Play Book Tag discussion

There will be two opportunities for extra points in April, the first the renaming of Level 2 & Level 3 and the second an Earth Day Challenge.

I. Renaming Level 2 & Level 3
If you have an idea for a level name, please message me with your idea. Give me your best as I no more than one per person which will earn 2 points and 2 spaces. Please provide your idea by April 20.

When we have gathered all your suggestions, we will vote for the best two choices and the winners will earn 10 points and 10 spaces, which can be broken down or used all at once.

II. Earth Day 2024 Challenge
The theme for this year’s Earth Day is- Planet vs Plastics – the theme hopes to draw awareness to the health risks of plastics, encourage the phasing out of single use plastics, push for a UN resolution on Plastic Pollution and demand curtail fast fashion.

For the Steeplechase we will focus on Plastics and Planets as well and we will run our Mini Earth Day Challenge from April 17 through April 24.

When you finish reading a book, please post a review prior to posting in this thread. If you find a book with under 150 pages you should read two and post reviews for each (the reviews may be posted together). It seems we do a great job educating children about the environment and I would love us to be aware of the choices they have as well.
o - 2 points and 2 spaces for an example of either plastic(s) or planet(s) used in a book you are reading. You can only count this once.
o - 2 points and 2 spaces for a picture on the cover of either plastic or a planet. Please post a picture of the cover. You may post one book for each.
o - 3 points and 3 spaces for a book in which the title contains either of the words plastic(s) or planet(s) You may post one book for each.
o - 2 points and 2 spaces for a book which meets the 5-person limit for the following tags: recycle(recycling), earth, garbage, earth-day, plastics, and climate. You may post one book for each.
o - 1 extra point, if the book also matches the PBTag of the month, for any of the above.

Oh, fun! Not sure if I'll have anything (already finished one that probably had "planet(s)", but too late for this challenge).

Awesome. I haven’t picked out anything to read for Earth Day yet. Audible added an Earth month category to their current 2 for 1 sale (ends tomorrow).

How fun! I definitely have something for the naming ... 😉😏

Question on the Earth Day challenge - what's the deadline?

Theresa wrote: "Question on the Earth Day challenge - what's the deadline?"

I knew I was forgetting something! We will do the Earth Day Challenge from April 17 through April 24.

Five person means five person tagged? Like the book has to have five tags for earths, plastics, recycling, garbage, what have you? Like the book itself must meet the 5 person tag criteria? Just trying to make sure I understand the last one clearly.

What is interesting about this challenge right now, is that so many of us are in various fantasy romance worlds, and this is a really interesting opposite step out. One has to pretty much get lucky or go and read a book that is related to earth or climate or recycling - which is wonderful by the way. I really applaud your coming up with something that is both clever and important and impactful. Great job on the April Challenge.

Amy wrote: "Five person means five person tagged? Like the book has to have five tags for earths, plastics, recycling, garbage, what have you? Like the book itself must meet the 5 person tag criteria? Just try..."

Yes. Five tags.

Booknblues wrote: "Theresa wrote: "Question on the Earth Day challenge - what's the deadline?"

I knew I was forgetting something! We will do the Earth Day Challenge from April 17 through April 24."

Thanks, that’s just enough time, without running up against end of the month deadlines. I love that we can read more than one book if we want. I have a book about extinction that should have one of those tags I hope.

Amy wrote: "Five person means five person tagged? Like the book has to have five tags for earths, plastics, recycling, garbage, what have you? Like the book itself must meet the 5 person tag criteria? Just try..."

That's correct. 5 people need to tag the book.

The Planets by Dava Sobel - 3* - My Review


Dava Sobel takes the reader through the history of discovery of each planet in our solar system, along with details about what is known of the planet and its moons. She also mentions the planetary references found in works of art, mythology, music, science fiction, and culture. It is ordered by the planet’s distance to the sun, starting with Mercury. It contains poetry and anecdotes related to her own past experiences. It is a different approach to a discussion of the solar system – more artistic and historical than scientific. I found it reasonably interesting but not riveting. It contains enough diverse information about the solar system to make it worth the time invested.

