Earth day and the environment / Kate Messner ; illustrated by Justin Greenwood.
"In April 1970, twenty million people grabbed their rakes, gloves, and recycling bins to celebrate the first Earth Day. Since that environmental kickoff, nature has never been in better shape. Right? Wrong! The real deal is a bit muddier than that. It's true that the first Earth Day encouraged people around the globe to clean up their act when it came to the environment. But activists have been working for centuries to save the planet! Native people across the world developed sustainable farming practices, women in eighteenth-century India stood up to protect trees, and amateur scientist Eunice Foote discovered the science behind global warming all the way back in the 1850s! Join the History Smashers team and figure out what in the world really went down before (and after!) the first Earth Day--and how you can join the fight to protect the environment."-- Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593705308
- ISBN: 0593705319
- ISBN: 9780593705315
- ISBN: 0593705319
- Physical Description: 230 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 20 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-220) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The 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. |
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 8-12. Random House Books for Young Readers. Grades 4-6. Random House Books for Young Readers. |
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| Subject: | Earth Day > Juvenile literature. Environmental education > Juvenile literature. Environmentalism > Juvenile literature. Climatic changes > Juvenile literature. |
| Genre: | Informational works. Illustrated works. |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | J333.72 MES (Text) | 36015000502035 | Juvenile New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Richlands Branch Library | J333.72 MES (Text) | 36015000501979 | Juvenile New Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| Albemarle Main Library | J 394.262 Mes (Text) | 31010000879637 | Juvenile Graphic Novel | Checked out | 05/14/2025 |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | J 394.262 Mes (Text) | 37807000062365 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Broadway Branch | J 333.72 MESSNER (Text) | 33262003288881 | Juvenile New Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| East Asheville Library | j333.72 MES (Text) | 0020660445543 | Juvenile New Nonfiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"In April 1970, twenty million people grabbed their rakes, gloves, and recycling bins to celebrate the first Earth Day. Since that environmental kickoff, nature has never been in better shape. Right? Wrong! The real deal is a bit muddier than that. It's true that the first Earth Day encouraged people around the globe to clean up their act when it came to the environment. But activists have been working for centuries to save the planet! Native people across the world developed sustainable farming practices, women in eighteenth-century India stood up to protect trees, and amateur scientist Eunice Foote discovered the science behind global warming all the way back in the 1850s! Join the History Smashers team and figure out what in the world really went down before (and after!) the first Earth Day--and how you can join the fight to protect the environment."--
