Go Green for Earth Day (Go Green

Go Green (Early Bird Stories ™)

by Lisa Bullard, Xin Zheng (Illustrations)

Readers will learn about Earth Day through a charming narrative full of delightful illustrations and a diverse cast of characters. Comprehension questions, fun facts, and critical thinking questions keep readers engaged and thinking while they read.

24 pages, Library Binding

Published August 1, 2018

About the author

Lisa Bullard is the award-winning author of more than sixty books for children, including the middle grade mystery Turn Left at the Cow. She is also the author of the how-to guide Get Started in Writing for Children. Her books for younger readers include picture books and nonfiction titles such as Trick-or-Treat on Milton Street and You Can Write a Story: A Story-Writing Recipe for Kids. Her books have won several honors, including a Children’s Choice Award, two Teacher’s Choice Awards, a Science Books & Films’ Best Books listing, a National Parenting Publications Children's Resources Silver Award, and a Storytelling World Awards Honor Title. For over fifteen years, Lisa has taught writing classes for adults and young people at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis and in a variety of other settings. Lisa is a graduate of the University of Denver’s Publishing Institute.

Reviews

[Kayleigh Muligan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gives an explains what Earth Day is an how we can all participate. It starts off by saying that we (humans) do not always do a great job at keeping our earth clean. In the story the little girl's mom explains that people who make messes should clean them up. The girl is seen planting trees to try and better the environment. The little girls brother told her that she has a big mouth, so she used her voice to tell everyone she knew to plan something for Earth Day. The kids helped raise money for animals, their teacher helped them plant the trees, and they even had an Earth Day trade so old items wouldn't get thrown away. At the end, the family turned off their television and computer to save power and played board games instead. This book has rhetorical questions throughout which can help children interact with what they are learning. The authors tone is very light but gets his point across informative wise. The trees are also symbolism for the character encouraging the reader to help the earth. I gave this book 4 stars. I really enjoyed the illustrations and how you could see the emotion on the characters faces. I think children could learn easy and simple ways of helping our earth stay clean.

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a sweet, happy book that presents colorful characters doing a variety of activities for Earth Day. They plant some trees, collect money for endangered species, learn about re-using items instead of throwing them away, and have an "Earth evening" in which they turn off the TV and electronic devices to save energy.

Questions scattered throughout the text encourage further interaction with young readers.

Dietary issues aren't addressed, but the book does present the idea that caring about the Earth is important and might open doors to discussions about other things we can do to live more lightly on the planet.