Research Catalog

Title

E for environment : an annotated bibliography of children's books with environmental themes / Patti K. Sinclair.

Author

Sinclair, Patti K., 1949-

Publication

New Providence, N.J. : R.R. Bowker, ©1992.

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Details

Description

xiv, 292 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Overview: Here's an exciting new selective bibliography that will help you introduce children to one of today's most important topics: protecting the environment. Covering over 500 children's books focusing on environmental themes, this vital guide ranges from books that make recycling fun, to works that address endangered habitats and species. Other titles cover energy, pollution, and a host of related issues that will determine the quality of life on our planet for years to come.

Subject

• Children's literature > Bibliography
• Environmental protection > Juvenile literature > Bibliography
• Environmental literature > Bibliography
• Ecology in literature > Bibliography
• Nature in literature > Bibliography
• Children > Books and reading
• Children in literature > Bibliography
• Children in literature
• Children > Books and reading
• Children's literature
• Ecology in literature
• Environmental literature
• Environmental protection
• Nature in literature
• Jugendliteratur
• Umweltschutz
• Bibliografie

Genre/Form

• Bibliography
• bibliographies.
• Bibliographies
• Bibliographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-246) and indexes.

Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Planting The Seeds Of Environmental Awareness: Introducing Young Children To Nature: -- Sense of wonder -- Enjoying nature with family and friends -- Closer look -- Respect for all living things -- Web Of Life: -- General ecology -- Forests -- Deserts -- Prairies and grasslands -- Mountains, tundra, and polar regions -- Wetlands, rivers, and inland waters -- Oceans, coasts, reefs, and estuaries -- Urban and other unique habitats -- At Issue: -- General -- Fragile habitat -- Endangered species -- Pollution -- Garbage and recycling -- Energy -- Climate -- Population and food supply -- Animal rights -- People And Nature: -- Our Earth, our home -- People and the land -- Changing landscape -- People make a difference -- It's Your Turn: Activities, Explorations, And Activism: -- Discovering: nature and environmental activities, experiences, and experiments -- Exploring -- Tending the earth -- Taking action -- Appendix: Environmental classics: suggestions for further reading -- Indexes: -- Author -- Title -- Subject.

ISBN

• 0835230287
• 9780835230285

LCCN

91039577

OCLC

• ocm24952449
• 24952449
• SCSB-9517676

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library