HarperCollins Children's Books is committed creating green kids! No child is too young to go green and green reading is the best way to start. It's never too early to start reading to your child and instilling the valuable environmentally friendly lessons from our I Can Read!TM beginning reader series and graduated titles, fit for children of all ages and reading levels. Fiction and nonfiction titles featuring stories of stewardship, global warming, endangered animals, ecosystems, leadership, and respect for all living things encourage children to take action now in order to enjoy a thriving community for generations to come.
Green Tips
Create lifelong readers and environmental enthusiasts with green tips from favorite friends!
Go green only as only Fancy Nancy can—with panache, exuberance, and a touch of style—using her green tips:
Don't waste water. Get clean, but stay green. Discuss (that means to talk about) ways to reduce water consumption with your children and students. Fixing leaky faucets right away, turning off the water while brushing your teeth, and taking shorter showers are all wonderful ways to conserve water and decrease the energy it takes to heat and pump the water to individual houses.
Please take note. Always bring a tote. Encourage your children and students to bring a tote (that's a fancy word for a shopping bag) with them when shopping with a parent. Tons of carbon dioxide emissions are released into the atmosphere during plastic bag production. Children can create and decorate their own tote bags, which is a fun and stylish way to bring anything purchased at a store home without having to use plastic bags.
Being green is fancy! Let your children and students know that being green doesn't mean sacrificing style. Living green means taking care of the earth through small actions that add up to big changes! Suggestions include substituting posh cloth napkins for paper napkins when eating, using chic reusable lunch bags and containers at lunch, and turning off electric appliances when they're not in use.
Celebrate Green Day with My Little Ponies and their green tips:
Reduce, reuse, recycle! Teach your children and students about reusing ordinary household items to add sparkle to their backyard or school playground instead of throwing them away. Transforming old items into new and useful objects reduces waste and gives children a sense of accomplishment. Empty water jugs make wonderful planters, old juice bottles make terrific watering cans, and milk cartons make marvelous bird feeders.
Tell your friends to conserve too! Like the ponies, your children and students can successfully organize their own Green Day celebration through the use of teamwork and cooperation, in addition to the help of parents and teachers. Cleaning up a park, playground, or any other community area that needs to sparkle is a cinch when it's a team effort!
Join Little Critter on a mission to clean up the neighborhood with his green tips:
Turn down the thermostat! Lowering your thermostat a few degrees in the winter (or up a few in the summer) saves oil and gas. If you're cold, put on a sweater instead of turning up the heat.
Plant a tree! Plant a tree in your yard, or ask your teacher if your class can plant a tree in the local park.
Carpool, take the bus, or take a walk! Take the bus to school instead of your mom or dad driving you in a car. Even better, walk or ride your bike!
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