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Book

Earth Day and the environment

Call Number

  • J 333.72 MESS (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2025]

Physical Description

230 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Audience

Grades 4-6 Random House Books for Young Readers.

Summary

"Myths! Lies! Recycling scams? Discover the real story behind the first Earth Day celebration and some of the biggest US climate catastrophes--and their solutions!"--

Contents

  • Early environmentalists
  • Cities of sewage and soot
  • Saving wild places
  • Pesticides, pollution, and picketing for change
  • Cleaning up our act: the first Earth Day celebration
  • Earth Day energy
  • After Earth Day
  • Trash, tree huggers, and toxic waste
  • Our warming world
  • Solutions for tomorrow
  • A timeline of environmental history.

Subjects

Added Authors

Justin Greenwood