This mid-sized children’s book, Help Your Parents Save The Planet, is just the right size for young readers to wrap their hands and their hearts around. The subject is all about its 50 simple ways to go green now. The book was written by Gregory Rutty and all of the photographs are by Shutterstock. It was copyrighted in 2009 by Play Bac Publishing USA, Inc. What I absolutely love about this book is that it is very hands on in it’s ideas for kids to make a difference in the world just by the choices that they make in their everyday life.
For instance, I like the fact that they cover what kinds of things can be done in the kitchen. Children are smart and they get to thinking about those ideas (they are contagious you know); once the ball gets rolling…they come up with some pretty smart ideas of their own. Here the book talks about making better choices when shopping for groceries or even the items that we use to serve our meals and snack. Household chores are discussed and really teach about making the most of conserving water while doing dishes. Opening up a dialog with children about using real dishes instead of toss away, like paper or styrofoam, products shows children that even simple choices can impact the world and save money. Read the rest of this entry…
This wonderful children’s picture book, ICE CREAM- How Did That Get To My Table, explains the process of manufacturing to curious readers who are beginning to understand the world around them. The pictures in this book are excellent. They are colorful and pleasing to the eye.
The text of the book explains in real language that doesn’t talk down to a child. The book was written by Pam Rosenberg and she does a wonderful job of answering the question of how the end product, ice cream, goes from raw product, to the wonderful delight on the desert wish list of most children.
Through both mouth watering pictures and words designed to lead from one thought concept to another about what has to happen to turn milk into ice cream…the reader is left with an understanding of how that happens.
I like that Pam Rosenberg inspires the reader to ask questions of those people in the everyday life of the reader who may play a part in a manufacturing process. Those people may include a farmers who produce raw products, to a trucker who delivers raw or finished products, to a factory worker who works on an assembly line or, maybe even a grocery worker who stocks the product, or a cashier who sells the ice cream.
I like the fact that this book also has a list of glossary terms to help young readers understand words that may not be in their vocabulary as well as a page of websites and other resources on the subject. There are 24 pages and the reading level is for children grades 2-4.
Those examples in manufacturing open the eyes of a child to the world around them…not only for ice cream products; but , also to open their eyes to other manufactured products, and jobs or potential careers that may be in their future.
This children’s picture book was published by: http://www.cherrylakepublishing.com in Ann Arbor, Michigan; copyrighted in 2010.
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