New Resources: Green for Kids

by Vince Jenkins 1. June 2009 03:07

Reduce and Reuse, by Sally Hewitt.
Crabtree Publishers, 2009

Contents: Going to waste -- Make less garbage -- Packaging and wrapping -- Books and magazines -- Clothes and shoes -- Machines -- Paper -- Plastic bags -- Disposables -- Toys -- Green fair -- Powerful packaging.

LTy: TD 793.9 .H49 2009

Early Sprouts: Cultivating Healthy Food Choices in Young Children, by Karrie Kalich, Dottie Bauer, and Deirdre McPartlin. 1st ed.
Redleaf Press, 2009

Contents: The early sprouts philosophy and approach -- The nutritional approach -- The gardening approach -- Preparing staff for "planting" early sprouts -- Involving families -- The early sprouts target vegetables -- Introduction to the curriculum -- Bringing in the harvest: the garden activities, weeks 1-6 -- Harvest time is coming to an end: bringing the garden indoors, weeks 7-12 -- Putting the garden to sleep: indoor winter activities, weeks 13-18 -- Spring is coming: seeds and planting activities, weeks 19-24 -- The family recipe kits -- What we have learned: research process and results -- Adapting and adopting the early sprouts approach -- Parting words.

LTy: TX 361.C5 K35 2009

 

Solar Power, by Tea Benduhn.
Weekly Reader Pub., 2009

Summary: Introduces methods of obtaining energy from the sun, places solar energy in context with other power resources, explains how it works, and considers the advantages and disadvantages of its possible future use.

LTy: TK 1087 .B466 2009

 

Biology: Life as We Know It!, by Dan Green.
1st American ed.
Kingfisher, 2008

LTy: QH 309.2 .G74 2008

 

Droughts, by Judy & Dennis Fradin.
Series: Witness to disaster
National Geographic, 2008

LTy: QC 929.25 .F73 2008

 

Our Living Earth: A Story of People, Ecology, and Preservation, photographs by Yann Arthus-Bertrand; text by Isabelle Delannoy; illustrations by David Giraudon; translated from French by Gita Daneshjoo.
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2008

LTy: TR 810 .D44 2008

 

 

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