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When Rivers Burned: The Earth Day Story by Linda Crotta Brennan

With primary documents and colorful photographs, this book describes the toxic state of America’s landscape before two individuals, Senator Gaylord Nelson and student organizer Denis Hayes, changed attitudes and founded Earth Day in 1970. Glossary, Index, Timelines

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NCSS | Jul 23, 2021 |

Climate Change and Air Quality (Searchlight Books ™… by Linda Crotta Brennan

This is an okay book. It consisted of some great facts and was informative, but there was a high lack of engagement. It is one that I would use to talk about air quality, but I would definitely add my own twist to it and make it more engaging. I would do this more for younger grades, but it would probably be fine for higher grades. If you are using it for higher grades a really nice things about it is a chapter book. It uses a little bit of some higher language and has more information they would be able to learn about.… (more)

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erainey | Oct 17, 2020 |

Managing Money (Simple Economics) by Linda Crotta Brennan

This is a decent introductory book about managing money. I didn't find the illustrations particulary intriguing, but the book discusses what a budget is and also distinguishes the difference between wants and necessities, as well as short-term and long-term goals. I think the book has good take aways for kids as it discusses money management in a simple and easy to uderstand manner.

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albethea | Sep 17, 2018 |

Flannel Kisses by Mari Takabayashi

Flannel Kisses by Brennan_ Linda Crotta - Takabayashi_ Mari
Rhyming children's book about a winter day and how the children dress and go out to play in the snow and come in for warmth and repeat.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

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