Try This at Home: Planet-Friendly Projects for Kids

By TurtleMe

Try This at Home offers a unique combination of do-it-yourself activities supported by entertaining, up-to-the-minute info on why it's easy -- and smart -- to be eco-chic. Green tweens will satisfy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2895791929
• ISBN13: 9782895791928
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Owlkids
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.7" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher

Customer Reviews

Promises to become the go-to book for environmentally aware teachers and parents of 'tweens everywhe

"Try This at Home" contains suggestions and instructions for over 20 do-it-yourself eco-friendly crafts and activities for tweens, as well as lots of fun eco-facts and figures along with an eco-IQ quiz and profiles of environmental activists. Full color illustrations and photographs punctuate the text with playful bursts. Do you know what your eco footprint is? "Think Green" will tell you. Have you ever tried to plant a pizza? Can you fix your bicycle when it breaks? Have you ever organized or attended a swap meet? What is your favorite green activity? These and many more intriguing questions will be raised and answered in "Try This at Home." Created by the editors of Owl magazine for children, "Try This at Home" promises to become the go-to book for environmentally aware teachers and parents of 'tweens everywhere.