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The Curious Garden
| Peter Brown | Peter Brown | The Curious Garden tells the story of “one boy’s quest for a greener world.” In a drab city of concrete, a young boy unexpectedly finds plants struggling to survive. He patiently nurtures them and as the garden thrives, the boy’s world is transformed.
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Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth
| Mary McKenna Siddals | Ashley Wolff | This recipe-style book guides readers through the
compost ingredients, from A to Z, in our everyday lives. |
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Our Class Is Going Green
| Kindergarten Students of the Oak Park Elementary School | | Children write and illustrate their ideas for “going
green.” |
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365 Ways to Live Green for Kids
| Sheri Amsel | n/a | In the "green conscious" world we live in today, parents realize the importance of teaching the lessons of green living early on. With this book, parents can encourage their children to be ecologically friendly with fun lessons such as:
• The three Rs: reducing waste, reusing materials, and recycling
• Why we should keep the air, oceans, and forests pollution-free
• Why organic food is tastier, and better for you
• How to protect plants and animals
• Earth Day celebrations
Complete with tips for every day of the year and activities for home, school, and during playtime, this book reveals how easy it is to be an eco-friendly family and prepare for a better future together |
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The Everything Kid Environment Book
| Sheri Amsel | n/a | Everything we do has an impact on the world around us--from the clothes we wear and food we eat to the gardens we grow and the trash we throw away. And to take the best care of the earth--and ourselves--it's important to make smart choices. With The Everything Kids' Environment Book, you'll find out what you can do every day to help protect our planet. You'll also learn why the rainforest is so important to us, how animals go extinct, and what environmentalists can tell us about taking good care of our world.
Learn how to "go green" and to:
Find new uses for recycled grocery bags.
Create your own greenhouse.
Make acid rain--safely!--to see how it affect plants.
Test organic food against foods grown with chemicals.
Make your own compost pile.
Re-create deforestation with the soil from timbered trees.
Test your sensitivity to noise.
Whether you are in the classroom, surfing the Internet, or just hanging out with your friends, you can make a difference. Start today--so our Earth can live another 4.5 billion years! |
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The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth
| Earthworks Group | n/a | The world's a better place with EarthWorks Group's John Javna in it. He, along with his daughter, Sophie, help kids go from aware to active with simple (but inspiring) projects, tips, and little-known facts that puts a kid's own carbon footprint into perspective.
In The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth, Sophie and John have revised the original best-selling book for a concerned and vibrant Web 2.0 youth market. It's easy-to-do and kid-friendly projects show that kids can make a difference, and each chapter is packed with tons of links to groups and resources. What makes this book stand out, though, is that it doesn't just inform kids, it encourages them to make a difference by providing them, their friends and their families the tools to take action.
Together, John and Sophie enlighten, educate, and encourage our children with easy and smart ways to save the earth. Pretty darn cool, huh? We thought so. What you can do: Order now and help save the only earth we've got.
Mother Earth needs our help now. |
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True Green for Kids
| Kim Mckay, Jenny Bonnin | n/a | True Green Kids is the one book every home should have for the next generation. This vital children’s title is an innovative collection of fun and practical ways to help kids become agents for environmental change in their world.
With fresh, new strategies and a bright, friendly design, True Green Kids invites the whole family to embark on an eco-adventure through a series of fun ideas that can be applied everywhere from the living room to the local park. Underscoring its message of individual awareness and action with beautiful color illustrations and lively text, the book puts an energetic spin on conservation, making environmental stewardship exciting and empowering for young kids. With a foreword by Clean Up the World Ambassador and National Geographic Emerging Explorer David de Rothschild, this volume brings the core message that you can make a difference to a younger audience in an engaging, educational way. While primarily aimed at kids, the book also encourages the active involvement of parents, teachers, and other members of the community, making it a vital addition to every library, home, and classroom. |