Gas Trees and Car Turds: Kids' Guide to the Roots of Global Warming
by Kirk Johnson
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Author: Kirk JohnsonIllustrator: Mary Ann Bonnell
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-23
ISBN: 155591666X
Number of pages: 40
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
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Book Review: Excellent, original way to explain global warming to kids and adults
Summary: 5 Stars
Put on your oxygen shoes! Kirk Johnson is well known and loved for making physical science seem not only real, but funny and engaging. Look no further to understand why planting trees helps reduce greenhouse gases, how much carbon your car produces on an average trip, and how carbon becomes carbon dioxide (see-oh-too) and vice versa, and more....
Summary of Gas Trees and Car Turds: Kids' Guide to the Roots of Global Warming
Global warming is a complicated problem. Gas Trees and Car Turds is a fun, fast read about the carbon cycle: trees are made of air and water, electricity is made from coal that is made from trees, gasoline is made from plankton, and all of these things are related to each other and to our climate through carbon dioxide. This colorfully illustrated book makes carbon dioxide, an invisible odorless gas responsible for global warming and plant growth, into something that can be imagined and understood by children.Nonfiction Books
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