E Is for Environment: Stories to Help Children Care for Their World--at Home, at School, and at Play
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While there are many children’s books on the market that emphasize the importance of eco-awareness, there are few parenting books available that help shape a family discussion on what it means to be environmentally friendly.
E Is for Environment fills that void. Perfect for reading together with children, this book will help both kids and adults think about ways to make their homes and habits better for the earth. Each story features Elliott and his younger sister Lucy, and each focuses on a different eco-friendly message to help kids learn how to appreciate our planet. A fun illustration and thought-provoking discussion questions accompany each tale, in addition to clever tips for thinking “green” and conserving natural resources.
Corlett’s warm, approachable writing style, paired with R.A. Holt’s charming illustrations, result in a winning formula that is sure to garner the same rave plaudits that E Is for Ethics earned.
Ian James Corlett
Ian James Corlett is the author of E IS FOR ETHICS and E IS FOR ENVIRONMENT. He is well known in the world of children's television and has created, written for, and/or developed many popular children's series, such as The Adventures of Paddington Bear, Rolie Polie Olie, Will & Dewitt, and his namesake series, Being Ian. Ian is also a renowned voice actor. He is the voice for literally hundreds of animated characters as diverse as Baby Taz of the Baby Looney Tunes and Dad in Johnny Test. The father of two and husband of one for more than twenty-five years, he currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Palm Springs, California. R.A. "Riley" Holt is a Canadian illustrator, designer, and artist who lives in Vancouver. Riley is proficient in a wide range of styles and uses many different mediums in his broad spectrum of artwork.
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E Is for Environment - Ian James Corlett
Introduction
Enviro-Warriors Matt
and Steph Invade
the School!
It was the first week of school, and there was excitement in the air. Matt and Steph, a couple of green crusaders, were visiting the school today. They were running more than 11,000 miles around the whole continent and were stopping at schools along their route.
In the gym, Elliott was sitting with his pals, and Lucy was sitting with hers. Matt and Steph arrived to talk about their run and how it was to raise awareness for the environment and help kids to take what they called the environmental action challenge.
They were both very enthusiastic.
Steph was really smart and knew everything about the environment, and Matt made everyone laugh with his silly voices and stories. Together, they talked about some of the crazy things that happened along their run, such as meeting UFO hunters and dealing with Matt’s blistery feet, but most of all, they spoke about things kids can do every day to make the world a greener place—things like recycling, turning off lights, even how and what you eat.
They said it was as simple as three words: reduce, reuse, and recycle.
The coolest thing happened at the end of their presentation. They played this old song from their parents’ generation called Teach Your Children,
which is all about teaching kids how to grow up to be good people. But when Matt and Steph said a super-secret word, all the grown-ups in the gym magically disappeared
so they could share a tip just for kids. (The secret word was rhubarb,
and Matt said the grown-ups disappeared, but everyone could still see them.) That’s when Matt told the kids that the real lyrics to the song should be, "Kids, teach your teachers and your parents well-er. In
Matt-speak, there is
well and
weller along with
good and
gooder."
So that meant that even though the teachers and all the parents were doing a great job teaching kids most things, kids can take the lead to help teach grown-ups ways to help the environment.
The presentation ended with a big cheer and a pinky-promise commitment from all the kids to take action to help the planet. Elliott and Lucy were especially enthused about it and decided to start taking action right away.
1
It’s in the Bag
Today it was Dad’s turn to shop for groceries for dinner, so he took Elliott and Lucy with him to Wholesome Choices Market, the kids’ favorite grocery store. Lucy loved going there to see all the beautiful displays of fresh fruit, vegetables, and flowers that came from farmers nearby.
Elliott liked to go to the grocery store because they always had creepy-looking fish on ice in the fish department. Elliott pretended that the fish were talking to one another, and he made up funny voices for them to match their mouths. Hello, Mr. Salmon, how are things upstream today?
he would say. Just fine, thank you, Mr. Trout,
he’d reply in a deep voice. Lucy thought everything about fish was icky even if they did have funny voices. Dad agreed. He said he had a hard time eating things with a face on them. And those fish sure did have faces. Weird ones!
With that, Dad gave the kids jobs. He said it was like a treasure hunt for ingredients. Lucy, you go find a package of spaghetti and also a jar of sauce called marinara. And be sure to get the one that says ‘organic’ on the package. Do you remember how to spell that?
Lucy smiled and said, Yup, and I know what it means, too: it’s made without the yucky stuff!
Dad just smiled and turned to Elliott. Elliott, I want you to go get the lettuce, and along with making sure it says ‘organic,’ I want to see if you can get some that is local. All right?
Check!
Elliott replied.
Dad also asked him to get a cucumber and some carrots, too. Elliott complained that he had more things to get than Lucy, but Dad reminded him that his sister was smaller and this evened out the contest. "See you at the checkout. First one there wins… oh, and no running!"
They were off like a shot, and in record time they both came sliding to meet Dad at the front. It’s a tie!
Dad said with relief.
The kids caught their breath as Dad finished up with the cashier. Would you like bags today, sir?
she asked. Just as Dad was about to answer Yes,
Lucy jumped in and said, Dad, wait!
QUESTION
Why do you think Lucy stopped her dad before he
could answer the question?
Dad didn’t realize it, but Lucy had thought ahead and brought three reusable grocery bags from home. Whenever Mom went shopping, she always brought her own reusable bags, and this had now become a habit for Lucy, too. She answered because she knew her dad didn’t have any with him that day. Bringing her own shopping bags meant that fewer paper bags needed to be used, saving energy and