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|title=The Big Green Book
|sort=Big Green Book
|author=Ian Winton and Fred Pearce
|reviewer=Keith Dudhnath
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=A jam-packed guide to all the environmental issues you could imagine. With more flaps, pop-ups and tabs than you could shake a stick at, ''The Big Green Book'' will keep kids busy and informed for ages. Recommended.
|rating=4
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|isbn=978-1905811434
|pages=12
|publisher=Eden Project Children's Books
|date=September 2010
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|cover=1905811438
|website=
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/fredpearce
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Well, the title's right: it's big, it's green (in message, not colour) and it's a book. ''The Big Green Book'' is a super guide to environmental issues for young kids. It's packed to the brim with information, and has more flaps and pop-ups than you could shake a stick at.

Educational, yet fun, ''The Big Green Book'' is crying out to be pored over. It covers everything you'd expect: ecology, rainforests, global warming, melting ice caps, saving water, and pollution. There's a barrage of facts, but it never feels overwhelming. Take it in bit by bit, lift the flaps, rotate the wheels, pull the tabs, and soak up the information. It's aimed at Key Stage 1 and 2 children, and the level of information is perfectly pitched at them. It's robust enough to be shared with children not yet able to read for themselves - just pick and choose which bits to read, or you'll be there forever.

It's a beautiful package, with clear, cartoony illustrations, and impressive paper engineering - particularly the pop-ups. Even though some of the smaller tabs and flaps might seem a little simple, there are so many of them that every child is going to love lifting and pulling everything. It all builds towards a double-layer roll and move board game at the end, which is a nice way to round things off.

''The Big Green Book'' is best suited for a school or a library, but it would also make for a slightly worthy Christmas or birthday present. There's so much in there that you can read it time and again, each time learning more and more about how to save the planet. Budding environmentalists will have a whale of a time. Recommended.

My thanks to the publishers for sending it to Bookbag.

[[Science: Sorted! Evolution, Nature and Stuff by Glenn Murphy]] is a great look at... well, evolution, nature and stuff. [[Gaia Warriors by Nicola Davies]] is also well-worth a look. [[Planet In Peril by Anita Ganeri and Mike Phillips]] is well worth a read for young eco warriors. [[10 Things I Can Do To Help My World by Melanie Walsh]] is aimed at slightly younger children, and [[Will Jellyfish Rule the World? by Leo Hickman]] is for the older readers. Adults will love anything from Bookbag's [[Top Ten Green Books for Eco-Warriors]]. If it's pop-up non-fiction you want, check out [[Cars - A Pop-Up Book Of Automobiles by Robert Crowther]] - perhaps the antithesis to ''The Big Green Book'', though. 

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