Fits:
o - 2 points and 2 spaces for an example of either plastic(s) or planet(s) used in a book you are reading. You can only count this once. [Planets are mentioned throughout the text, such as:
"Any child who committed the planets' names to memory with the help of an appealing nonsense-sentence mnemonic - "My very educated mother just served us nine pies" - simultaneously gained their proper progression outward from the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto." p. 3

o - 2 points and 2 spaces for a picture on the cover of either plastic or a planet. Please post a picture of the cover. You may post one book for each. (see cover photo above)

o - 3 points and 3 spaces for a book in which the title contains either of the words plastic(s) or planet(s) You may post one book for each. ("Planets" in Title)

Total: 7 points, 7 spaces

Joy D wrote: " "My very educated mother just served us nine pies" - simultaneously gained their proper progression outward from the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto." .."

I had never heard that mnemonic

Booknblues wrote: "Joy D wrote: " "My very educated mother just served us nine pies" - simultaneously gained their proper progression outward from the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun..."

Me either. Maybe back in the olden days of our elementary education it had not yet been created.

My son was taught a different version: "My very educated mother just served up nine planets." (Then they demoted Pluto so now it makes no sense).

Nachos

Theresa wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Joy D wrote: " "My very educated mother just served us nine pies" - simultaneously gained their proper progression outward from the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Sat..." I learned it as My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas......

Rose wrote: "Theresa wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Joy D wrote: " "My very educated mother just served us nine pies" - simultaneously gained their proper progression outward from the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Ma..."

You must have been a hungry crew!

Earth Day 2024 Challenge

Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews

Review 4/18

1. Example of plastic used in a book
I undid the Velcro straps securing the roll of the screen to the hull and slid the cloth handled onto my shoulder. Made of dark plastic with several layers, the screen resembled a giant yoga mat, six by six when laid flat. It took the chalk like a dream.
...
The bottom part of the mat melted as the two chemicals mixed, and the liquified plasticslipped between the pavers, anchoring the mat in place.

Note there were multiple references to a plastic container (think
Tupperware) being used to trap a valuable rare spider. Or more accurately failing to trap.

Earned: 2 points + 2 spaces

2. The book also matches the PBTag of the month, Fantasy Romance - 59 tags.

Earned: 1 point

Total Earned: 3 points + 2 spaces

Plastic: A Toxic Love Story by Susan Freinkel - 4* - My Review

“Manufacturers have long chosen plastic for their products on the basis of price and functionality. But creating a more sustainable relationship with plastics will require a new dexterity on our part. It will require us to think about the entire life cycle of the products we create and use.”

Susan Freinkel looks at the history of plastic, and how it has become so pervasive in our everyday lives over a relatively short period of time (starting in the mid-twentieth century). She also informs the reader about its chemistry, manufacturing, uses, and the many challenges faced in disposing of a substance that is not biodegradable. It is structured through examining eight plastic items: the comb, molded chairs, the Frisbee, IV bags, lighters, grocery bags, bottles, and credit cards. Freinkel makes her points using anecdotes as well as statistics: “In 1960, the average American consumed about thirty pounds of plastic products. Today, we’re each consuming more than three hundred pounds of plastics a year.” She provides a balanced picture of the plastics that make our lives more convenient even as they complicate the choices and tradeoffs we must face as payment for those conveniences.

There is a vast amount of information in this book. It explains the various types of plastics and provides a helpful glossary at the end. It examines the feasibility of “bioplastics,” recycling methods that have succeeded (and failed), and ideas for raising awareness. It provides the details of how plastics break down. In sunlight, it takes an extremely long time, but in the ocean, denied access to light, it sinks to the bottom and stays there. It ends up in the bellies of fish, birds, and other animals, doing irreparable harm to wildlife. “I'm not out there suggesting that we should ban every plastic product. But there are some whose environmental costs exceed their utility, and the [plastic] bag is one of them.” It is detailed, well-researched, and thought-provoking.

PBT Steeplechase April Challenge - tagged "plastic" x6 (also climate x5):
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Fits:

o - 2 points and 2 spaces for a picture on the cover of either plastic or a planet. Please post a picture of the cover. You may post one book for each. (see cover above)
o - 3 points and 3 spaces for a book in which the title contains either of the words plastic(s) or planet(s) You may post one book for each. (Title contains "Plastic")
o - 2 points and 2 spaces for a book which meets the 5-person limit for the following tags: recycle(recycling), earth, garbage, earth-day, plastics, and climate. You may post one book for each.
(Tagged "plastic" x6 and "climate" x5)

Total: 7 points, 7 spaces

Note: There are no books with 5 or more tags for "plastics" but there are 2 tagged "plastic" 5 or more times and this is one of them.

