Your Planet Needs You: A Kids' Guide to Reducing Waste and Recycling - Hardcover

Bunting, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1547607920 ISBN 13: 9781547607921

Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2022

Synopsis

For Earth Day and all year round, an inspiring guide that teaches young activists how to combat waste.

Each year, a single person can create up to a ton of garbage. That's the weight of a small hippo! Where does all that waste come from? Where does it end up? How does composting work? And what else can we do to help our planet? Your Planet Needs You! is packed with simple explanations of of how kids and their families can reduce, re-use, and recycle to help clean up our planet.

With easy-to-read infographics and a light, accessible tone, Your Planet Needs You! shows that taking care of our environment can be both fun and rewarding.

A 2023–2024 Delaware Diamonds Elementary Title, Grades 3-5

About this title

About the Author

Philip Bunting is the creator of How Did I Get Here?. He has an IOU scrawled on the back of a treasure map. He has explored the seven seas with a healthy supply of limes and an ex-parrot.

Reviews

Gr 2–4—The call to "reduce, reuse and recycle" is presented with humor and imaginative comparisons to drive home the impact of waste on our planet. Written in accessible language, complex concepts are explained through examples young children can connect to their world. From production to consumption, readers get a full explanation of the life cycle of household items and their effects on the climate once discarded. Paper-cut illustrations of diverse children, with nearly identical faces, anthropomorphic animals, and inanimate objects reinforce Bunting's message of interconnectedness with one another and the Earth. Time lines, flow charts, and maps, which present (among other things) the amount of time it takes the Earth to decompose commonly used items, aid in conveying a sense of urgency that will motivate young readers to do their part to protect the planet. VERDICT A highly engaging, humorous, call to action title that entertains and enlightens.—Tamela Chambers

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1547607920
• ISBN 13: 9781547607921
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40