Recycle Every Day! [Paperback]

Nancy Elizabeth Wallace (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2006 | Age Range: 6 - 8 years

Minna, a creative bunny, wants to win the Community Recycling Calendar Contest. She knows a lot about recycling but just can’t come up with the perfect idea for her poster. Minna’s family helps her find inspiration as they share their own recycling efforts. The book’s bright, bold cut-paper illustrations are enhanced by Wallace’s use of recycled materials such as bubble wrap, envelopes, and wallpaper. With games, activities, and recycling suggestions, this book is destined to be read again and again.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-With her familiar cut-paper illustrations, Wallace has placed her friendly rabbit family in a new situation. Minna is taking part in a contest at school in which the students are asked to make posters, and the best ones will be chosen for the Community Recycling Calendar. As the week progresses, she notes the many ways that her family recycles on a daily basis, from composting to sharing used books. She finally comes up with her idea and sets to work. On the day of the big announcement, Minna waits in suspense as each month is assigned a poster, and her name is not called. However, her disappointment is short-lived when her poster is selected as the cover art-"Re-re-remember. Re-re-recycle every day!" Using found materials to create the lovely art, the author/illustrator practices what she preaches and invites readers to search for the recycled materials. An activity and a game are appended. While the book's message is obvious, there is enough of a story to keep youngsters interested. However, the real value of the story is as a complete recycling lesson.-Carolyn Janssen, Children's Learning Center of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the School & Library Binding edition.

From Booklist

K-Gr. 2. The title carries the story's message: reduce (fix things instead of throwing them away); reuse; and recycle. The messenger is a girl bunny who needs an idea for a poster that she hopes will be chosen for her school's recycling calendar. Each day of the week, she and her family tackle a different recycling project. On Monday, for example, they take old clothes to the clothing bank; Tuesday they rake leaves and weeds for compost. Minna's poster brings together the activities with a catchy slogan, and her work is selected for the calendar cover. The cut-paper illustrations are somewhat static; the bunny characters are largely featureless, except for an eye. But the story makes recycling easily understandable to very young children, and a "Recycle Game and Activity" at the back of the book invites little ones to make their own calendar. An author's note adds another participation piece by picturing 20 squares of recycled papers and materials to find in the illustrations. A plain story that will encourage children to make the world a cleaner, greener place. Julie Cummins
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the School & Library Binding edition.

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Product Details

• Age Range: 6 - 8 years
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Two Lions (March 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761452907
• ISBN-13: 978-0761452904
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 9.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #363,646 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I love being out in Nature in all seasons - hiking, camping, star gazing, playing in the snow, gardening, beach combing - looking... listening...touching... being filled with WONDER. Nature is where many of the ideas for books come from. I love doing research and having those - WOW! I didn't know that - moments. I also paint seascapes... and love going to art museums. Guess which of my books that inspired! I write and illustrate books about what I love to do and what I care about. I love sharing with children and adults, my writing process, how I create my artwork and sharing what I have learned about visual literacy. Happy me, lucky me, being a children's book author and illustrator.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Reduce, reuse, and recycle May 19, 2004

By K. Roman VINE™ VOICE

Format:School & Library Binding

Recycle Everyday! tells a story about a recycling poster contest while suggesting numerous ways for people to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Very child-friendly message. Illustrated using recycled materials. Includes a game and an activity. Karen Woodworth-Roman, Children's Science Book Review

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Recycling made understandable for children April 30, 2011

By Jill

Format:Paperback

This was a really age appropriate book about recycling and making a difference. I used it with my preschool class this week to talk about Earth Day and the letter "R". Minna and her class are making posters to compete in a contest for a calendar for the community. Minna takes the whole week to think about what her poster should look like. Each day her family does something to be green. They donate old or outgrown clothes, use reusable bags at the grocery store, recycle cans, donate books, compost and use plastic containers instead of plastic wrap to save left over food. At the end of the week Minna makes a poster for recycling everyday.

It can be hard for young children to see how they can make a difference, but each of the ideas Minna's family does is something young children can see and understand. After reading I had the students raise their hands if these are things their families already do. Lots of them hand their old clothes down to a friend or family member, use reusable bags and recycle cans and bottles. Last summer my family started composting. My children love to take kitchen scraps to the compost bin. During the winter I didn't take a lot out there, but now that it is warming up I can't wait to get started again.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Lessons even for a grownup December 22, 2007

By Leila A. Sink

Format:Paperback

My daughter (now 5) and I have enjoyed this book over the last year and it has helped her understanding of reuse and why we need to do it. It as also improved our recycling (we now have a box of scrap paper for her to use and I'm using more plastic containers and less plastic wrap). The game seems silly but she seems to enjoy it and learn from it. I doubt we'll play it more than a few times more (less than 10 times total).