| The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle: A Story about Recycling Original Edition Contributor(s): Inches, Alison (Author), Whitehead, Pete (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1416967885 ISBN-13: 9781416967880 Publisher: Little Simon OUR PRICE: $4.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: Learn about recycling from a new perspective! 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! Told from the point of view of a free-spirited plastic bottle, kids can share in the daily experiences and inner thoughts of the bottle through his personal journal. The diary entries will be fun and humorous yet point out the ecological significance behind each product and the resources used to make it. Readers will never look at a plastic bottle the same way again! |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - Environment - Juvenile Fiction | Technology - General |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 2010526235 |
| Series: Little Green Books |
| Physical Information: 0.07" H x 6.41" W x 8.03" (0.13 lbs) 24 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology - Curriculum Strand - Science - Catalog Heading - Science |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 128715 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Learn about recycling from a new perspective 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 Told from the point of view of a free-spirited plastic bottle, kids can share in the daily experiences and inner thoughts of the bottle through his personal journal. The diary entries will be fun and humorous yet point out the ecological significance behind each product and the resources used to make it. Readers will never look at a plastic bottle the same way again |
Contributor Bio(s): Inches, Alison: - Alison Inches has written over 80 books for children, including a bestseller, Go to Bed, Fred! She is also the author In the Kitchen with Miss Piggy, The Candy Bar Cookbook: Baking with America's Favorite Candy and Designs and Doodles: A Muppet Sketchbook. Alison lives in California with her husband, Ric and their son, Hunter. |