Description
Tells about the greenhouse effect, recycling, and what you can do to help fight global warming.
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ISBN
0060546697 / 9780060546694
Status
Available
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Publication
Collins (2006), 33 pages
User reviews
LibraryThing member emgriff
The climate is changing, sea levels are rising and the earth may be in trouble. If this sounds scary to you, you're not alone: many scientists are also worried about global warming. This book provides a gentle, but no-nonsense introduction to global warming for elementary school students. Concepts
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like the greenhouse effect and melting ice caps are explained clearly through simple but accurate language and appealing diagrams and illustrations. The argument that global warming may be a natural process is also presented and considered, though the author urges readers to err on the side of reducing carbon emissions regardless. The information is presented in an urgent, but not frightening manner, encouraging kids to do their part by recycling, writing letters and riding bicycles. I would have appreciated more information about larger scale efforts that adults are making to combat the situation, too -- after all, there is only so much one second grader can be expected to do! Also, a few of the solutions suggested seem dubious. On one page, for example, the text reads, "We can buy foods that aren't prepackaged, because all those paper packages are made from trees." The illustration shows a little boy helping his father bag up oranges at the grocery store while a snow storm rages outside. Even without packaging, transporting these fruits from thousands of miles south is hardly environmentally friendly. Nevertheless, this book provides a good, readable introduction to a very important and timely topic. I would recommend it for an elementary school audience. Show Less
LibraryThing member racheich
global-warming, environment, Earth, non-fiction, picture book, science
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
33 p.; 10 inches