Zero Waste
How One Community Is Leading a World Recycling Revolution
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
25 July 2023
Summary
Kamikatsu, Japan, is known worldwide for its sanitation innovations. This small community of 1,700 people is leading the way in recycling and upcycling, and has nearly achieved its goal of zero waste. Told in Allan Drummond’s energetic, informal narrative style, this is the story of a group of citizens who dared to break out of their comfort zone and make radical change for the good of their town and the planet. Through the eyes of two children visiting their grandmother, this inspiring addition to Allan’s acclaimed series about everyday communities inventing exciting new approaches to green living shows that working together for a common cause has an impact that is lasting, meaningful-and fun!
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780374388409 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0374388407 |
| Author: | Allan Drummond |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 25 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 474g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 263mm x 265mm |
| Series: | Green Power |
| Audience Age: | 4 |
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Critics Review
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
A National Science Teaching Association-Children’s Book Council Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
“This latest in Drummond’s Green Power series, which explores successful sustainability projects, highlights a Japanese town committed to careful recycling, reuse of what they have, and reduction of further purchasing. As always, he tells his story in ways that will connect with his audience. Using clear, conversational prose punctuated with cheerful, color-washed pen-and-ink drawings and even some speech bubbles, he describes two children’s visit to their grandmother in Kamikatsu … Charmingly encourages our own environmental efforts.” –Kirkus Reviews
“The fictional story offers children a way to connect with the ideas and facts … while Drummond’s illustrations set a jaunty tone. The fifth in his Green Power series, this picture book shows the challenges and rewards of living in a zero-waste town.” –Booklist
“Drummond expands his Green Power series with this inspiring account of the citizens of Kamikatsu, Japan, and their zero-waste goal … Loosely marked art has calligraphy-like movement and flair. Appropriately focused on community members, illustrations showcase the story’s emphasis on how working together can help solve even seemingly impossible environmental problems.” –Publishers Weekly
“Inspiring.” –Horn Book
Allan Drummond
Allan Drummond is the author and illustrator of many books, including the four other Green Power titles: Pedal Power, Energy Island, Green City, and Solar Story. He studied at the Royal College of Art in London and currently lives in Suffolk, England.
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