Keep America Beautiful month

Keeping America beautiful is not just picking up litter, which is a large problem, but also by helping to keep our environment safe and clean.

Green Issues in Focus, a series geared toward the middle school student, discusses different types of environmental impacts and what can be done to clean up and protect the environment. There are five titles in the series: Conserving and Protecting Water; Food for a Greener Planet; Green and Clean Energy; Solving the Air Pollution Problem; and Unloved and Endangered Animals.

These library-bound titles are available directly from www.enslow.com, your preferred vendor, Barnes & Noble, or Amazon.

Unloved and Endangered Animals: What You Can Do

Unloved and Endangered Animals: What You Can Do, by Cindy Watson, has been published.

Among the animal species currently in danger are several that are not always understood and appreciated, such as bats, coral, sharks, and bees. Yet they play an important part in the balance of nature on our planet. Author Cynthia Watson explains what is special about these animals, how they are threatened, and what readers can do to help them live and thrive.

128 pages, full-color photographs, Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13: 978-0-7660-3345-0
http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=3103

Solving the Air Pollution Problem: What You Can Do

Solving the Air Pollution Problem: What You Can Do, written by Stephen Feinstein, has been published.

Air is our most important resource, yet it is in danger from pollution and global warming. Author Stephen Feinstein explains threats to air quality worldwide and explains what you can do to help preserve and protect this precious resource.

128 pages, full-color photographs, Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13: 978-0-7660-3347-4

http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=3146

Green and Clean Energy: What You Can Do

Green and Clean Energy: What You Can Do, written by Sherri Mabry Gordon, has been published.

Conventional energy sources such as oil and coal will not last forever, and they pose a threat to our earth through polluting and causing climate change. Author Sherri Mabry Gordon explores different types of energy, such as wind and solar, explaining how they work and what their advantages are. She also outlines ways kids can save energy and use it more wisely.

128 pages, full-color photographs, Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13: 978-0-7660-3348-1

http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=3145

Food for a Greener Planet: What You Can Do

Food for a Greener Planet: What You Can Do, written by Lisa A. Wroble, has been published.

Thinking "green" when it comes to food involves making eating choices that benefit the earth, other people, and our own health. Author Lisa A. Wroble explores the issue of sustainable food: using more natural methods to raise and produce food products and attacking the problem of world hunger as well.

128 pages, full-color illustrations, Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13: 978-0-7660-3349-8

http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=3144

Conserving and Protecting Water: What You Can Do

Conserving and Protecting Water: What You Can Do, written by Stephen Feinstein, has been published.

Some think Earth should be called the "water planet," because even from space we can see that it's covered with water. But our water is endangered by pollution and global warming, and people may run short of water for drinking, irrigation, and other needs. Find out what kids can do to help save and protect this precious resource.

128 pages, full-color photographs, Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13: 978-0-7660-3346-7

http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=3143