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Throw an Earth Day Party

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by Christina Leaf

Express!: Party Time! is a six-book series that introduces holidays and their history. Then, gives directions for some simple decorations, foods and activities. Everything has step-by-step directions with illustrations and a list of extra materials over those noted at the beginning of the books. Each project is introduced with some information connecting it to the history of the holiday. There are Table of Contents, Index, Glossary and “To Learn More” section with extra resources. Particularly helpful are the “Top Tips” scattered throughout each book. Color illustrations are engaging and the text is accessible.

Would you like to have an eco-friendly celebration of Earth Day? Take a look at Throw an Earth Day Party, a part of the Express!: Party Time! series. In this book, you learn about the history of Earth Day and directions for a variety of party decorations and foods for the celebration. The decorations rely on recycled items, which most people should have access to at home. Foods are healthy, using items readily available in most grocery stores. This book has very accessible activities and readers will enjoy preparing for a fun Earth Day party. Highly recommended.

One Little Bag, by Henry Cole (author & illustrator)

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An absolutely charming wordless picture book describing that long life of our main character – a paper bag! Henry Cole, at his best, delights us with the very beginning of a life of a bag, as a tree. The picture shows the tree looking vibrant and content in a forest, and then through the logging process, milling, manufacturing, and into a grocery story.From there, it really becomes loved in a family home and used as a lunch bag for a young boy to carry his sandwiches to school.His father draws a small red heart on the bag, which is later used with the boy’s flashlight at night, goes camping and holds the marshmellows, follows him as he ages and holds a ring he gives to his love, ect. By the end of our story the bag is appropriately used to hold a small seedling which is planted back into the earth by our main character and his son.

A lovely story for earthday, recycle/reuse, over consumption, generational stories, lifecycle and more. Recommended book for your library!

Here is Henry Cole’s website: https://www.henrycole.net/main.php