Description
- Honorbale Mention—Bologna Ragazzi Award
- A valuable, middle-grade resource to help kids learn about the effects of waterborne plastics and how they are affecting our world’s oceans and the planet itself.
- Combines science, activism, and art into a multifaceted and highly comprehensive book ideal for school and home libraries.
- Pêgo’s approach is positive and practical, inspiring listeners to not only learn about the problem, but to also become part of the solution.
- Critiques current “solutions” to the plastics crisis, such as recycling, and offers better, more informed solutions, which kids and adults can try at home.
- A fun “field guide” shares how to identify plastics as an invasive species: how to categorize it, collect it, and safely move it elsewhere.
- Includes colorful images of plastics found “in the wild” in locations around the world.
Details
Author: |
Pego, Ana |
Publisher: |
Greystone Kids |
Language: |
English |
Copyright: |
2021 |
Number of Pages: |
176 |
Dewey: |
577.727 |
Dewey Range: |
500s |
Binding Type: |
Paperback |
Interest Age: |
15 |
Lexile Level: |
1040 |
Lexile Range: |
Fluent Reader (1000 - 1299) |