Joy D wrote: "Plastic: A Toxic Love Story by Susan Freinkel - 4* - My Review

“Manufacturers have long chosen plastic for their products on the basis of price and functionality. B..."

Good choice! It was the first book I thought of when I saw this challenge, but I've already read it.

I’m looking forward to this one. I ordered it from the downtown library along with a couple other possibilities. One came in so far, but not this one.

Earth Day Challenge:
o - 2 points and 2 spaces for an example of either plastic(s) or planet(s) used in a book you are reading. You can only count this once.
o - 1 extra point, if the book also matches the PBTag of the month, for any of the above.

Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson - many mentions of Tress' planet, such as "The sky around Tress's planet" - p 4) and "I arrived on the planet"- p122)

Review" https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - 4/20

42 tags for Fantasy/Romance, so this earns 3 points & 2 spaces

Can we use a fictional planet for this item?

o - 2 points and 2 spaces for an example of either plastic(s) or planet(s) used in a book you are reading. You can only count this once.

NancyJ wrote: "Can we use a fictional planet for this item?

o - 2 points and 2 spaces for an example of either plastic(s) or planet(s) used in a book you are reading. You can only count this once."

It can be a fictional planet, just as long as it clearly is a planet

I had absolutely no intention of getting any more points but I landed on Science Fiction and chose because it was on my shelf, it is pretty short and the author name works for BWF. I didn't even notice that there are several planets on the cover! It wasn't in my mind at all till I was catching up on messages on this thread. I will post it for the points after I finish and review it.

Earth Day 2024 Challenge

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

2.5 stars - Review 4/21

1. The title contains the word 'planet'.

Earned: 3 points and 3 spaces

2. The book also matches the PBTag of the month, Fantasy Romance - 187 tags.

Earned: 1 point

Total Earned: 4 points + 3 spaces

Earth Day 2024 Challenge

I chose reading 2 childrens books for tag matching Earth Day 5 or more times because I wanted to see the quality of the messaging for children as so many of the lessons learned when very young stick with us.

A. Tag: Earth Day

1. To Change a Planet by Christina Soontornvat - 6 tags - 5 stars and 5 hearts rating
2. Touch the Earth by Julian Lennon - 5 tags - 1 star rating

Review of both books 4/21

Earned: 2 points + 2 spaces [2 books = 1 book]

B.
A picture on the cover of a planet - Earth

Earned: 2 points + 2 spaces

Total Earned: 4 points + 4 spaces

Earth Day 2024 challenge

Losing Earth: A Recent History by Nathaniel Rich. 3 stars. Adult nonfiction 224 pages. 117 climate change tags, 83 climate tags, 5 earth tags.


✔️planet - 2 points and 2 spaces for a picture on the cover of either plastic or a planet. Please post a picture of the cover.

✔️ 2 points and 2 spaces for a book which meets the 5-person limit for the following tags: recycle(recycling),earth, garbage, earth-day, plastics, and climate. You may post one book for each.

Total 4 pt, 4 sp, Climate or earth tag.

A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough - 4* - My Review

This book is David Attenborough’s memoir of his life as a documentarian and naturalist who helped put natural history on the roadmap of popular culture. He also presents a great many options for increasing biodiversity, which he concludes is the key to ameliorating the pending climate disaster. He presents evidence for his conclusions, and it is compelling. He also explains actions already taken in some countries that are proving effective.

At age 94, he has seen many changes in his lifetime. He cites statistics on population growth, concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and percentage of remaining wilderness. It will be evident to the reader that population and greenhouse gases have increased, and wilderness areas have decreased significantly. These stats are quoted from 1937 to 2020. It is easy to see the trends when examined in discreet measurements, which is an effective method of proving his points.

He discusses reasons for our current situation, such as overfishing, deforestation, receding coral reefs, and extinctions of species. We are now in the Anthropocene, where our world is primarily influenced by the actions of humankind. He projects (decade by decade) what will happen in the future if we do not act and offers suggestions about what we can do.

He believes we must restore its biodiversity and “re-wild” the world. He explains that we must return to the philosophy of being part of nature, not apart from nature, and provides a plan for achieving a sustainable future. The earth’s flora and fauna have an innate ability to regenerate, when provided the opportunity. He recognizes the economic factors that tend to drive the plundering of Earth’s resources and proposes ideas for taking the value of increasing biodiversity into the equation.

