Captain Green and the Tree Machine - Hardcover

Evelyn Bookless

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 981489320X ISBN 13: 9789814893206

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd, 2021

Synopsis

Captain Green is back and this time he's creating a gadget to help save the planet. As he fine-tunes his invention, disaster strikes. Hornbill's tree has been chopped down and there's tree trouble for Elephant and Orangutan too. Captain Green scrambles to finish his invention―a TREE MACHINE―and zooms to the rescue! ZAP! ZOOP! ZINK! Trees pop up everywhere until... BANG! Oh no!
How will Captain Green save the animals now?

"Fun, engaging, and eye-opening, this book does an incredible job teaching young readers the importance of keeping our forests standing so that they can continue to support life―animal and human―now and in the future. The back matter is the perfect finishing touch, showing kids what they can do in their day-to-day lives to Keep It Green." ―Michael Radomir, Executive Director, Stand For Trees

About this title

About the Author

Evelyn Bookless grew up on a farm in the west of Ireland where she loved to make forts and play in the trees with her siblings. She is a nature lover, mother, teacher and writer. Evelyn spent 10 wonderful years living in Asia but was saddened to see beautiful rainforests cut down during her travels around the region. She recently moved to the Netherlands. Her first picture book, Captain Green and the Plastic Scene, also illustrated by Danny Deeptown, won a Northern Lights Book Award for Children's Environmental Fiction. Danny Deeptown found his love of drawing through hours of copying scientific illustrations from books of animals and dinosaurs. His artistic talent later led him to study Illustration in South Wales, UK. It was here he found a love for classic book illustration and the use of pen and ink. Today, Danny creates art for children and adults alike.

Reviews

K-Gr 2—Captain Green arrives on the scene again, this time to tackle deforestation. When three different creatures found in Southeast Asia—a hornbill, an orangutan, and a pygmy elephant—call out for help as their trees are cut down or destroyed by fire, Captain Green, a white boy with blond hair, flies in to find them new shelter, but he knows more is needed. He has been working on an invention that shoots saplings into the ground, which works great—until it falls apart. He plunks down on a freshly cut tree stump and bemoans a sudden and somber realization: "It seems easier to ruin a forest than to grow one!" More help is needed, and he knows just where to go to get it: a school where the children have been learning all about trees. Together, Captain Green and the children, a robustly diverse crew, set out to plant seedlings wherever they can. It is a straightforward story with a simplistic answer to a complex problem, but young children will enjoy Captain Green's superhero energy and enthusiasm as well as his urgent message. With large, noisy words ("ZOOOP!" "WHOOSH!" "BANG!") spread across the pages full of lively, colorful details, it will be easy to engage listeners.The back matter contains a page of "Captain Green's Green Facts" about the role trees play in the planet's health and a page of suggestions for what can be done to reduce our dependence on products made from trees. VERDICT The story exudes a cartoon-like playfulness but with a serious intent to educate and inspire children about the need to keep our world green. Those who loved Captain Green's approach to solving the plastics problem will no doubt take to this title as well.—Maggie Chase, Boise State Univ., ID

Edition details

• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 981489320X
• ISBN 13: 9789814893206
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Danny Deeptown
• Number of pages: 32