Spring After Spring : How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement by Stephanie Roth Sisson - ESSENTIAL

Spring After Spring : How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement by Stephanie Roth Sisson PICTURE BOOK, NON FICTION Roaring Brook Press, 2018, $18. 9781626728196

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3),  EL,  MS - ESSENTIAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH 

Rachel Carson was always interested in animals. As a child she would rush outside in the spring to hear all the sounds of the birds, animals and insects - sounds that grew louder as spring turned into summer. Year after year she wrote, and wanted to be a writer - but college changed her focus to Biology. Her writing and her observations came together with the publication of Silent Spring which eventually lead to the Environmental Protection Agency and a change in how we feel about the environment and things like pesticides. 

Sisson has illustrated her picture book like a graphic novel, with panels and word bubbles (for the sounds of nature.) Easily accessible to a 3rd grader and up, this important lesson on how appreciating the environment and caring for our planet can change the course of our nation. An important addition to the middle school or elementary science classroom. 

 Lisa Librarian