Children’s Books for a Greener Planet
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
by Blake Frino
Children’s books are always fun to read - when you were little or even now as an adult. However, when we think about the environment, it plays a big part in what the story entails, not just because the printing process includes using our natural resources, such as trees, but wecan learn about the environment and animals. Many authors now are touching on subjects that were taken lightly before the green movement started.
In recent years, specific green children’s books have been popping up in bookstores, with titles like Judy Moody Saves the World, by Megan McDonald, Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal by David McLimans, and Flush, by Carl Hiassen. All three take the reader on an adventurous journey called nature. (more…)