Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Working through complicated problems calls for complex discussions and Al Gore’s Our Choice: Young Readers Edition is rich with challenging topics and potential solutions based on the myriad of issues presented by our changing climate. The bad news? The book is dense and busy. The good news? After describing specific challenges, each [...]
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Our Choice: Young Readers Edition
January 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Tags:Al Gore·Alternative Energy·Climate Change·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Global Warming·Jennifer Gannett·Older Elementary·Solar Power·Wind Power
The Last Polar Bear
January 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Jean Craighead George and Wendell Minor, the team responsible for The Wolves Are Back, bring us an Arctic tale. The Last Polar Bear focuses upon young Tigluk, who encounters a polar bear in his Arctic village. Ignoring the warnings of the adult villagers, Tigluk has a close encounter with the bear, named Nanuq. Realizing [...]
Tags:Arctic·Climate Change·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Environmental Children's Literature·Global Warming·Jean Craighead George·Jennifer Gannett·Native Peoples·Ocean·Older Elementary·Polar Bears·Tribes·Wendell Minor
Getting to the Bottom of Global Warming: An Isabel Soto Investigation
January 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Dr. Isabel “Izzy” Soto, respected historian, anthropologist and colleague of Max Axiom, makes a strong, female lead in her series of graphic-like novels that span the subject matter gamut: investigations into the paranormal, historical events, and other research undertakings. Utilizing a special stone found in Thailand, Izzy is able to [...]
Tags:Adventure·Carolyn M. Mullin·Climate Change·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Female Protagonist·Global Warming·Graphic Novels·Older Elementary·Terry Collins
The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge
November 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Climate change is not just a difficult problem, but difficult to understand as well. Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen attempt to make the causes and effects of global warming accessible to children in The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge. I have to admit that after reading this book, my [...]
Tags:Alternative Energy·Bruce Degen·Climate Change·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Environmental Children's Literature·Global Warming·Green Living·Joanna Cole·Magic School Bus
Once I Was A Cardboard Box… but Now I’m a Book About Polar Bears!
October 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Once I Was a Cardboard Box … But Now I’m a Book About Polar Bears! is a clever book designed not only to inform children about the biology and status of polar bears but also give them a detailed look at what happens to some of our cardboard when it enters [...]
Tags:Climate Change·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Global Warming·Jennifer Gannett·Polar Bears·Preschoolers·Recycling
That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals
December 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Newcomer to the publishing world, illustrator and now author Ruby Roth is making waves with That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals: A Book About Vegans, Vegetarians, and All Living Things. Her stunning artwork mesmerizes readers with visits to the Amazon Rainforest and the marvels of the big blue ocean, all [...]
Tags:animal rights·Best Books for Vegetarian Kids·Carolyn M. Mullin·Climate Change·Controversial Kids Books·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Farm Sanctuary·Fishing·Food Choices·Global Warming·Hunting·Ruby Roth·vegan·Vegetarian·Vegetarian Family·vegetarian kids·Vegetarian Kids Books
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