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Environmentalism Becoming the Latest Niche in Children’s Books
Environmentalism is fast becoming the latest niche in children’s books. Besides raising awareness about environmental issues, this new kind of children’s book also seeks to inspire children to action. Lauren Davis wrote Giggles the Green Bean to do just that…inspire children to action.Then there is also Bobbie Bigfoot, the online creation of Earth Day Network and Redefining Progress, a think tank motivated with creating a sustainable economy and dedicated to social justice. In the book, Bobbie Bigfoot invites kids to “Help me find out how big my Ecological Footprint is.” This sort of environmental literacy is gaining steam in the United States where in Oregon a task team has been appointed to plan initiatives around environmentalism as part of the national “No Child Left Inside” programme.
Giggles the Green Bean has a problem. He’s a happy little seed, planted in some good ground, but he sprouts into a world where the air stinks, the sky is gray and the trees are gasping.
What the …? he says, or something like it, except age-appropriate.
And so begins the newly published adventure, told by Portland author Lauren Davis, of “Giggles the Green Bean Turns Stinkytown Into Greentown.” Guided by his bean grandmother and by a Wise Old Cabbage, Giggles learns five environmentally friendly lessons and spreads the word to others. Thus the town transforms from Stinky to Green.
It’s another turn at instilling environmental sensibilities in youngsters who may not know climate change from diaper change. But that’s OK, isn’t it? Or should we be concerned about heavy-handed green-washing? After all, some of today’s environmentalists were no doubt hauled around in their parents’ big cars, ate fast food and wasted electricity. They heard fairy tales in which wolves got slaughtered just for being wolves, trees and treasure were there for the taking and the bigger the machine, the better.
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- Giggles The Green Bean by Lauren Davis, Michael Fusco
EAN: 9780967156552
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