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Kids Fight Plastic: How to Be a #2minutesuperhero

Illustrated by Tim Wesson
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$9.99 US
5"W x 7.8"H x 0.4"D   | 8 oz | 40 per carton
On sale Sep 08, 2020 | 128 Pages | 9781536215878
Age 7-10 years | Grades 2-5
Reading Level: Fountas & Pinnell V
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Kids can become ocean-saving superheroes with these plastic-fighting missions from best-selling author and environmental champion Martin Dorey.

Every kid can be a superhero, fighting plastic waste at home, at school, and in their community. This engaging guide is chockfull of facts, vibrant art, graphics, and #2minutesuperhero missions—practical ways to take action now. Some ideas may spring to mind right away, such as picking up trash. Others are surprising, such as learning to cook with fresh ingredients or mending clothes. Readers will learn not only how to combat plastic waste head-on, but how to advocate for a cleaner world, beginning at home. Anti-plastic campaigner Martin Dorey brings both extensive experience and boundless enthusiasm to this essential book for young people who want to create a better world.
An environmentalist’s guide for kids to take action to reduce use of plastics and protect the oceans...packed with good suggestions for environmental action.
—Kirkus Reviews
Martin Dorey is a surfer, writer, beach lover, and anti-plastic activist. He is the author of the best-selling No. More. Plastic. and founder of the Beach Clean Network and the #2minutebeachclean movement. Martin Dorey lives near the sea in Cornwall, England.

Tim Wesson is the writer and illustrator of many books for children, including the Mega Mash-Up series, cocreated by Nikalas Catlow. He lives in Suffolk, England.

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Kids can become ocean-saving superheroes with these plastic-fighting missions from best-selling author and environmental champion Martin Dorey.

Every kid can be a superhero, fighting plastic waste at home, at school, and in their community. This engaging guide is chockfull of facts, vibrant art, graphics, and #2minutesuperhero missions—practical ways to take action now. Some ideas may spring to mind right away, such as picking up trash. Others are surprising, such as learning to cook with fresh ingredients or mending clothes. Readers will learn not only how to combat plastic waste head-on, but how to advocate for a cleaner world, beginning at home. Anti-plastic campaigner Martin Dorey brings both extensive experience and boundless enthusiasm to this essential book for young people who want to create a better world.

Praise

An environmentalist’s guide for kids to take action to reduce use of plastics and protect the oceans...packed with good suggestions for environmental action.
—Kirkus Reviews

Author

Martin Dorey is a surfer, writer, beach lover, and anti-plastic activist. He is the author of the best-selling No. More. Plastic. and founder of the Beach Clean Network and the #2minutebeachclean movement. Martin Dorey lives near the sea in Cornwall, England.

Tim Wesson is the writer and illustrator of many books for children, including the Mega Mash-Up series, cocreated by Nikalas Catlow. He lives in Suffolk, England.