The Environmental Movement: Protecting Our Natural Resources

by Liz Sonneborn

'The Environmental Movement' introduces readers to this significant movement, which arose in the US in the late 1800s in response to the nation's dwindling forests and the pollution caused by a greater number of factories.

128 pages, Library Binding

First published October 30, 2007

Reviews

[Hákon Gunnarsson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I came across this book on storytel and because I'm interested in this subject I read it. Right from the start the history being told in it felt sanitised. Certain things were downplayed a bit as if not to upset the reader. When I had finished the book, and looked the author up, this sanitation started to make sense, as she has made a career out of writing nonfiction for children. It's a children's book, which one couldn't see from the blurb on storytel. For most parts I think Liz Sonneborn writes well. It's a fun read, and at the same time accurate for most parts. It's probably a good book to introduce the environmental movement to children. But I didn't really get much new out of it, unfortunately, probably because I don't belong to the target audience.