Liz Gogerly – författare

This colourful and positive book explains why it''s good to ''go green''!It''s Anjali''s birthday party and the children have had a great time. But looking around the room at the end, they see mountains of rubbish, from food waste to wrapping paper, burst balloons and small plastic toys. What will happen to all of this waste?The children find out what happens at a recycling centre and about the huge amount of objects that can be recycled or reused. They learn how to take action outside by helping nature, reducing waste at school dinners, and saving energy and water at home. Through chatting to teachers and local people, the children learn all about green topics such as landfills, litter, plastic mountains in oceans and global warming. But it''s not all doom and gloom. They discover that there are ways that they can take action to help save their environment and the planet. By walking to school or switching off lights when they don''t need them, this book is full of ideas for reducing and reusing. At the end they hold a fun Eco Festival to raise awareness of how easy it is to ''go green''! ''Stop and Think'' panels encourage readers to think about the problem in their local area and ''Take Action'' panels give advice for how readers can get involved.Look out for the other titles in this series: Wild Weather!, Save the Seas! and Nature Needs You!Great for teaching children age 7+ about science topics including pollution, global warming, natural resources and energy use.

Find out about caring for nature and saving the planet with our team of helpful kids, Anjali, Lulu, Mason and Noah!In Nature Needs You, these four friends discover an injured fox in the garden and need to take it to an animal rescue centre. There, they begin a year of discovery learning about the amazing animals, plants and places that make up our natural world.As the year goes on, the children talk to lots of different people, from park rangers and environmentalists, to teachers and grandparents. They learn lots of things about the natural world, from facts about biodiversity, food chains and climate change to pollination, plastic pollution and ecosystems.Throughout the book, there are Take Action advice panels, which give examples of small ways that people can get involved to help protect nature.Get Busy activity suggestions encourage children to be actively engaged with nature, by birdwatching or planting wild flowers. There are also full-page, step-by-step activities for how to make a bug hotel and a bird feeder. Perfect for keeping your keen naturalist busy this summer! Take this book to the back garden, the beach or the park and start helping nature now!By the end of the book, readers have a better understanding of the importance of nature, humans'' impact on nature and what can be done to help protect it.Look out for the other titles in this series: Go Green!, Wild Weather! and Save the Seas!

Find out about our seas and oceans with the green team, Anjali, Lulu, Mason and NoahThe four friends are having fun on the beach when they spot lots of plastic waste scattered everywhere. Discarded drinks bottles, straws, an old flipflop and even a toothbrush! How did it all get here? The children decide to investigate and soon learn all about seas and oceans, from tides and tidal waves to food chains and climate change. Full of fascinating facts and fun activities, this book will tell you everything you''ve ever wanted to know about our amazing seas and oceans and what you can do to help protect them!Throughout this book, there are Take Action advice panels, which give examples of small ways that people can get involved to help protect our seas and oceans.Get Busy activity suggestions encourage children to be actively engaged in conservation issues.There are also full-page, step-by-step activities for how to make the layers of the ocean or how to make a surf board float.By the end of the book, readers will have a better understanding of the importance of our seas and oceans, humans'' impact on them and what can be done to help protect themLook out for the other titles in this series: Go Green!, Wild Weather! and Nature Needs You!