A new series of books published by Simon & Schuster and Simon Says will debut in early 2009 targeted for the preschool to second grade aged child. Each book teaches children how to live and work in an eco friendly world through recycling and global warming among other topics. Little Green Books help even the youngest children learn how they can help the earth.
Titles include Easy to Be Green, by Ellie O’Ryan and illustrated by Ivanke and Lola, which has coloring pages, fun facts, eco friendly world tips, and more. The book will be published on 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper with soy-ink.
Alison Inches authored The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle: A Story About Recycling and illustrated by Pete Whitehead describes the story of one plastic bottle’s life. From its basic material production to the store and into a garbage can to finding its way to a recycling plant where it starts a brand new life, children will learn and delight that plastic bottles do have a place in an eco friendly world. The adventures of this plastic bottle are told from the first person viewpoint through diary entries. Children can imagine how this little bottle feels as it travels on its journey to live a new life in an eco friendly world. Kids will never look at another plastic bottle in the same way again.
The Polar Bears’ Home: A Story About Global Warming by Lara Bergen and illustrated by Vincent Nguyen has been out in bookstores and major book retailers since September 2008, which tells the story of an Arctic adventure of a girl and her father and the effects of global warming on polar bears. This book includes little ways that children can help the effects of global warming and make an eco friendly world for both wildlife and people.
These Little Green Books will teach children how to become more eco friendly in the world and help others to do the same. The green series of books from Simon Says will all be produced from recycled materials, which both supports an eco friendly world and sustainability. Other storylines include improving the environment, learning about endangered wildlife and more.
Start your child’s green lifestyle by introducing him or her to the Little Green Books series; they will both delight and teach eco friendly world living lifestyle for years to come.
