Children's Nonfiction Environmental Conservation & Protection
Planet Ark
Preserving Earth’s Biodiversity
- Publisher
- Kids Can Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2013
- Category
- Environmental Conservation & Protection
- Recommended Age
- 8 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 3 to 7
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781771381581
- Publish Date
- Jan 2013
- List Price
- $18.99
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Description
Young readers can learn how to be modern-day Noahs and protect the world's plants and animals from extinction not by building a giant boat, but by making small changes in their everyday lives -- from planting trees to turning off the tap -- to help preserve the world's biodiversity. Planet Ark is part of CitizenKid?, a collection of books that inform children about the world and inspire them to be better global citizens.
About the authors
Adrienne Mason is a writer, editor and life-long resident of Vancouver Island. A biologist and naturalist/interpreter, she is the managing editor of KNOW: The Science Magazine for Curious Kids. She has a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Victoria, and her articles have appeared in National Geographic Kids, WILD, Canadian Geographic, Georgia Straight, Beautiful BC, OWL, Ranger Rick, Boys' Life and Nature Canada. She lives in Tofino, BC, and enjoys hiking, beachcombing and exploring the coast with her husband and two daughters.
Margot Thompson is an illustrator of children's books including the award-winning Tree of Life, Sea Monsters, Make a Change: Shapes, and Make a Change: Opposites. She also works as a designer at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
Awards
- Long-listed, Information Book Award, The Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada
- Short-listed, Green Earth Book Award , The Nature Generation
- Winner, Top 10 Books on Sustainability for Youth , Booklist
