Harriet Rohmer is the founder and former Publisher/Executive Director of Children's Book Press, the award-winning publisher of bilingual and multicultural picture books in San Francisco. Her books have won over 100 major awards, including the American Book Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and the Ezra Jack Keats Award. Many of the books have become classics-Family Pictures/ Cuadros de familia (9780892392070), stories told to me by artist Carmen Lomas Garza, has sold close to half a million copies. The illustrator of this book is Julie McLaughlin. NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. It is a national, nonprofit organization of scientists, lawyers, and environmental specialists dedicated to protecting public health and the environment. Founded in 1970, NRDC has 1.2 million members and online activists, served from offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Beijing. Their mission is to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places, and ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.
BOOKLIST
\\\"The powerful mix of personal stories with crucial environmental
and social issues will be a call to action for young readers, who
will want to move on to the final section: How You Can Get
Involved. \\\"
KIRKUS REVIEWS
\\\"...provides plenty of encouragement for concerned young
readers.\\\"
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
\\\"The mantra of the environmental movement is think globally, act
locally, and this book offers examples of local heroes who are
helping to save the planet....Stories come from all across America
and include a diverse group of men and women, making this volume of
interest to a broad audience.\\\"
SIERRA CLUB S THE GREEN LIFE BLOG
\\\"This little book packs a big punch...\\\"
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