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This is the Earth
This is the Earth
Reviewed by: Kathy George - Gray Public Library, Gray, Me, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: August 9, 2016
Review
In this non fiction picture book, author Diane Shore introduces young readers to our earth and how man's actions, be they well intentioned or not, have affected the environment. With simple rhyming text, she speaks to the reader of what can happen if we think of only ourselves and what is good for us, without first thinking through the consequences of or actions on the earth we share. Wendall Minor's soft, vivid illustrations show the reader how the earth has been hurt by man's carelessness. shore offers some suggestion's what we can do to repair some of the damage. Use this as an introduction to units on the environment - the Earth book by Parr, On Earth by Karas, the Earth and I by Asch, Fuzzy Mudd by Sacher, Chernobyl Wild Kingdom:Life in the Dead Zone by Rebecca Johnson, books about Wangari Maathai, and One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul.
Overall Book Score: very good
About the Book
Author:
Shore, Diane
Illustrator: Minor, Wendell
Illustration Quality: excellent
Publisher: Harper
Book Type: picture book nonfiction
Genre: fiction in verse / poetry
Audience: preschool,grades k-3
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: excellent
ISBN: 978-006-05526-9
Price: 17.99