Read any books good lately? Perhaps it is a question best left for the children in your life. The next time your sweet little place on the back of their hands on their foreheads and moaning and complaining about how there is nothing to do--expressing how they could potentially even die of boredom flat-out if you don't act really soon-perhaps it might be wise to make a visit to your local library. Is there in that magical world where learning and imagination collide that you'll be able to provide one or more of the following eco-inspired titles.
Who knows … to read and digest them, your kiddies very well might recognize that the world is their oyster, and that the real change, beneficial and sustainable is inside. Perhaps experience a moment of bulb that will pave the way for local effort or project eco on a large scale, or maybe they will simply spread the good word of green among their peers not to waste, do not want to. Any direction they choose, the point is to get their juices flowing-and these 6 eco-inspired texts that will certainly. Yay for the printed paper!
Authors: Janet S. Wong
Age group: 4-8 years of age
What is it? Using a humorous tone, dry, beautifully accented with whimsical watercolors by illustrator David Roberts, The Dumpster Diver focuses on the story of Steve the handyman who delight in his excavations with save bits and pieces that people regularly purge from their homes. Accompanied by an eager and equally efficient dumpster diving team, an unexpected accident forces eco-posse of Steve instead go for survivors so they can build a wheelchair that help facilitate his recovery. Kids especially will go crazy for Inspector Gadget-like ideas and images of trash to treasure in the photos inside.
Author: Barbara Brenner, editor.
Age range: all ages
What is it? Just as appropriate for the eco-Shakespeare in grass as toddlers who simply appreciate the Majesty of mother nature, this collection of poems on environmental theme 91 the likes of Theodore Roethke, Shel Silverstein and Carl Sandburg helps paint a picture of the brain of treasures available right outside our window. Complementary watercolor illustrations by S.D. Schindler bring magic to life, offering children a springboard for its environmental management in real life.
Authors: Jonah winter
Age group: 4-8 years of age
What is it? Based on the true story about the town of Islip, New York-when deluged with 3,168 tons of garbage and no place feasible to put it-filled his junk on a barge destined for someone else's backyard. Six months later, the tug full of garbage ends up right back where you started (because all along the Atlantic coast refused its delivery not-at-all-special), with its contents ultimately burned in Brooklyn. Winter manages to inject a comical twist welcome on this reflection otherwise all-too familiar to people who adopt an out of sight, out of the philosophy of mind.
Green Street Cred: Compelling illustrations by Chris Sickels offer more delight because they are created with recycled objects that imagination illicit as trash-to-treasure creativity. (See exactly how were created his fantastic hererecycled sculptures.)
Authors: Laurie David and Cambria Gordon
Age: 8 years and older
What is it? Offering an easy to digest understanding of how global warming human impacts, wildlife and natural systems, this rich text is well balanced with a writing style that inspired by the daunting or action rather than scare the bejeezus out of his younger audience.
Green Street Cred: the book is made with 100% FSC certified post consumer pulp paper printed with soy-based inks. In addition, David is a well-known environmental activist and best-selling author with a comprehensive list of eco-credits to his name, including the producer of two remarkable nature documentaries (An Inconvenient Truth and too hot not to handle).
Author: Lara Bergen
Age group: 4-6 years of age
What is it? Serving the three Rs recycling–, reuse and reduction – so simple yet visually effective style, this fun, exploratory book appeals for small hands with the use of flaps, which, when raised, reveal the trash-to-treasure items that can be easily made with the assistance of a little creative ingenuity. Readers are led along their eco-journey with the help of a heroine SCUT equipped superhero gear (made with recycled objects appropriately).
Green Street Cred: Printed with vegetable inks on 100% recycled cardboard, cardboard-like.
Authors: Janet Wilson
Age range: 7 to 12 years of age
What is it? How old are you really need to be to make a difference on behalf of mother nature? Ten real-life profiles of global eco-activists featured in this book demonstrate that age is simply a number. Student-run organic garden Sam Levin aptly titled Project sprout (which continues to provide his canteen and local Food Bank with fresh vegetables) DIY windmill using nothing more than the assistance of a book (which resulted in a small African village enjoying electricity for the first time) 14 years William Kamkwamba, terra nostra show the younger generation that they can certainly pave the way for a greener future.
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