Ruby Sisson Library

In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.

The Lorax offers readers easy suggestions for going green.

Explains the challenges that face our planet as trash continues to build up, and teaches the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling items in order to reduce the amount of waste produced.

Introduces key environmental issues along with fun facts and hands-on-projects that investigate ecology basics.

"This narrative middle-grade nonfiction from Rebecca Donnelly dives into the scientific and cultural history of the waste humans produce, examining why we make so much trash, why we're so bad at handling it, and how we can stop it (that is, us) from ruining the planet"--

Contains color photographs and step-by-step directions for turning miscellaneous materials into a cat bed, a gazing ball, jewelry, art, and three other creative projects.

Suggests a variety of crafty ways to reuse everyday items.

When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterdays newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you dont want and turn it into something you cant wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter-veteran journalist and son of an American junkyard owner-travels deeply into a vast, often hidden, multibillion-dollar industry thats transforming our economy and environment. Minter takes...

"Details how to use craft sticks in projects that demostrate scientific principles"--.

Pinch is a pack rat who does not want to give up the prossessions that are cluttering his house, but when he finally is persauaded to sell them at a neiighborhood tag sale, he discivers the beauty of recycling. Includes tips on reducing, resuing, and recycling. .