. It is ideal for early childhood science lessons using readers to cover some of these topics. It treats the importance of the human environment and moves to the energy use in maintaining this environment. It looks at lifestyle and the choices made to reduce carbon usage and improve well-being in the process. The series was produced as a foundation set of readers to be used in classrooms as guided readers or take-home readers treating the importance of sustainability for humans on this planet.