Green Options » eco-friendly kids books http://greenoptions.com/tag/eco-friendly-kids-books Posts tagged 'eco-friendly kids books' Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:21:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Eco Kids’ Books: 10 Things I Can Do To Help My World http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/09/16/eco-kids-books-10-things-i-can-do-to-help-my-world/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/09/16/eco-kids-books-10-things-i-can-do-to-help-my-world/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:21:40 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/09/16/eco-kids-books-10-things-i-can-do-to-help-my-world/ 10 Things I Can Do to Help My WorldWe get a lot of press releases and review copies of children’s environmental books; however, I don’t get very excited about many of them. Either they try to put too much information in or they try to be creative to appeal to children but instead misinform children.  10 Things I Can Do to Help My World: Fun and Easy Eco-Tips by Melanie Walsh is different: it is both developmentally appropriate and informative.

Made from 100% recycled material, 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World has delightful illustrations and cut out pages.  Each page features a tip with a simple explanation of why the tip is important for our environment. For example, “I try…to turn off the tap when I brush me teeth.  Every time you do this, you save eighteen glasses of water.”  The 10 tips are:

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