Children's Nonfiction Cooking & Food
Good Food, Bad Waste
Let's Eat for the Planet
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2023
- Category
- Cooking & Food, Diet & Nutrition, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Recycling & Green Living
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781459830912
- Publish Date
- Apr 2023
- List Price
- $26.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459830936
- Publish Date
- Apr 2023
- List Price
- $20.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 9 to 12
- Grade: 4 to 7
- Reading age: 9 to 12
Description
Key Selling Points
- Food waste is a major problem around the world, even while 900 million people are suffering from hunger. Food insecurity affects millions of children, including 1 in 6 kids in Canada and the United States.
- When we throw out food, it contributes to global warming. Up to 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions are related to food waste.
- Most of the waste occurs in our homes, which means there are actionable things that kids can do in their own homes to make an impact.
- The content ties in with curriculum guidelines for middle-grade kids, especially as it relates to the environment, interrelationships between humans and the natural world, our impact on the planet and how kids can affect positive change.
- Issues around food waste are regularly in the news cycle. In 2021, the US House of Representatives released a plan on how to mitigate climate change, which included how to reduce the country’s $161 billion food-waste footprint.
- Features profiles of food-waste activists, such as a sustainable cattle farmer, an urban fruit picker, the CEO of a sustainable waste-management company and even young activists who are working to solve this issue.
About the authors
Erin Silver is an award-winning children’s author. Her books include Just Watch Me (Krystal Kite Award nominee), What Kids Did: Stories of Kindness and Invention in the Time of COVID-19 (Hackmatack Award nominee), Proud to Play: LGBTQ+ Athletes Who Made History, Rush Hour: Navigating Our Global Traffic Jam (Blueberry Award winner), Sitting Shiva (Vine Award finalist, TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award finalist) and Good Food, Bad Waste: Let’s Eat for the Planet (2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books finalist). Erin was chosen to tour during Canadian Children’s Book Week in 2023 and is a sought-after speaker at schools, libraries and conferences. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction and a postgraduate journalism degree. Erin lives in Toronto.
Suharu Ogawa is a Toronto-based illustrator. Her love for drawing started in a kindergarten art school after being kicked out of calligraphy class for refusing to convert to right-handedness. Formally trained in art history and cultural anthropology, she worked for several years as a university librarian until her passion for illustration called her out of that career and into the pursuit of a lifelong dream. Since then, Suharu has created illustrations for magazines, public art projects and children's books, including Why Humans Work: How Jobs Shape Our Lives and Our World in the Orca Think line. She also teaches illustration at OCAD University in Toronto.
Awards
- Nominated, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books - Middle Grade
- Short-listed, The Nature Generation Green Earth Book Award - Children’s Nonfiction
- Long-listed, Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC) Book Awards - Youth Category
- Commended, CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens
Editorial Reviews
“Written in conversational and inviting ways…Illustrations are helpful and add contextual meaning. This book is sure to help with making better choices.”
Sal's Fiction Addiction
“Through positive encouragement, children will feel inspired to take action and help change their family’s eating and waste habits. This informative book would be a valuable addition to any library, offering important lessons in a fun and accessible format for young readers.”
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)
“A thorough, upbeat look at the problem of food waste proposing some individual responses.”
Kirkus Reviews
“Ideas presented offer an exciting potential source for research and personal activism…A highly readable book with a topic that hits close to many homes. Highly Recommended.”
School Library Connection
“With a hopeful message that even small changes by individuals or groups can make a huge difference, this book is excellent for independent or curriculum-related reading.”
Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) Canadian Children’s Book News
“Educational, insightful and eye-opening, Good Food, Bad Waste fosters awareness of a huge problem and encourages thoughtful solutions. Highly Recommended.”
CM: Canadian Review of Materials
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