A charming, child-friendly tour around an ideal sustainable city -- with
a uniquely positive environmental message from award-winning author
Tanya Lloyd Kyi.
In this green city, neighbors take care of all living things: people,
plants and animals, too! Many people choose a bicycle, scooter or their
own two feet to get where they need to go. A family collects the rain to
water their garden, while solar panels capture the energy from the sun;
pipes gather heat from underground, and a windmill turns to power the
community. Residents keep hens and hives in their yards, and care for
flower beds that feed bees, birds and butterflies. Here, people all work
together to make the city green. Can we do the same where we live?
Tanya Lloyd Kyi and Colleen Larmour have conjured a delightfully utopian
sustainable community of the future, and they invite readers on an
interactive journey to explore it. Unlike many children's books about
the environment, this is a hopeful and uplifting book that encourages
children to imagine what's possible, with neighbors from diverse
backgrounds coming together to care for their surroundings and one
another. Green technology and concepts are presented in an accessible
way, covering topics from transportation to classrooms to food. Each
spread includes a question that asks readers to search for something
small in the illustration, and the abundant details in the rich and
colorful art make the pages perfect for poring over. Backmatter shares
environmentally friendly suggestions to try at home. Strong curriculum
links to social studies and to physical, environmental and life
sciences.
