Gabby & Grandma Go Green by Monica Wellington (2011)

This book is about Gabby and her Grandma thinking of ways to go green. Some of the ways include using cloth bags, going to a local market, and recycling used items.

This was a cute book. I like that it had such a positive message. Even though it had a good message, it broke one of the rules about incorporating lessons into stories. Lessons are supposed to come secondary to the story, but I thought that the lesson was what pushed the story along. Although I have the criticism of the text, I thought the illustrations were great and fit the 'go green' theme. The artist used several different mediums to create the illustrations. Some of the images are created from magazine/print out images which would be a great way to recycle used media.

This would be a great book to use for a young elementary class because it teaches children the importance of going green. This book also mentions ways you can achieve a more green world. I think this would be a great starter for a 'go green' unit because it gives many good examples of how to go green, and students can build off of that to give their own examples. Also, there is a guide of how to make a cloth bag in the back of the book that would be fun to do as a class.