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The Great Big Green Book

By Mary Hoffman
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The Great Big Green Book invites young readers to imagine a future where our planet is as vibrant and beautiful as it once was. It offers a simple introduction to Earth, explaining essential elements for life and highlighting the critical roles of rainforests and oceans. The book emphasises the urgent need to protect our environment by addressing issues such as resource depletion and pollution. Practical action plans encourage children to save water and energy, recycle, repair, grow seasonal food, and think creatively about new inventions to help the planet.
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This book is ideal for children interested in nature, the environment, and sustainability, providing an engaging and accessible way to inspire young eco-conscious readers.

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From a simple introduction to our home in Space, Planet Earth, the authors explain what we need for life on Earth, and show the importance of the rainforests and the oceans.

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Think of the future. Can you imagine our planet as beautiful as it used to be? You could be the one to help make it beautiful again, with the things you do and the ideas you have. Your planet needs YOU!

From a simple introduction to our home in Space, the authors explain what we need for life on Earth and show the importance of the rainforests and the oceans. They stress the need to look after our planet and show how some of the things we take for granted are running out, and how we have polluted so much of our planet.

The action plans include saving water, saving energy, recycling, repairing, growing seasonal food, cooking fresh food, saving on packing, asking questions, and thinking of new inventions and big ideas.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781786030955

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 July 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Frances Lincoln Children's Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Ros Asquith

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 220.0mm

Height: 300.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 40

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Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Mary Hoffman

About the Author

MARY HOFFMAN is the internationally acclaimed author of over 100 books for children, ranging from picture books to teenage fiction. Her first picture book for Frances Lincoln, Amazing Grace, has become a classic which, with its sequels in the series, has sold 1.5 million copies worldwide. Mary's other picture books for Frances Lincoln include The Colour of Home with Karin Littlewood and An Angel Just Like Me with Cornelius van Wright, as well as the hugely successful The Great Big Book of Families, The Great Big Book of Feelings, and Welcome to the Family, all with Ros Asquith. Their next title together will be The Great Big Body Book. Mary Hoffman lives in Oxfordshire. For more information about her books visit her website: www.maryhoffman.co.uk
ROS ASQUITH has been a Guardian cartoonist for 20 years, and has written and illustrated over 70 books for young people, including the bestseller The Great Big Book of Families, with Mary Hoffman, the Teenage Worrier series, Letters from an Alien Schoolboy-which was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize- and her debut picture story book It's Not Fairy. Ros lives in north London with her husband and two sons. For more information about Ros, visit her website: www.rosasquith.co.uk

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