To celebrate Earth Day Simon and Schuster has generously given be 5 of their Little Green Books to review!
Little Green Books are 100% recyclable, made from recycled paper, and printed with vegetable or soy inks. From books about recycling and replanting to learning about endangered species, there are plenty of options for planting the seeds of earth-friendly living at an early age.
My children & I reviewed 5 Little Green Books. My preschooler & I both learned so much from these books from how plastic & aluminum is made and recycled. As a homeschool mom I found these books to be very educational on the manufacturing making process as well as educating children how precious our planet is and how we need to care for it.
The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle
by Alison Inches
Illustrated by Pete Whitehead
Paperback
Recommended for Ages 4-6
$3.99
Peek into this diary of a plastic bottle as it goes on a journey from the refinery plant, to the manufacturing line, to the store shelf, to a garbage can, and finally to a recycling plant where it emerges into it’s new life…as a fleece jacket!
The Adventures of an Aluminum Can
by Alison Inches
Illustrated by Mark Chambers
Paperback
Recommended for Ages 4-6
$3.99
Peek into this diary of an aluminum can as it goes on a journey from inside a bauxite rock under the beaches of Jamaica, to the manufacturing line, to the store shelf, to a garbage can, and finally to a recycling plant where it emerges into its new life…as a baseball bat!
My preschooler & I were mesmorized with the whole manufacturing process. This was a great way for a child to learn how everyday products we use are made and how we can use them more than one time!
I Can Save the Ocean!: The Little Green Monster Cleans Up the Beach
Alison Inches
Illustrated by Viviana Garofoli
Board
Recommended for Ages 4-6
$6.99
Max the Little Green Monster’s journey to environmental awareness and learn tips on how they can become little green monsters themselves. The interior pages of this book will be printed on 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper that’s FSC-certified.
This book was a great way for me to reinforce to my preschooler on how we should not throw our garbage on the group, but we should throw it away in the proper location and how important it is to keep our oceans clean so that marine life does not suffer the consequences of human error.
My First Garden
by Wendy Lewison
Illustrated by Miki Sakamoto
Hardcover
Recommended for Ages 2-5
$6.99
Come along with a mother and daughter as they dig up soil, plant a flower bed, and water the seeds to make their very first garden. Together they watch the colorful vegetables grow, grow, grow! This book teaches a first concept of colors as well.
My toddler enjoyed naming the colors of the vegetables on each page!
Little Monkey
by Kimberly Ainsworth
Illustrated by Michelle Berg
Paperback
Recommended for Ages 0-3
$9.99
Meet Little Monkey and his friend Little Panda as they spend their day eating their favorite foods and playing together! Little ones will love to cuddle with this supersoft fleece cloth book that’s made out of cotton and recycled Polartec® fleece. This book is machine-washable.
Little Panda
by Kimberly Ainsworth
Illustrated by Michelle Berg
Paperback
Recommended for Ages 0-3
$9.99
Meet Little Panda and his friend Little Monkey as they spend their day eating their favorite foods and playing together. Little ones will love to cuddle with this supersoft fleece cloth book that’s made out of cotton and recycled Polartec® fleece. This book is machine-washable.
My 11 month baby really enjoys these super soft sweet books. They have such a sweet story. They are great for little ones to touch because of the super soft fabrics.
For additional resources on teaching your child about being green, recycling, respecting our planet and being aware of the endangered species you can go to Parents & Teachers or to The Little Green Blog.
You can purchase these great, fun filled, environmental, educational books at:
WANT TO WIN 5 LITTLE GREEN BOOKS?
Publisher Simon and Schuster generously offered for me to do a giveaway FOR 5 OF THEIR LITTLE GREEN BOOKS TO 5 DIFFERENT WINNERS!
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4. Follow Simon and Schuster FACEBOOK (let them know where you heard about them (from my blog) – 2 entries
5. Follow my blog on TWITTER – 1 entry
6. Tweet about this giveaway& amp; leave a link to your tweet. – 2 entries
7. Grab my grab button & tell me where it is make sure to leave an address I will be checking. Grabbing my blog grab button is worth 4 additional entries.
8. Go to Little Green Books and choose which 5 books you would like to win & why these 5 books. – 3 entries
FOR BONUS ENTRIES–
9.Participate in the below link up. Link up a recycled craft using materials from one of the Little Green Books. For instance The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle – besides recycling it in our garbage did you use it to make a craft, etc. Particpating in this link up will automatically give you 6 entries. Here are a few pictures of crafts I did with my children using plastic bottles.
Water bottle Jug bird feeders!
What can you make recycling a water bottle, aluminum can, etc. Please post & then link up for 6 additional entries!
Giveaway ends 4/22/10 (Earth Day) @ 11:59 PM. US only. Winner will be picked and announced the following day. Please respond within 48 hours, or a new winner will be chosen.
This was not a paid post and honest opinions were used. The opinions are solely my own may vary from others. Thank you to Simon and Schuster who supplied these books for the review and to giveaway .
