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What Can You Do With An Old Red Shoe?: A Green Activity Book About Reuse (2009)

by Anna Alter(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0805082905 (ISBN13: 9780805082906)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

review 1: Recycling is big. As it should be. This is a book filled with ideas of how to reuse items that are generally thrown away, including a flip-flop, tin cans, old crayons, wrapping paper, toys, and, from the title, old red shoes.The directions are clear and easy to follow. The end products are good choices for children, including stamps, new crayons, planters, and candles. One bit from the book:"What Can You Do With a Flip-Flop?1. First, Sarah cleans the sand and dirt off her flip-flop and cuts the foot straps halfway down.2. Then, she turns it over, centers the cookie cutter where the top strap intersects the bottom of the shoe, and traces the shape using the marker.3. Next, her mom uses scissors to help her cut out the shape she traced.4. When they are finished cutting, Sara... moreh paints the bottom of her flip-flop and presses it onto a piece of paper.Now Sarah has a new stamp for making art!"There are additional tips for reusing and recycling items in the back of the book.Each suggestion is featured with a short poem that leads into the project. All the pages are heavily illustrated to make clear the steps of the process.This book would be great as a lead into a lesson about how to recycle.
review 2: A perfect blend of storybook style illustrations and craft book - this book truly encourages young readers to be green (or at least craft green). Would work wonderfully in a preschool (possibly older) environmental unit, and is great for parents interested in teaching their children to reuse and recycle. And - the craft projects are simple and fun! My four year old son and I quickly made our old yellow flip flop into a carrot stamp (and stamped the night away!). less

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