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		<title>Fauna Extreme Coloring Book Inspires Girls</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Wasson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fauna Extreme publishes a coloring book targeted to young girls. But it doesn't have a princess theme or a cute kitty or an adorable pony in it. This is a coloring book about power and strength and athleticism. And I'm going to tell you about it. But first, I want to go back into time and talk a bit about the world I grew up in. Please bear with me.
 
When I was a little girl (oh, about a million years ago), boys got to do all the cool things. They played with trucks. They played Army. They were daredevils. They even occasionally swore (swear words weren't as commonplace among kids as they are today). I didn't want to be a "girly-girl." I wanted to be tough, too. I had opinions. I liked being physical and running and jumping. But I was frequently told, "You can't do that; you're a girl." It didn't always stop me, but sometimes it did.
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		<title>What&#8217;s It Like, Living Green? &#8211; Book Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Wasson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than three decades ago, when I taught first grade, Woodsy Owl, with his admonition to "Give a hoot, don't pollute," was one of my few tools for encouraging environmentalism. A decade later, when I taught fifth grade, I had a few more tools at my command, including the famous video of a buttercup traveling down a clear mountain stream to sink in a polluted river.

But I didn't have near the kind of resources available today. One resource I learned about recently is the book, What's It Like Being Green? Kids Teaching Kids, by the Way they Live. Author Jill Ammon Vanderwood has compiled an award-winning collection of real-life accounts from children, parents, researchers, and activists, who are making the world greener every day. (NOTE: Vanderwood sent me a complimentary copy of her book upon my request.)

I am impressed with the content and the quality of the information. Equally important, it's filled with motivational examples of real people (many of them kids) taking action to help each other and the planet. When kids read about others their own age making a difference, they often get inspired to do the same. (It works with adults, too.) ...]]></description>
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		<title>A Hot Planet Needs Cool Kids: Understanding Climate Change and What You Can Do About It</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was teaching fifth-grade science in the late 1980s, we didn&#8217;t talk about climate change. But had the topic been part of our curriculum, as it surely is today, this book would have been in high demand. The text is accessible for most middle school students, but not insulting to older readers. And helpful [...]]]></description>
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