How do our individual actions affect the world? From the Caldecott Honor author Molly Bang, author-illustrator of the critically acclaimed Sunlight Series, this is a simple story of our planet's natural resources. Through the example of a shared village green and the growing needs of the townspeople who share it, Molly Bang presents the challenge of handling our planet's natural resources. W…
This reader takes a look at an average school day in the lives of children from seven countries, showing how they are all different and yet all the same. Full color.
Highlights the history, membership, mission, goals, and achievements of Greenpeace. Includes human interest stories, maps, timelines, Web sites, and suggestions for further reading.
This book provides an overview of the many varied sources of pollution -- from smog and acid rain to chemical pesticides and everyday litter. It also covers the greenhouse effect, the hole in the ozone layer, and water and noise pollution, and suggests ways of dealing with them.
Introduces key geography concepts in an accessible way, combining facts with fun activities.
Offers children simple, practical means of contributing to the efforts to save the planet, including 50 projects recommended by respected environmental groups.
An inspiring letter to Malala Yousafzai, winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, that is both a show of support and a call to action for girls around the world. Malala became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize after she survived being shot in the head by the Taliban for speaking out in favor of a girl's right to an education. She survived this brutal attack and has emerged as a …
Malala's first picture book will inspire young readers everywhere to find the magic all around them. As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. But as she grew older, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that…
This new series introduces the most important key stage 2 Geographical themes such as saving and recycling resources, the effects of pollution, how we use the land and migration and settlement. It looks at how research is carried out which reinforces the pupil's own experience of geographical investigation; contains large photographs including aerial views, maps and graphs to illustrate statist…
Describes the ways in which we are polluting the earth and why this poses problems for us and future generations. Also examines practical solutions to prevent further pollution.