Those look like sweet little books. I am a follower.
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Look like wonderful books for Earth Day. I follow!
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I Can Save the Ocean, This is Our World, What Do You See? I think my son would really like these ones not only will he be learning but he can flip the flaps in What Do You See? The other 2 I would like is Little Monkey and Litle Panda for my little girl.
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Listed the 5 books I would like to win and why. #2
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P.S. I love those recycling books! How cute are they? I sooo want them for my MOPS classroom. Our lesson theme this year is Going Green for God.
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I would choose…
I can save the Earth.
Little Monkey and Little Panda, I love that these are made from 100% recycled material, not to mention they are super cute.
My 1st garden. Gardening is one of my favorite things to do, and I love sharing that with my two little ones.
This is our World. I want my kids to know this is their world, we have to take care of it.
Great books.
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I blogged about your giveaway…
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New follower! Great giveaway!
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The 5 Little Green books I would LOVE are: Don’t Throw That Away!, Santa Claus Is Green!, My First Garden, Little Monkey & Little Panda
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Sorry! I forgot to include why I would choose those 5 books…
They all apply to our everyday life. We LOVE nature (especially animals) and we even have a garden every summer. Plus, our community is BIG into recycling. My boys love it!
What sweet books.
I will be following. 🙂
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I would like to win the following books because I am trying to teach my “family” how to care for the Earth and why we need to. These books will be great for my little one and to read with my niece and nephew when they come visit (at least they’ll get some exposure!)
Don’t Throw that Away
What Do You See?: A Lift-the-Flap Book About Endangered Animals
Easy to Be Green: Simple Activities You Can Do to Save the Earth
My First Garden
I Can Save the Earth!
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I’d love to have Little Panda, Little Monkey, What Do You See?, My First Garden, & This is Our World. The first two because they are soft books for my 5mth old who love to look a books! What do you see, because we want him to love animals, My firt garden becase we plan to grow a garden next year for him, and This is our world, so he can grow to learn he can make a difference.
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Liked your blog very much. Will be back for more read.
I just tweeted about your giveaway http://twitter.com/estein80/status/11991596520
I blogged about your giveaway.
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I would like to win Little Monkey, Little Panda, The Polar Bears’ Home, My First Garden, and What Do You See? . I would like these because I know my 2 sons would enoy them and learn valuable lessons from reading them. c(dot)hort(at)cox.net
I’m a new follower. 🙂
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I wrote about your giveaway on my blog.
http://threeblessingsathome.blogspot.com/2010/04/5-little-green-books-at-mama-to-3.html
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I wrote about your giveaway on my blog here-
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I’d love to win – This Is Our World: A Story About Taking Care of Our Earth, Little Panda, Little Monkey, My First Garden, and What Do You See? I’d love to win these 5 books because they are green, appropriate for my two year old, and beautiful! I love the artwork on the covers, very colorful. I love that they are using recycled materials and have a green message.
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I’d love to win – This Is Our World: A Story About Taking Care of Our Earth, Little Panda, Little Monkey, My First Garden, and What Do You See? I’d love to win these 5 books because they are green, appropriate for my two year old, and beautiful! I love the artwork on the covers, very colorful. I love that they are using recycled materials and have a green message.
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I’m a follower and I am stopping by from the #ubp10 would love to have you stop by.
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I faned S & S on Facebook and let them know I came from here!
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little monkey, little panda, what do you see, my first garden, the polar bears home
I would choose those 5!
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I’m following you on Twitter (I’m @ThriftyJinxy).
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The five books my son would like are
This is our world,Save the Earth,Adventures of plastic bottle,I can save the ocean & Adventures of an aluminum can
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My son loves books on earth and the world
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Just blogged this giveaway 🙂
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I follow! Thanks for the chance.
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I blogged about your giveaway. http://jollygreenmommy.blogspot.com/2010/04/green-giveaways.html
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I would choose “I Can Save the Ocean”, “This is Our World”, “The Adventures of an Aluminum Can”,”Easy to be Green” and “The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle”. I chose these books because they are educational and because one person can make a differece.
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I would choose the following 5 books: Easy to Be Green: Simple Activities You Can Do to Save the Earth, The Polar Bears Home, My First Garden, Little Monkey & The Adventures of an Aluminum Can because they all pretty much have to do with awareness of global warming, pollution etc… and they are great for all ages as well. entry #3
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Books we want:
1. Don’t Throw That Away! because my children are always crafting and it would give them a since of what we can do with things some might just toss.
2. Easy to Be Green because we love family activities!
3. Little Monkey because it would be nice to have one for our newborn.
4. I Can Save the Earth! because it looks like a great weekly bedtome read for us.
5. My First Garden because we will be planting our first garden this year and I would love for all to be involved.
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The 5 books I would like are: 1. I can save the ocean (my 5 year old loves the ocean), 2. Little Monkey (my 2 year old is quite a monkey!), 3. This is our world (5 year old would love this one), 4. what do you see (5 year old loves to play I spy with 2 year old), and 5. little panda (goes with little monkey). jfsarma at gmail dot com
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I would like to win Little Monkey, Little Panda, The Polar Bears’ Home, My First Garden, and What Do You See? they all sound so cute. My children would enjoy them and so would some little friends of ours.
