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Earth Day and the environment / Kate Messner ; illustrated by Justin Greenwood.

Summary:

"In April 1970, twenty million people grabbed their rakes, gloves, and recycling bins to celebrate the first Earth Day. Since that environmental kickoff, nature has never been in better shape. RIGHT? WRONG! The real deal is a bit muddier than that. It’s true that the first Earth Day encouraged people around the globe to clean up their act when it came to the environment. But activists have been working for centuries to save the planet! Native people across the world developed sustainable farming practices, women in eighteenth-century India stood up to protect trees, and amateur scientist Eunice Foote discovered the science behind global warming all the way back in the 1850s! Join the History Smashers team to bust history's biggest misconceptions and figure out what in the world really went down before (and after!) the first Earth Day -- and how you can join the fight to protect the environment." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593705315
ISBN: 0593705319
ISBN: 9780593705308
ISBN: 0593705300
Physical Description: 230 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House Books for Young Readers, [2025]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Early environmentalists -- Cities of sewage and soot -- Saving wild places -- Pesticides, pollution, and picketing for change -- Cleaning up our act: the first Earth Day celebration -- Earth Day energy -- After Earth Day -- Trash, tree huggers, and toxicwaste -- Our warming world -- Solutions for tomorrow -- A timeline of environmental history.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 8-12 Random House Books for Young Readers Grades 4-6 Random House Books for Young Readers