Recycle Every Day [Paperback]

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
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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
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Nancy Elizabeth Wallace is a Marshall Cavendish author.