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Tag: informational fiction

April 19, 2022 by Denise Davila

Teaching Ideas for Youth Climate Activism: The Tantrum That Saved the World

Written primarily in rhyming couplets and iambic pentameter, The Tantrum that Saved the World centers on a young child who decides to do something about climate change. Just in time for Earth Day, in the classroom this engaging picture book offers an action plan to help students, families, and communities to work together in preserving the planet for future generations.

March 18, 2019 by Katie Cunningham

A Subtle Call to Action for Planet Earth in Debut Picture Book Sea Bear, A Journey for Survival

Told from the point of view of a female polar bear journeying across the diminishing ice from winter to summer, Sea Bear: A Journey for Survival is both poetic and gripping. In her debut picture book, author/illustrator Lindsay Moore has crafted a lyrical text complemented and extended by breathtaking watercolor and pencil illustrations.

September 12, 2011 by Mary Ann Cappiello

The Honeybee Man

The Honeybee Man Written by Lela Nargi, Illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker Schwartz & Wade Books, New York ISBN: 978-0-375-84980-0 Book Review Many may not consider Brooklyn, where Fred the Honeybee Man lives, or their own metropolitan area, as a hub for urban agriculture. But Fred’s Brooklyn neighborhood is teaming with food: maple trees, peas, sage, […]

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