Another year of READ GREEN is upon us and we are very excited about the project.

The theme for this year is Caring for Our Environment. Enjoy the following book selections:

 

Just A Dream by Chris Van Allsburg

Young Walter litters and refuses to sort trash for recycling, until he dreams

of an overcrowded and polluted future which terrifies him into taking care of the earth.

 

Resources for  Just A Dream

http://learningtogive.org/teachers/literature_guides/JustaDream.asp 

http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/interactive.html 

 

Flush by Carl Hiassen

 

On Father's Day, Noah visits his dad at the local jail. Dad is a feisty environmentalist with a short fuse. Convinced that the Coral Queen was dumping raw sewage into the harbor, he decided to take matters in his own hands. He sank the floating casino (at least temporarily), but ended up in jail. Noah knows that his dad was right about the sewage, even if his corrective method was a little over the top. To clean the slate and the harbor, he drafts a motley crew of friends to get the goods on the illegal dumpers.

 

Crunch by Leslie Connor

Mom and Dad take an annual anniversary drive up the New England coast for a week, and this year, they let 18-year-old Lil and 14-year-old Dewey hold down the fort while they're gone. In an all-too-plausible scenario, though, the national fuel shortage hits crunch level, and there is no gasoline to be had.

Discussion Guide 

 

 

And Then Everything Unraveled

by Jennifer Sturnam
When Delia Truesdale learns that her mom's expedition ship has vanished somewhere between southern Chile and Antarctica, she alone is certain that her mother is still alive and she's determined to find out what happened. Unfortunately, her research will have to be done far from her Palo Alto home: per her mom's will, Delia will move to New York City to live with an aunt she's never met.

The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do To Save The Earth by Sophie Javna
This book helps kids go from aware to active with simple (but inspiring) projects, tips, and little-known facts that puts a kid's own carbon footprint into perspective.

 

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