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Recycle this book : 100 top children's book authors tell you how to go green / edited by Dan Gutman.

Gutman, Dan. (Added Author).

Summary:

With essays from renowned children's book authors such as Ann Brashares, Jeanne DuPrau, Caroline B. Cooney, Laurie Halse Anderson, Bruce Coville, Gennifer Choldenko, and over 100 others, each piece is an informative and inspiring call to kids of all ages to understand what's happening to the environment, and to take action in saving our world. Features helpful tips and facts interspersed throughout the book.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0385737211
  • ISBN: 0385906536
  • ISBN: 9780385737210
  • ISBN: 9780385906531
  • Physical Description: xv, 267 pages ; 20 cm
  • Edition: First yearling edition
  • Publisher: New York : Yearling, [2009]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Green and gracious / by Kirby Larson -- Joy of worm composting / by Ralph Fletcher -- I?m green / by David A. Adler -- Plunger-man / by Gordon Korman -- I zapped my tv set! / by Bruce Coville -- Living in the city / by Elizabeth Levy -- Be passive! / by Gail Gibbons -- Wrong century / by Debbie Dadey -- My house has vampires! / by Megan McDonald -- Green : and greener / by Cynthia DeFelice -- Your pick / by Gail Carson Levine -- Garbologist / by Matt Tavares -- Zeus says : zap this! / by Rick Riordan -- Walk, chill, and make a pile / by Meg Rosoff -- A bright idea / by April Halprin Wayland -- Small choices, big results / by Andrew Clements -- It's a wrap! / by Lurlene McDaniel -- Inches in the bathtub and hold the shampoo / by Eve Bunting -- Washing dogs and dishes / by Peter Catalanotto -- All wet / by Bruce Hale -- Get the dirt out! / by Lisa Desimini -- From reverence to recycling / by Pamela Jane -- Birthday greed / by Kathleen Krull -- Free your inner artist (start with spaghetti) / by James Howe -- Alternative power rocks / by Shannon Hale -- Be a sun scout! / by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor -- Talking trash / by Dana Reinhardt.
Have stage, will recycle / by Diane Roberts -- Swap shop / by Coleen Paratore -- Go green at school / by Kenneth Oppel -- A vote for the environment / by Jennifer Armstrong -- Become a scientist! / by Vicki Cobb -- Try to teach others / by Laurence Pringle -- We're history / by Michael Dooling -- Green classroom / by Mabel & Jack Gantos -- Paper saver / by Sarah Mlynowski -- Giant robots? they're alive! / by Jim Paillot -- Saving gas / by Lois Duncan -- Swap, share, save / by Kay Winters -- Safe way to carry on / by Norma Fox Mazer -- In praise of feet / by Ann Brashares -- Be a green detective / by Kathleen V. Kudlinski -- And the award goes to / by Bonnie Bryant -- Proud to be a nimby / by Iain Lawrence -- Where the animals and birds still live / by Gloria Whelan -- Stamp out witch's drawers / by Jon Scieszka -- Sharing our wealth / by Johanna Hurwitz -- Blowin' in the wind / by Margie Palatini.
Passing it on(line) / by Margo Rabb -- Save the toys! / by Suzy Kline -- What?s in the bag? / by Linda Sue Park -- Peanuts, anyone? / by Sonia Levitin -- Eat a real tomato, save the plants / by Will Hobbs -- Plants: a matter of life and breath / by Pat Brisson -- Earth angels / by Tanya Lee Stone -- Found objects / by Susan Patron -- Greenkid / by Rosemary Wells -- You don't need a pedigree to purr / by Susan Beth Pfeffer -- Be a voice for a river / by Nancy F. Castaldo -- Legs / by Roland Smith -- Secret karma / by Matt de la Peña -- Captain mean-green?s ten rules to save the planet / by Robert Lipsyte -- Kidpower / by Susan Cooper -- Earth rules! (and some simple rules for life on earth!) / by Rafe Martin -- A house with a round door / by Jeanne DuPrau -- Beach blues / by Marcie Aboff -- Buying new stuff / by Jerry Spinelli -- Sharky / by Graham Salisbury -- When in doubt, don't / by Daniel Pinkwater -- Nooses, muzzles and jellyfish / by Sara Pennypacker -- Turning worry into action / by Karen Cushman -- When the rain refuses to fall / by Mem Fox -- Keep plastic to yourself / by Steve Swinburne -- Slaying dragons with votes / by Elvira Woodruff -- Our small corner of the planet / by Laurie Halse Anderson -- Recycling our thinking / by Ferida Wolff -- A view from the top of the world / by Shelley Gill -- Shout / by Bruce Balan -- A jungle village : then, now, and future / by William Sleator -- A beach is made of many small pieces of sand / by Mike Shoulders -- You, me, us / by Kathleen Duey -- Temperature is rising / by Jack Prelutsky -- Enough / by Floyd Cooper -- Use less stuff! / by Tony Abbott -- Choose well / by Donna Jo Napoli -- Bit by bit by bit / by DyAnne DiSalvo -- Poop power / by Barbara Seuling -- Eating locally and seasonally / by Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver -- My savings save the world / by Caroline Cooney -- World's our home / by Ben Mikaelsen.
What do i do to help save the environment? / by Seymour Simon -- Ugly truth about spit / by Gennifer Choldenko -- A few small steps / by Rich Wallace -- Confessions of a catalogaholic / by Libba Bray -- Hanging out / by Lois Lowry -- Yard penalty for clipping / by David Lubar -- Drinking dog water / by Peg Kehret -- Cold pizza for breakfast / by Jane Yolen -- Be a superhero / by Eoin Colfer -- Paperback writer / by Joseph Bruchac -- Turn it off! / by Eric A. Kimmel -- Since we can't stop moose from belching / by Todd Strasser -- Celebrate arbor day! / by Katy Kelly -- Hoax / by Gary Schmidt -- There is no meat in chocolate cake / by Maryrose Wood.
Subject:
Environmental protection > Citizen participation.
Environmental protection > Citizen participation > Juvenile literature.
Sustainable living.
Sustainable living > Juvenile literature.

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Summary: With essays from renowned children's book authors such as Ann Brashares, Jeanne DuPrau, Caroline B. Cooney, Laurie Halse Anderson, Bruce Coville, Gennifer Choldenko, and over 100 others, each piece is an informative and inspiring call to kids of all ages to understand what's happening to the environment, and to take action in saving our world. Features helpful tips and facts interspersed throughout the book.