Winner, Mom's Choice Silver Award and Best Books Award Finalist USA Book News
All the answers and facts about what happens to items we put in recycling bins can be found in this favorite nonfiction picture book by award-winning nonfiction author and illustrator Sabbithry Persad.
"An educational resource for parents and teachers alike, the book will educate and entertain while also encouraging children to participate in all aspects of the recycling cycle."—Foreword Reviews
After their dog Bubbles chases after the recycling truck, Tiana and her family set off on a search to the Materials Recovery Facility, learning about recycling along the way. Exploring the MRF on their adventure, they see how papers, plastics, metals, and glass are collected, sorted, and baled, and then sent to be made into new products. Based on facts about the process of recycling in industrial countries, this book will help children understand the importance of recycling to save natural resources, as well as how they can take action in their own communities.
Sabbithry Persad is a writer who tackles issues we face in the global community. Persad is the author of
What Is Coronavirus? How It Infects, How It Spreads, and How to Stay Safe and the Garbology KidsŪ waste management series for children, which include
Where Do Recyclable Materials Go?,
Operation: Reuse It!, and
We Can Reduce: Precycle It! and have been mentioned in many publications like
Time for Kids,
Recycling Today,
Green Teacher Magazine,
Green Living Magazine, and
Mother Nature Network. Persad received her degree in sociology from New York University. She also holds an MBA from the University of Central Florida and a Graduate Diploma in Books, Magazine, and Electronic Publishing. She is the founder of Firewater Media Group and
Green Solutions Magazine (2007-2012 online magazine tackling environmental issues through environmental solutions). She lives in Orlando, Florida.
Persad's honors include:
- FSBDC at UCF Consulting SBIŪ National Project of the Year Winner (2019)
- Mom's Choice Children's Picture Books Silver Award - Operation: Reuse It! (2015)
- Mom's Choice Children's Picture Books Silver Award - Where Do Recyclable Materials Go? (2015)
- Mom's Choice Children's Picture Books Silver Award - We Can Reduce: Precycle It! (2015)
- Centennial Dean's Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2011)
- Best Book Award Finalist USA Book News - Where Do Recyclable Materials Go? (2011)
