A little vacant lot in between city buildings is host to a crew of bugs that have made their home in the garbage that people keep littering or dumping there. When things get really bad, a crew of rats move in and make life miserable. Then one day a group of kids host a recycling cleanup of the lot. As each insect loses their ‘home’, like the ants that live in a glass bottle, the child explains how that item is going to be recycled, with a side bar of important facts. When the lot is clean, the kids make it into a community garden and the rats travel to their new home at the dump.
This was a fun, bright, succinct, and cheerful story with an empowering message just for kids. This could be used with K-2 grade with its weaving in of the bug home story. There is tons of little facts and information without being too overwhelming. I am adding this to my collection without delay, just in time for Earth Day!
EL(K-3) –ESSENTIAL Reviewer: Stephanie Elementary School Librarian & Author.
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