Nice giveaway!
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3- I would choose…
1- Don’t Throw That Away (it’s a lidt the flap book, which my daughter LOVES!)
2- What Do You See? (another lift the flap and also a great way to introduce her to some new animals)
3- My First Garden (because I was JUST talking to my husband about doing this small scale with our daughter)
4- Little Monkey (because it looks sweet and adorable, like she could cuddle with it!)
5- This is Our World9 I Love that it comes with a puzzle!!)
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I’m a fan of Simon and Schuster on Facebook and left a comment on their wall letting them know I heard about them on your blog. #1
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I’m a fan of Simon and Schuster on Facebook and left a comment on their wall letting them know I heard about them on your blog. #2
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I would like to win #1:
1. The Polar Bears’ Home(My daughter loves animals.)
2. My First Garden(My daughter loves to help in the garden.)
3. What Do You See?(It’s a lift the flap book and my daughter really enjoys those.)
4. I Can Save the Ocean!(We love the ocean!)
5. The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle(It sounds like an interesting little story.)
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I would like to win #2:
1. The Polar Bears’ Home(My daughter loves animals.)
2. My First Garden(My daughter loves to help in the garden.)
3. What Do You See?(It’s a lift the flap book and my daughter really enjoys those.)
4. I Can Save the Ocean!(We love the ocean!)
5. The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle(It sounds like an interesting little story.)
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I would like to win #3:
1. The Polar Bears’ Home(My daughter loves animals.)
2. My First Garden(My daughter loves to help in the garden.)
3. What Do You See?(It’s a lift the flap book and my daughter really enjoys those.)
4. I Can Save the Ocean!(We love the ocean!)
5. The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle(It sounds like an interesting little story.)
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What a fun giveaway! I follow you!
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The 5 books I’d like to win and why:
Little Panda, because we already have Little Monkey, so it’d be nice to have the set.
What Do You See?, because my son is just getting to the age where lifting the flap on books is fun.
My First Garden, because I think the fact that it’s cut like a basket is cool, and b/c we have a garden ourselves.
The Polar Bear’s Home, because my husband loves polar bears
I Can Save the Ocean, because it would be fun for my friend’s daughter
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The 5 books I’d like to win and why:
Little Panda, because we already have Little Monkey, so it’d be nice to have the set.
What Do You See?, because my son is just getting to the age where lifting the flap on books is fun.
My First Garden, because I think the fact that it’s cut like a basket is cool, and b/c we have a garden ourselves.
The Polar Bear’s Home, because my husband loves polar bears
I Can Save the Ocean, because it would be fun for my friend’s daughter
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I Can Save the Ocean
This is Our World
What Do You See I
Little Monkey
Little Panda
These are the five I would pick
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The five books I would choose are:
1. Don’t Throw That Away!: A Lift-the-Flap Book about Recycling and Reusing – we always have at least one family craft day at the house and this book looks to have some great crafty ideas that will also teach the children how recycling is useful
2. What Do You See?: A Lift-the-Flap Book About Endangered Animals – simply because my son (who is actually a little older than the age range for this book) asked me the other day about the term “endangered animals” – what does it mean and why
3. Easy to Be Green: Simple Activities You Can Do to Save the Earth – my son loves doing little coloring and fun activities – this is a good way for him to learn about being more eco-friendly while having fun at the same time
4. My First Garden – we’ve been doing some urban planting this year and this book will add to that experience
5. Little Monkey – because my youngest grandbebe loves her board and fabric books!
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I would like to win Little Monkey and Little Panda because of its cute covers; My First Garden because I myself can learn with my child; This Is Our World and What Do You See because there’s a variety of topics to be learned.
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I would pick Little Monkey, Little Panda, This Is Our World, What Do You See and My First Garden. #3
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These are the 5 books I would choose to help my boys understand why it’s important to conserve and recycle:
1. I Can Save the Earth!
2. The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle
3. Easy to Be Green: Simple Activities You Can Do to Save the Earth
4. The Adventures of an Aluminum Can
5. This Is Our World: A Story About Taking Care of the Earth
The 5 books I’d choose (post #2):
1. I Can Save the Earth!
2. The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle
3. Easy to Be Green: Simple Activities You Can Do to Save the Earth
4. The Adventures of an Aluminum Can
5. This Is Our World: A Story About Taking Care of the Earth
I would love to win these, of course I am a follower!
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I would pick Little Panda, because it would be a sweet baby gift; Easy to be Green, because my boys love activity books!; Don’t throw that away because it has a lift the flap format that kids go crazy for; I can save the ocean, because it teaches them that there are things they can do to make a difference; and last I would choose Santa Claus is Green because it would be a fun holiday book and it has stickers! Who doesn’t love some stickers!! #1
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I listed the books I would choose above!! #3
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