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I must admit that I was a bit hesitant when I reached for this book. While the cover and illustrations are tempting, I didn’t find the recycling book as exciting as Knuffle Bunny or Lunch Lady. But I must admit I was pleasantly surprised.
Doug laughs lazy. He is wasteful. He is messy. But worst of all, he hates recycling! The clean and green city he lives in is threatened by his laziness, not to mention the stench released by mountains of garbage that Doug leaves wherever he goes! His stench is so strong that even the rat army that follows Doug reconsider their friendship with him. It’s up to Michael Recycle, the warrior in the green cloaks of planet Earth, who will show wicked Doug his mistake … before it’s too late!
Luckily, Michael persuades Doug to “clean up” his deed and, with the help of other rubbish, is sorted out of the recyclable waste! Doug even agrees to take a bath, which helps him at his friend’s front. Doug made such a turn, he was appointed the official Garbage Police.
It’s a fun story told in a nursery rhyme that introduces children to the rules of three in a fun way and cares about the environment. There is also a rubbish and recycling facts section on the back which covers the various aspects of environmental responsibility, the positive effects of recycling, and water, energy and paper conservation issues. But even the facts are fun (eg, “Americans recovered 33 percent of the garbage they threw in 2007. (Another third was thrown and the rest on the floor in your closet.”
Additional information:
Author: Ellie Bethel
Illustrator: Alexandra Colombo
Reading Level: Age 9-12
Hardcover: 24 pages
Publisher: Worthwhile Books (April 8, 2009)
ISBN-10: 1600103928
ISBN-13: 978-160103926
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Source by Lori Calabrese