The Adventures of an Aluminum Can: A Story About Recycling (Little Green Books)

I purchased all 3 of the "Little Green Books" in this set - one copy for my 5-year-old grandson, and two copies for our Creation Care Council at Church - 1 copy of each is now on our bookshelf at Church, and 1 copy of each was placed in a gift basket for our Festival. My grandson loved them, and the Chair of our Council thought they were adorable - she chuckled all the way through each of them! These are great books to get younger kids and early readers interested in and involved in recycling and helping to take care of our planet. I highly recommend them!

I teach recycling education for my job and this a great little book for ages 5-10. Fun pictures and cute story to engage younger students and great, accurate text to inform older learners. Provides a nice, concise overview of resource extraction, use and recycling, all in an interesting way. I alter how I read it depending on students' age (abridging some for the younger kids), but I use this with grades K-5.(If this review was helpful for you, please give it a "thumbs up" below, thanks!)

My 5-year-old son loves this book. He wants me to read it over and over again.

Awesome book

Everyone wonders what exactly happens to an aluminum can when it gets recycled. In gorgeous illustrations and clear wording, this book gets its message across. Will be a favorite to read again and again.

Bought as a gift for a child who loves learning about recycling. (Have read this one 100+ times so far)

My 6 year old asked what happens to our recycled goods when the truck picks them up. This book helped explain how they become new things. My daughter liked it.

My students love this story! I use it to teach at my "Green School" in my kindergarten class. The kids love it! It really drives home the importance of recycling in a way that kindergartners can understand.

My year 2 son (aged 6 3/4) is doing a recycling topic at school, so we bought a few books to read at home on the subject. This is superb. It follows the story of an aluminium can (unfortunately spelled ALUMINUM in the American way), from the aluminium being mined, through processing and manufacture as a can, being filled with fruit, used, re-used as a baseball trophy (!), and then the process of recycling, ending up as a baseball bat!It is very easy to read, with a glossary of terms at the back; most 6-7 year old Key Stage 1 children will have no trouble reading it. The story is told in diary format by the (very excited) can, and as such is entertaining as well as informative. It is great for older children too, and I found I also learned a lot (at 30-something). The cartoony illustrations are clear, appealing and detailed.Aside from the heavily American style to the story, this is a great little book, and printed on 100% recycled paper, with vegetable inks, thus practising what it preaches. My son loved it and couldn't wait to take it to school to share with his class. We are of course now recycling with renewed enthusiasm, monitored all the time by our eagle-eyed little dictator!I also recommend the Adventures of a Plastic Bottle, in the same series. The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle: A Story about Recycling (Little Green Books)The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle: A Story about Recycling (Little Green Books)

Perfect little book explaining how recycling works to young children will cute pictures too

I used this book in the classroom for a topic about the environment and recycling, it went down really well! I have used with children in Year 2 and Year 4/5, both enjoyed the book, used in slightly different ways.I would recommend for any topic about recycling or showing where the raw materials actually come from.

Informative little book for both children and adults

Was fairly battered and well used