Hewitt, Sally. Waste and Recycling. Crabtree: 2009. ISBN: 9780778740988.
This child-friendly book, Waste and Recycling, contains an endless amount of factual information, pictures, case studies, ideas and challenges to motivate and help students learn about the earth. The book introduces recycling and goes on to explain in detail about various recyclables including paper, cardboard, plastic, metal, glass, and even such items as cell phones and big machines. The authenticity of this book and the studies it shares encourage young readers to step up, take action, and make a difference in their community. Each page is predictable in nature and contains a titled header followed by various bold topics that follow with information. Students should be encouraged to use the table of contents to find and read about a topic of their choice as not to be overwhelmed by the amount of information presented in the book. The two page spread contains an assortment of colors to set the text topics apart from one another. The varieties of pictures on each page are bright, realistic and give a true sense of how work can be done to help our earth. Classrooms learning about how to care for the earth would find this book very motivating. It is an exceptional, appealing source for children ages 7-12.
Kristin Brown, Bowling Green State University, EDTL 6950
This child-friendly book, Waste and Recycling, contains an endless amount of factual information, pictures, case studies, ideas and challenges to motivate and help students learn about the earth. The book introduces recycling and goes on to explain in detail about various recyclables including paper, cardboard, plastic, metal, glass, and even such items as cell phones and big machines. The authenticity of this book and the studies it shares encourage young readers to step up, take action, and make a difference in their community. Each page is predictable in nature and contains a titled header followed by various bold topics that follow with information. Students should be encouraged to use the table of contents to find and read about a topic of their choice as not to be overwhelmed by the amount of information presented in the book. The two page spread contains an assortment of colors to set the text topics apart from one another. The varieties of pictures on each page are bright, realistic and give a true sense of how work can be done to help our earth. Classrooms learning about how to care for the earth would find this book very motivating. It is an exceptional, appealing source for children ages 7-12.
Kristin Brown, Bowling Green State University, EDTL 6950
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