From School Library Journal
Grade 3–6—This wide-ranging book stresses the interconnections of all living things and the impact of humans on the environment. Suggestions for simple experiments to "discover for yourself" accompany discussions of topics such as the water cycle, urban ecology, and wind energy. The authors also provide ideas for ways that readers can take steps to conserve energy and reduce waste. The conversational writing style, plentiful watercolor illustrations, and varied page layouts add reader appeal. No single subject receives in-depth treatment, but the Driscolls touch briefly on weather, biomes, global warming, food chains, landfills, and desertification. The book has an extensive glossary and a list of related books and Web sites, but no index. A reusable lunch sack, stickers, and a poster with suggested conservation activities in English and Spanish come with the book. More useful for browsers than report writers, this eclectic volume offers a starting point for those wanting to tie environmental awareness to concrete action.—Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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From the Back Cover
Join us on a journey around our wonderful world…
Everything on the Earth is connected in fascinating ways—we all need one another!
Come with us and explore the world’s oceans, deserts, and ice caps; our cities, farms and forests; our animals, plants and wildlife; our climates and weather.
Learn how the environment helps us—and how we can help and protect the environment.
Do projects and experiments! Brew sun tea, create lightning, make a smog detector—and more. Us the stickers, poster and lunch sack we’ve included to inspire your friends and family to think about our planet in new ways, and help keep it beautiful and healthy for a long, long time.
About the Author
Dennis Driscoll is an Emeritus Professor of Meteorology at Texas A&M University specializing in biometeorology, the interaction of the Earth's atmosphere with living things. He lives in College Station, Texas.Michael Driscoll is the author of A Child's Introduction to Poetry and A Child’s Introduction to the Night Sky (both Parent's Choice Award winners). He is currently a staff editor at the New York Daily News.
Meredith Hamilton graduated from Brown University and has an MFA from the School of Visual Arts. Formerly an art director at Newsweek and Time, she illustrated the previous six books in the Child's Introduction series, among other books, and her work can be found in magazines and animations as well. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and three children.
