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32 pp.
| Kids Can
| April, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-1-55453-753-2$18.95
(4)
4-6
Citizen Kid series.
Illustrated by
Margo Thompson.
After defining biodiversity, this thorough text examines related components that are threatening it, such as species interconnectedness, habitat destruction, and global warming. Pleasing acrylic-on-canvas art illustrates the book, though the young format is at odds with the dense upper-elementary text. Sections highlighting environmental organizations and how kids can help are appended. Glos., ind.