Hope: 50 ways to help our planet every day
Puffin 2020. ISBN: 9781760896737.
(Age: 9+) Recommended. Hope: 50 Ways to Help Our Planet Every
day is an Australian non-fiction resource targeted towards
children who are becoming increasingly aware of the need for action
to combat our growing environmental issues. This global problem is
prevalent for children all around the world and this extremely
user-friendly book will give children in Australia ideas of where to
begin and what steps to take to make small changes that fit in with
their daily lives. The book contains 50 short chapters beginning
with Chapter 1: Take a Pledge and Chapter 2: Start a Save The Planet
Squad continuing to the final chapter Use Your Voice. In each
chapter are various quotes, illustrations and facts that relate to
the topic. As well as this, case studies, instructions and
activities are spread throughout the book.
Some of the topics covered include: the 4-minute shower, love your
leftovers, start a school swap shop, change your light bulb, make do
and mend, and love your library. This book is easy to read and
garner ideas from. It is written in a manner that both children and
adults will understand and be able to go back to time and time
again. Hope: 50 Ways to Help Our Planet Every day reinforces
the idea that it is not hard to make a difference and the simplest
of ideas will help. Themes: Case Studies, Environmental Issues,
Global Change, Climate Change, Children, Ideas, Australia.
Kathryn Beilby