The narrative is clearly and insightfully written. The first half is mostly his memoir, and the second provides a list of actions. He suggests that we can avoid a sixth extinction if we have vision and discipline, along with international cooperation. Attenborough has experienced many changes in his nine decades, and it is wonderful to see a book that does not dwell entirely on the negatives but offers real solutions.

PBT Steeplechase Earth Day - tagged "climate"x63
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

and tagged "earth" x9:
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Fits:
o - 2 points and 2 spaces for a book which meets the 5-person limit for the following tags: recycle(recycling), earth, garbage, earth-day, plastics, and climate. You may post one book for each.
Fits: climate and earth

Total: 2 points, 2 spaces

Earth Day 2024 Challenge

I chose reading 2 childrens books for tag matching Earth 5 or more times because I wanted to see the quality of the messaging for children as so many of the lessons learned when very young stick with us.

Tag: Earth

1. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
5 stars and 5 hearts - Tagged Earth 5x
2. Heal the Earth by Julian Lennon - John Lennon's son with his first wife, Cynthia. Co-written by Bart Davis and illustrated by Smiljana Coh.
2 stars. Tagged Earth 6x.

Review of both books 4/21

Earned: 2 points + 2 spaces [2 books = 1 book]

Total Earned: 2 points + 2 spaces

Earth Day 2024 Challenge

I chose reading 2 childrens books for tag matching Recycling 5 or more times because I wanted to see the quality of the messaging for children as so many of the lessons learned when very young stick with us. I ended up with two books that incorporated textile and craft/DIY which are particular passions of mine! Even the artwork incorporated reflects handcrafts and textiles.

A. Tag: Recycling

1. One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Miranda Paul, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon - 28 tags - 5 stars
2. I Had a Favorite Dress: A Picture Book by Boni Ashburn, illustrations by Julia Denos.
4 stars - tagged recycling 5x

Review of both books 4/21

Earned: 2 points + 2 spaces [2 books = 1 book]

B. One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
Word 'plastic' in the title

Earned: 3 points + 3 spaces

C.
Plastic bag on the cover

Earned: 2 points + 2 spaces
Total Earned: 7 points + 7 spaces

This is my final Earth Day post. Aggregate totals all of my posts:
Points: 20
Spaces: 18

I just posted my final Earth Day post. Just wanted to say I enjoyed it immensely, and originally had no expectation to do so. But once I read the rules more carefully, and saw I could read children's books ... well I went on a hunt to see what I could get in ebook from the library. I discovered that NYPL, BPS, and QPL do not have many, hardly any, of the childrens books that get 5 or more tags on GR in Recycling, Earth, and Earth Day. That includes a number of award winning books!

I was pleased, very pleased, with most of my picks - as you can see from the reviews, the Julian Lennon ones, of which each library had multiple copies, were panned by me. I saved the brilliant, magical, wonderful, The Lorax by Dr. Seuss for very last. Saved the best of course.

I encourage all to dip into some of the childrens books - there are wonders.

o - 2 points and 2 spaces for a picture on the cover of either plastic or a planet. Please post a picture of the cover.

Several planets on cover - - Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Booknblues wrote: "I knew I was forgetting something! We will do the Earth Day Challenge from April 17 through April 24."

Just to confirm - can we post up to the end of the day tomorrow (Wed)? I have a book I should finish today, and am hoping to get my review done tonight, but wondered if I have all of tomorrow, as well, in case I don't get the review done. Thanks!

LibraryCin wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "I knew I was forgetting something! We will do the Earth Day Challenge from April 17 through April 24."

Just to confirm - can we post up to the end of the day tomorrow (Wed)? I h..."

You have all day tomorrow, 4/24 and I'm on Pacific Time.

Booknblues wrote: "You have all day tomorrow, 4/24 and I'm on Pacific Time. ..."

Thanks! It looks like I should be able to get this posted tonight.

One more question. This will be a +2 for the first option "2 points and 2 spaces for an example of either plastic(s) or planet(s) used in a book you are reading."

Does the +2 need to be used together? I'm assuming so, but wanted to confirm (as I mark is all down on my Steeplechase tracking).

This is for:
2 points and 2 spaces for an example of either plastic(s) or planet(s) used in a book you are reading.

Quote from page 263 of the hardcover, but this particular planet was mentioned a number of times before this, probably also the word "planet", but I forgot about this challenge until I was almost done the book!

