Love Your World

March 16, 2009
Using bright photographs, this cheery book teaches ways to be green as kids demonstrate planting seeds, recycling, reusing and reducing (a curly-haired girl bares her teeth as the text assures, “we won't keep the faucet running while we brush our teeth”). Cartoon illustrations lend touches of whimsy, and a checklist of promises includes “Love my world,” and “Never drop litter.” A “Super Green Star Award” seals the deal. Ages 4–8.

May 1, 2009
K-Gr 3-This picture book provides practical, kid-friendly tips such as turning off the faucet while brushing one's teeth, as well as more general guidelines like "love the animals." Bright, colorful photographs and illustrations are organized in a simple scrapbook style. Most photographs portray an ethnic mix of young children demonstrating the suggestions. The main text on each page rhymes. The information is accurate and written at a developmentally appropriate level. The book itself is environmentally friendly; the paper was sourced from responsibly managed forests and printed with vegetable inks. Overall, this is a vivid, cheerful introduction to going green."Lindsay Cesari, Baldwinsville School District, NY"

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