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This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers, illustrated with photographs throughout, explores how animals are fighting the climate crisis by pooping. Discover the power of poo!
We all know animals are affected by the climate crisis. But did you know the climate crisis is also affected by animals?
From whales to dung beetles, What Poo Can Do explores how animals big and small are helping the planet every time they do a number two. Come on a journey to different parts of the world to see how animals are fertilizing plants, storing carbon, preventing fires, reducing methane and even creating color-coded maps-all through their feces! Readers will discover how animal defecation makes a difference when it comes to the climate crisis. It's time to embrace the power of poo!
Key Selling Points
• It's a deep dive into how animal poop helps the planet and a unique approach to looking at the most important topic of today: the climate crisis.
• The book includes basic scientific concepts explained in a simple manner and explores topics such as climate change, habitat destruction, biodiversity and ecosystem science.
• What Poo Can Do inspires kids to get involved in fighting the climate crisis with specific examples of things they can do to make a difference.
• The author has published several scientific nonfiction books for kids. She holds an MSc and works as a clinical instructor at the University of British Columbia.
Kids ask hard questions about social and environmental issues in their communities and around the world. The Orca Footprints series answers those questions with well-researched, straightforward information and powerful images. With topics such as sustainable energy, fair trade and community building, these books will inspire kids to take action.
Yolanda Ridge is the author of fiction and nonfiction books for young readers, including Evolution Interrupted: How We Change Nature and How Nature Changes Us, CRISPR: A Powerful Way to Change DNA and Elliot Jelly-Legs and the Bobblehead Miracle. She has a master of science degree and is adept at making complex concepts understandable, a skill she uses in her science writing and teaching. Yolanda lives in Rossland, British Columbia.
We all know animals are affected by the climate crisis. But did you know the climate crisis is also affected by animals?
From whales to dung beetles, What Poo Can Do explores how animals big and small are helping the planet every time they do a number two. Come on a journey to different parts of the world to see how animals are fertilizing plants, storing carbon, preventing fires, reducing methane and even creating color-coded maps-all through their feces! Readers will discover how animal defecation makes a difference when it comes to the climate crisis. It's time to embrace the power of poo!
Key Selling Points
• It's a deep dive into how animal poop helps the planet and a unique approach to looking at the most important topic of today: the climate crisis.
• The book includes basic scientific concepts explained in a simple manner and explores topics such as climate change, habitat destruction, biodiversity and ecosystem science.
• What Poo Can Do inspires kids to get involved in fighting the climate crisis with specific examples of things they can do to make a difference.
• The author has published several scientific nonfiction books for kids. She holds an MSc and works as a clinical instructor at the University of British Columbia.
Kids ask hard questions about social and environmental issues in their communities and around the world. The Orca Footprints series answers those questions with well-researched, straightforward information and powerful images. With topics such as sustainable energy, fair trade and community building, these books will inspire kids to take action.
Yolanda Ridge is the author of fiction and nonfiction books for young readers, including Evolution Interrupted: How We Change Nature and How Nature Changes Us, CRISPR: A Powerful Way to Change DNA and Elliot Jelly-Legs and the Bobblehead Miracle. She has a master of science degree and is adept at making complex concepts understandable, a skill she uses in her science writing and teaching. Yolanda lives in Rossland, British Columbia.
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