Anyway, the quote: "I know all about her planet. Hetreyah is its name, and her people's skin looks like starlight"

Where the Forest Meets the Stars / Glendy Vanderah
3.75 stars

Jo is a Ph.D.(?) student studying bird nests and is renting a place beside a forested area. When a little girl with bruises appears in her yard and refuses to go home, or even tell Jo her name or where she belongs, the girl says she came from the stars, from another planet. She eventually gives her name as Ursa Major. Whenever Jo tries to call the police to help get the girl home, the girl runs away. Ursa manages to wrap her finger around Jo (and their neighbour, the “Egg Man” Gabe), as Jo and Gabe try to figure out how to figure out where she came from and get her home again.

I loved the bird information in the book. And the astronomy info. I guess most of that was nearer the beginning of the book. (There was also plenty of Shakespeare mentioned.) I wasn’t sure what I’d think about this child from the stars, or another planet, thinking there might be some magical realism in the book (not my thing), but I ended up really liking it. I also quite liked Jo and Gabe’s relationship, and Jo’s best friend, Tabby, was fun, too. I took a ¼ star off for the (view spoiler)[ far too unrealistic, happy, everything-tied-up-with-a-ribbon (hide spoiler)] ending.

Earth Day Challenge


Ruby Fever - Ilona Andrews

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1. Plastic used in a book
p. 54 " A single rat can easily carry a plastic bag in a pocket of its harness with enough cyanide or any number of other lethal substances to cause death within minutes."

Earned: 2 points + 2 spaces

2. Tag of the month, Fantasy Romance - 59 tags.

Earned: 1 point

Total Earned: 3 points + 2 spaces

Questions?

1. I know that spaces earned for these challenges need to be used on the next roll rather than saved, but I just rolled today for Spin #18 and picked my book for the tag. Since I haven't started the book and won't before the end of the Challenge. Do I consider this my next roll and have to move 2 ahead and change my book or do I just use it for my next roll Spin #19?

2. I am on Spot #107 and my next roll, Spin #19 will probably finish the level. How is this done? Say I roll 4 (passing #110), do I stop at #110 and consider that my roll, then add the +2 onto my first roll of Level 2? OR do I make my Level 2 Board and then go to #1 there to complete my roll? OR do I add my + 2 and go to #3?

Having this Challenge play out at this point has me confused. Help!

Linda C wrote: "Questions?

1. I know that spaces earned for these challenges need to be used on the next roll rather than saved, but I just rolled today for Spin #18 and picked my book for the tag. Since I haven'..."

They don't need to be used on the next roll.

The only ones that do are some of the hurdles and the long books.

These from the Earth Day challenge can be used whenever.

Yes, that is how some of us have 20 or more extra spaces saved up. If we had to use them right away, we wouldn't have any.

Linda C wrote: "Questions?

1. I know that spaces earned for these challenges need to be used on the next roll rather than saved, but I just rolled today for Spin #18 and picked my book for the tag. Since I haven'..."

Bnb answered Q1. You can save the rewards for later.

Q2. - If your next spin brings you past the last space, you just roll off the board to finish this level. You can request your first spin for the new board the next day. (So start setting it up now. )

If your next spin brings you exactly to your last space, you can read that book, and that puts you at the starting gate for the next level. You can request your first spin for the new board the next day (or when you finish the book).

If your next spin brings you just short of the end and you don’t want to read that tag, you can use your 2 space bonus to roll off the board. You can start your new board the next day.

Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrew’s. 4/18/24
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✔️o - 2 points and 2 spaces for an example of either plastic(s) or planet(s) used in a book you are reading.

One of the characters (Sean) discovers that his family was from the planet Auul. It has two moons and is the home of genetically enhanced werewolves. From the Kindle page 71: “ There is a star system with two habitable planets, Auul and Mraar.” Other planets are discussed in the book as well.

Earned 2 points and 2 spaces.

Additional books I liked (without tags) :
Of all the books I found, these were the most practical so far:
101 Ways to go to Zero waste (for adults too)
This Book Is Not Garbage: 50 Ways to Ditch Plastic, Reduce Trash, and Save the World!
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Earth Day Books I read and reviewed (summary of all books)

Children’s books:
✅All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff - garbage 6 tags, recycling 5 tags
✅One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia- recycling 29 tags
Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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✅We Are Water Protectors: - it’s gorgeous and indigenous. Earth 9 tags, earth day 12 tags
✅Lonely Planet Kids 101 Small Ways to Change the World (middle grades) 5 earth day tags, planet
Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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✅The Lorax Earth 5 tags, earthday 23 tags
✅ The Day the River Caught Fire: How the Cuyahoga River Exploded and Ignited the Earth Day Movement
- earthday 5 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Adult books:

