Too Much Trash: How Litter Is Hurting Animals

by Joan Marie Galat

Overview

Litter is not only an eyesore but a serious threat to animals and their habitats. We can all work together to keep the planet healthy and clean.

Did you know that gum on the sidewalk is litter? Even a banana peel that is thrown in a ditch is litter. Trash poses a threat to animals everywhere, including pets, farm animals and wildlife. They can get injured or trapped in the litter and even eat garbage that makes them sick.

In Too Much Trash: How Litter Is Hurting Animals, we discover how garbage ends up everywhere—from city streets and the wilderness to farmland and the ocean. But there's good news: litter is a problem everyone can help prevent. Around the world, kids and adults are finding ways to take out the trash. Find out how you can help clean up the planet for all species.

The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459831827
Publisher:	Orca Book Publishers
Publication date:	05/16/2023
Series:	Orca Footprints Series , #27
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	1020L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Joan Marie Galat is an award-winning author of more than 25 books for children and adults, with translations in eight languages. She is best known for her science books for children, especially her astronomy titles and interest in everything outer space. Her books have won and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Moonbeam Children's Book, Crystal Kite, Skipping Stones, Rocky Mountain Book, Red Cedar Book and Hackmatack Awards, the Green Prize for Sustainable Literature and others. She is the 2018 recipient of the Martha Weston Grant, awarded annually to one member (worldwide) of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Joan lives near Edmonton.

Editorial Reviews

This quick read will open your eyes to all the trash that we need to control…Impactful and timely. Recommended.

School Library Connection

Will help young readers focus on not only making wise choices to help wildlife but also in taking action for a cleaner future for the world they will inherit. Highly Recommended.

CM: Canadian Review of Materials

2023-01-12
Waste out of place is both ugly and hazardous, but kids can combat it.

How does litter hurt animals? How is this problem being tackled? How can I help? Galat sets out to answer these questions clearly and convincingly. She explains how manufactured or natural discards can produce pollution and contribute to climate change. Encountering our refuse—whether organic, processed, or inedible (metal, plastic, latex, medical masks, and other litter)—can be toxic, injurious, habituating, and disease-promoting for wildlife. Pets’ uncollected waste poisons waterways, as does roadside debris. And cleaning up can be expensive. But Galat focuses throughout on solutions, often spotlighting young activists. Captions and sidebars offer information and practical steps. “True or false?” challenges will engage readers. Much of the text advocates prevention, like avoiding plastics and not burying or burning trash. One chapter is devoted to local and global anti-trash efforts by kids, by governments, and by organizations as well as via several mechanical inventions. While asking consumers to research products’ specific type of biodegradability is probably not as constructive as demanding better regulation and labeling, this suggestion is the rare exception in a book that champions effective action. Vibrant color photos (of both animals and diverse people) and lively design layouts with discrete, digestible bits of text make the book accessible and inspiring.

Showing how refuse harms humans and other animals, this work should move readers to act. (resources, glossary, index) (Illustrated nonfiction. 9-12)

Kirkus Reviews