Can we move from nations of ‘Captains of Industrial Agriculture’ to ‘Super Sustainable Farmers' According to this book’s well-thought-out logic and messaging on this and many other aspects of environmental awareness, of course we can.
With a combination of fun illustrations, cartoons, and an inviting, optimistic tone, this book will draw in kids...an excellent resource in middle school and even high school libraries.
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Elin Kelsey has produced a highly engaging book, pointing out surprising connections between kids’ lives and the rest of the planet. The illustrations are fantastic and make a complex subject — conservation and sustainable living — easy to understand. A wonderful book for educating children — and adults — about the environment.
DBE Founder – the Jane Goodall Institute & U Jane Goodall Ph.D.
The information included is well-researched and compelling to children and adults. Humor is used throughout and contributes to the non-threatening feel of this excellent resource.
This upbeat, creative, wide-reaching explanation is indeed a standout in a genre composed primarily of lamentations for the polar bear…this is one of the best books to date at dealing both concretely and philosophically with the blend of opportunity and challenge contained in the green movement.
The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
The green solutions described in this book, such as eco-friendly clothing and urban farming, will surely inspire readers to make a difference in their communities.
Kelsey has gathered together enough eco-friendly life strategies and feel-good stories from around the globe to get budding environmental warriors started.
A great gift for a curious or environmentally conscious kid, or a starting point for doing a project or making a change, I recommend this one as a great way to start learning about Earth and what we can do to help her out.
An optimistic look at choices we can make to improve the planet, this book assesses the impact of everything from the clothes we wear to the food we eat. But instead of laying a guilt trip on readers, it points to eco-friendly alternatives, from devising new products to opting for vintage clothes instead of new.
Fun, informative, and full of hope...succeeds in getting kids excited about the time they're living in and their ability to save the world.
Finding Solutions (David Suzuki Foundation)
full of novel ideas ... would appeal to the scientific-minded youngster.
Cottage Country Reflections - Jennifer Jilks
This is a book so filled with innovation, creativity and promise that my hope is this book becomes the start of many more titles of the same cheery tone! ….I can’t praise this book enough, not only for providing a wealth of fascinating new ideas but for encouraging and perhaps starting a new philosophy of teaching to children.
Word of Mouse Book Reviews
[This] exceptionally positive approach to ecological issues encourage[s] children to recognize their power in contributing to the well-being of the planet.
Canadian Children’s Book News
Gr 4–8—This is an intriguing, fact-filled book about saving the environment in unusual ways. Imaginative, comic-booklike illustrations add to a lively layout that will keep readers moving from one paragraph to the next, and funny wordplay prevents the facts from becoming overwhelming or dry. The accessible narrative will help readers to realize how their purchases of food, clothes, and electronic equipment nurture or hurt the world around them, and achievable goals and ideas will enable them to pitch in and help. The concluding chapter discusses new and unique ways to create energy. Each chapter ends with an "Elin Explains" spread that describes ecological interrelatedness ("How Video Games and Cell Phones Are Connected to Gorillas") in a graphic-novel format. This hilarious, information-packed work is an excellent addition.—Rachel Artley, Watertown Elementary School, TN
With energetic cartoons and a positive attitude (an opening page promises “not [to] blame you, your baby sister, or your uncle Irving for climate change”), this green guide covers four kid-focused categories: clothing, food, technology, and human actions. Kelsey explores topics including eco-friendly apparel, biomimicry, urban farming, and ecological footprints, while occasional comic-style spreads make surprising connections between the local and the global (“How bees are connected to your burger and world peace”). It's a smart approach, and one that should inspire. Ages 9-12. (Feb.)
"An optimistic look at choices we can make to improve the planet, this book assesses the impact of everything from the clothes we wear to the food we eat. But instead of laying a guilt trip on readers, it points to eco-friendly alternatives, from devising new products to opting for vintage clothes instead of new."Washington Post The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books The Globe and Mail School Library Journal Skipping Stones Honor Award Nature and Ecology Book category, WinnerNewton Marasco Foundation Green Earth Book Award, WinnerGreen Book Festival Award Children's category, Honorable MentionMoonbeam Children's Book Awards Environmental Issues category, Gold MedalistForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Juvenile Non-Fiction Category, Finalist
