Product Description

A Child's Introduction to the Environment provides an entertaining and instructive tour of the Earth's varied environments, along with activities and materials to encourage young environmentalists.

Kids aged 9-12 and their parents will appreciate this upbeat yet clear-eyed, interactive look at our magnificent planet and how we can safeguard it.

Exploring in turn the water, land, and air around us, the book looks at the wide variety of environmental regions of the world (deserts, forests, cities, farms, ice caps, oceans) as well as the atmosphere, weather, energy sources, plants, and animals of each area. Short features throughout offer fun facts, projects, and experiments that kids can do with parents or on their own. And a special packet inside the front cover contains a reusable lunch sack, peel-off stickers with messages such as "TURN OFF THE LIGHTS," "RECYCLE," and "UNPLUG," and a special poster from the NRDC.

Charming original watercolor illustrations throughout are perfectly paired with an accessible text by a father-and-son team of writers (Dad is a meteorologist). And it is all printed on recycled material, of course!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #88637 in Books
• Brand: Workman Publishing
• Published on: 2008-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.75 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 96 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781579124298
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 3–6—This wide-ranging book stresses the interconnections of all living things and the impact of humans on the environment. Suggestions for simple experiments to "discover for yourself" accompany discussions of topics such as the water cycle, urban ecology, and wind energy. The authors also provide ideas for ways that readers can take steps to conserve energy and reduce waste. The conversational writing style, plentiful watercolor illustrations, and varied page layouts add reader appeal. No single subject receives in-depth treatment, but the Driscolls touch briefly on weather, biomes, global warming, food chains, landfills, and desertification. The book has an extensive glossary and a list of related books and Web sites, but no index. A reusable lunch sack, stickers, and a poster with suggested conservation activities in English and Spanish come with the book. More useful for browsers than report writers, this eclectic volume offers a starting point for those wanting to tie environmental awareness to concrete action.—Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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From the Back Cover
Join us on a journey around our wonderful world…

Everything on the Earth is connected in fascinating ways—we all need one another!

Come with us and explore the world’s oceans, deserts, and ice caps; our cities, farms and forests; our animals, plants and wildlife; our climates and weather.

Learn how the environment helps us—and how we can help and protect the environment.

Do projects and experiments! Brew sun tea, create lightning, make a smog detector—and more. Us the stickers, poster and lunch sack we’ve included to inspire your friends and family to think about our planet in new ways, and help keep it beautiful and healthy for a long, long time.

About the Author
Michael Driscoll is the author of A Child's Introduction to Poetry and A Child’s Introduction to the Night Sky (both Parent's Choice Award winners). He is currently a staff editor at the New York Daily News.

Dennis Driscoll is an Emeritus Professor of Meteorology at Texas A&M University specializing in biometeorology, the interaction of the Earth's atmosphere with living things. He lives in College Station, Texas.

Illustrator Meredith Hamilton has drawn and painted for numerous companies including Visa International, W. W. Norton and Doubleday. She was an art director at Newsweek, and has an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her whimsical illustrations have been used in television ads, animations and books, including The Story of the Orchestra, A Child’s Introduction to Poetry and A Child’s Introduction to the Night Sky. She lives with her two children and husband in Brooklyn, New York.

Customer Reviews

A great book for an 8 year old!
This book has been a terrific hit with my 8 year old niece. She has been putting the stickers all over her home and reminding her parents to be careful with the environment.