Koontz, Robin Michal. Composting: Nature's Recyclers. Minneapolis, MN: Picture Window Books, 2007. ISBN: 978-1-4048-2194-1.Composting is unique and also strange because it is a bunch of waste. There's a heap that's in a yard. When leaves fall from trees they can rot and turn into bits of soil call humus. Some leaves get recycled. If a tree falls, insects eat it then wood-peckers will make a hole and it becomes a home for other animals. The tree may decay. Plants need sunlight, air, warmth, water, and humus. A compost heap needs green or colored things that are fresh. Also needs brown things and needs to stay damp. Flies and beetles lay eggs into grubs that munch on the heap. Soon the heap is full of decomposers. The smallest decomposers are fungi and bacteria. They work really hard. When the heap is finished they have turned it into a heap of humus. I would recommend this book for 4th grade and up.
Reviewed by K.T. 7th Grade, Van Buren Middle School
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