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Green City: How One Community Survived A Tornado and Rebuilt For A Sustainable Future
Green City: How One Community Survived A Tornado and Rebuilt For A Sustainable Future
Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: August 9, 2016
Review
When Greensburg, Kansas was completely devastated by a hurricane in 2007, several of the townspeople ultimately decided to rebuild green. Employing very busy illustrations and informational text, this book explains in some detail the steps taken to construct what the President would eventually deem "A global example of how clean energy can power an entire community." Anyone interested in green energy, sustainability, repurposing and recyling, tornado-proof construction, or environmental science will find this a most interesting and inspiring story. This story is also the ultimate example of taking a horrendous occurrence and turning it into a truly positive and instructional outcome. This reader finds it amusing that GREENsburg, Kansas, has become a GREEN city. Perhaps it was meant to be.
Overall Book Score: very good
About the Book
Author:
Drummond, Allan
Illustrator: Drummond, Allan
Illustration Quality: very good
Publisher: Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
Book Type: picture book nonfiction
Genre:
Audience: grades k-3
Binding Type: reinforced trade binding
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9780374379995
Price: 17.99