This Needs To Be Read: Meltdown with Author Anita Sanchez
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Mrs. TNTBS hosts Author Anita Sanchez.
MELTDOWN:
Discover Earth’s Irreplaceable Glaciers
& Learn What You Can Do to Save Them
It is especially important to educate our children - the future of environmental activism - about the global ecosystem and empower them to help reverse catastrophic climate change.
In the new book - MELTDOWN: DISCOVER EARTH’S IRREPLACEABLE GLACIERS AND LEARN WHAT YOU CAN DO TO SAVE THEM [Workman Publishing; $19.99] – award-winning author ANITA SANCHEZ does a remarkable job engaging young readers with fully backed, accessible science and driving home the importance of protecting glaciers – vital resources. The book is illustrated by LILY PADULA making it quite colorful and captivating!
Celebrating glaciers in all their glory, MELTDOWN relays their importance to human existence and Earth’s ecosystem, explains the threats that climate change poses to their survival, and gives young readers the tools to help save them…and adults can also benefit by picking up the book!
With a foreword by renowned glaciologist Jill Pelto and packed with information grounded in the latest science, MELTDOWN is a comprehensive and compelling introduction to climate literacy that invites readers to think, learn, and act in whatever ways they can.
About the author: ANITA SANCHEZ’S award-winning books sing the praises of unloved plants and animals, and of the unusual, often ignored wild places of the world: dandelions, poison ivy, spiders, mud puddles, and glaciers. Years of field work and teaching outdoor classes have given her firsthand experience introducing students to the wonders of nature. Her many science books for young readers include The Forest in the Sea: Seaweed Solutions to Planetary Problems (Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection). She lives in upstate NY. Visit Anita Sanchez at https://anitasanchez.com/ or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/asanchezauthor
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