✅Losing Earth: A Recent History
83 climate tags, 5 earth tags
Review message 29

✅Clean Sweep
Planets
see message 44

✅Plastic: A Toxic Love Story by Susan Freinkel. Plastic in the title, on the cover, in the full content, 6 plastic tags.
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change by Thor Hanson. 15 climate tags, 6 environmental tags for spin
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

See the points list message 50

Hi, Fran. My question from above (msg 37):
"Does the +2 need to be used together? I'm assuming so, but wanted to confirm (as I mark is all down on my Steeplechase tracking)."
Thanks!

LibraryCin wrote: "Hi, Fran. My question from above (msg 37):
"Does the +2 need to be used together? I'm assuming so, but wanted to confirm (as I mark is all down on my Steeplechase tracking)."
Thanks!"

Yes, it does.

That was my assumption, but wanted to be sure. Thank you!

GR isn’t letting me post another review atm. I’ll try again later

Two wonderful children’s books about garbage and recycling.

One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Miranda Paul. This is the story of how a group of women found a way to make pretty products from colorful plastic shopping bags, and they made money too. I think I will remember this book for some time.

All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff by Meghan McCarthy. This is funny book about the famous garbage barge that wandered around the ocean for months because no state would allow it to dock. The illustrations are great, with all the political and news people. Most of the characters were smiling from the side of their faces. I especially liked Phil Donohue. I didn’t remember that part.

Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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We Are Water Protectors: by Carole Lindstrom.
This is a gorgeous picture book that I am getting for my great niece. I love the message and the illustrations. The author is Ojibwe, and in her culture the women are the water protectors. We have some of Ojibwe or anishinabe blood in our family, and I want to share that with her. There is additional information at the end of the books about the culture, and about the Standing Rock fught against the oil pipelines. The book is very gentle though.

Lonely Planet Kids 101 Small Ways to Change the World by Andre Andrus. This book covers a lot of ground on practical things that kids can do to make the world a little better. It includes tips about energy use, recycling, plastics, garbage, health and a nice section on kindness. It’s a little too goody-goody taken as a whole, but it could be a good resource.

Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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These are two children’s books that I highly recommend. I think every family should read The Lorax by Dr Seuss. It contains a powerful message in an entertaining way. It used to have a reference to Lake Erie, and maybe even the river that caught on fire. In a moment of kindness he agreed to take it out following a massive cleanup. It’s much cleaner now, but I still won’t swim in it ( even though a friend has a lovely beach house on the lake).

The Day the River Caught Fire: How the Cuyahoga River Exploded and Ignited the Earth Day Movement by Barry Wittgenstein.
This is horrifying and amusing, and took place in the summer of 1969 ( which was a notable summer for my generation). I think Cleveland should be very proud of Mayor Stokes ( their first Black mayor) for taking such a strong stand. This event helped to pass the Clean Air Act and led to the first Earth Day.

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Summary
When you finish reading a book, please post a review prior to posting in this thread. If you find a book with under 150 pages you should read two and post reviews for each (the reviews may be posted together). It seems we do a great job educating children about the environment and I would love us to be aware of the choices they have as well.

o - 2 points and 2 spaces for an example of either plastic(s) or planet(s) used in a book you are reading. You can only count this once. = 2 points and 2 spaces (or 4+4?)
Plastic: A Toxic Love Story - plastics
Clean Sweep - planets

o - 2 points and 2 spaces for a picture on the cover of either plastic or a planet. Please post a picture of the cover. You may post one book for each. = 4 points + 4 spaces


o - 3 points and 3 spaces for a book in which the title contains either of the words plastic(s) or planet(s) You may post one book for each.
=6 points and 6 spaces
Plastic: A Toxic Love Story
Lonely Planet Kids 101 Small Ways to Change the World

o - 2 points and 2 spaces for a book which meets the 5-person limit for the following tags:
= 5 or 6 matches 10-12 points and spaces
You may post one book for each.
Earth = Losing Earth: A Recent History - 5 earth tags
Plastic = Plastic: A Toxic Love Story - 6 plastic tags
Climate = Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change 15 climate tags
Recycling= One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia 29 recycling tags. AND All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff 6 garbage tags, (5 recycling)
Earth day = The Lorax 23 earth day tags (and several other garbage and earth day books)

Total = 22 points and spaces ( or 24 or 26)r