Earth Friend Forever by Molly Bloom, Marc Sanchez, Sanden Totten, and Mike Orodan - ADVISABLE

Earth Friend Forever by Molly Bloom, Marc Sanchez and Sanden Totten, illustrated by Mike Orodan. PICTURE BOOK/NON FICTION. Little, Brown and Company, 2022. $18. 9780316459419

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

The Earth is in distress, asking children from all over the world to take better care of the Earth, as they are best friends. Plastic is making the animals sick and covering the Earth so it feels like it will only be plastic one day. The Earth provides many simple but effective ways to eliminate the use of plastic, encouraging children to clean up their BFF, the Earth.

The perspective of the Earth talking as your BFF is a genius way to get the attention of students. Illustrations are colorful, eye catching and almost graphic novel like. The last page included many useful facts about plastic, recycling and science solutions all students will be interested in learning. The illustrations depict diverse, multicultural children and adults doing their part to take care of their BFF, the Earth. A must have elementary book, useful for Earth Day and everyday curriculum to teach how to care for our Earth.

Deanna M - Elementary Media Tech