You Should Meet: Kids Who Are Saving the Planet (Ready to Read: Level Three)

by Laurie Calkhoven (Author) Monique Dong (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: You Should Meet
Meet the environmentally-minded kids who are coming up with ways to save the planet in this fascinating nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people "you should meet!" Have you ever wondered what you could do to help the planet? Find out how kids are helping the environment by selling lemonade to save the honeybees, starting a petition to bring attention to climate change, raising awareness through an original comic book hero, and more! Learn all about how their ideas are preserving the environment in this story of five amazing kids everyone should meet! A special section at the back of the book includes extras such as biographies of famous young environmental activists plus interesting ideas for other ways that kids can save the environment. With the You Should Meet series, learning about amazing people has never been so much fun!
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Laurie Calkhoven
Laurie Calkhoven is the author of many books, including George Washington: An American Life and Harriet Tubman: Leading the Way to Freedom. She lives in New York City. Visit her at LaurieCalkhoven.com.

Alyssa Petersen was born and raised in Southern California, spending many happy days at the beach and Disneyland. She always knew that she wanted to be an artist, but it was in her teenage years that she discovered the world of Concept Art and Visual Development, and she knew that was exactly what she wanted to do. Alyssa attended Brigham Young University and received a BFA in Animation, and took a handful of illustration classes. Alyssa currently works as a concept artist for Disney Interactive, where she has worked on Disney Infinity 2.0 & 3.0. Although she and her husband move often, they currently reside in California.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781534456471
Lexile Measure
940
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Publication date
March 20, 2020
Series
You Should Meet
BISAC categories
JNF007110 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
JNF037020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection
JNF045000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers | Beginner
Library of Congress categories
Biographies
Environmental protection
Environmentalism
Citizen participation
Environmental responsibility
Community activists
Child volunteers
Children and the environment

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