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READERS Level 2 Dinosaur Dinners Feathers, Flippers, and Feet Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! Outback Adventure: Australian Slinky, Scaly Snakes! Vacation Animal Hospital Sniffles, Sneezes, Hiccups, The Little Ballerina and Coughs Munching, Crunching, Sniffing, and Starry Sky Snooping Earth Smart: How to Take Care The Secret Life of Trees of the Environment Winking, Blinking, Wiggling, Ice Skating Stars and Waggling Let’s Go Riding! Astronaut: Living in Space I Want to Be a Gymnast Twisters! LEGO: Castle Under Attack Holiday! Celebration Days around LEGO: Rocket Rescue the World Star Wars: Journey Through Space The Story of Pocahontas MLB: A Batboy’s Day Horse Show MLB: Let’s Go to the Ballpark! Survivors: The Night the ¡Insectos! en español Titanic Sank ¡Bomberos! en español Eruption! The Story of Volcanoes La Historia de Pocahontas The Story of Columbus en español Journey of a Humpback Whale Meet the X-Men Amazing Buildings Spider-Man: Worst Enemies Level 3 Spacebusters: The Race Spiders’ Secrets to the Moon The Big Dinosaur Dig Beastly Tales Space Heroes: Amazing Astronauts Shark Attack! The Story of Chocolate Titanic LEGO: Mission to the Arctic Invaders from Outer Space NFL: Super Bowl Heroes Movie Magic NFL: Peyton Manning Plants Bite Back! NFL: Whiz Kid Quarterbacks Time Traveler MLB: Home Run Heroes: Big Mac, Bermuda Triangle Sammy, and Junior Tiger Tales MLB: Roberto Clemente Aladdin MLB: Roberto Clemente Heidi en español Zeppelin: The Age of the Airship MLB: World Series Heroes Spies MLB: Record Breakers Terror on the Amazon MLB: Down to the Wire: Baseball’s Disasters at Sea Great Pennant Races The Story of Anne Frank Star Wars: Star Pilot Abraham Lincoln: Lawyer, Leader, The X-Men School Legend Abraham Lincoln: Abogado, Líder, George Washington: Soldier, Hero, Leyenda en español President Al Espacio: La Carrera a la Luna Extreme Sports en español
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A Note to Parents DK READERS is a compelling program for beginning readers, designed in conjunction with leading literacy experts, including Dr. Linda Gambrell, Professor of Education at Clemson University. Dr. Gambrell has served as President of the National Reading Conference and the College Reading Association, and has recently been elected to serve as President of the International Reading Association. Beautiful illustrations and superb full-color photographs combine with engaging, easy-to-read stories to offer a fresh approach to each subject in the series. Each DK READER is guaranteed to capture a child’s interest while developing his or her reading skills, general knowledge, and love of reading. The five levels of DK READERS are aimed at different reading abilities, enabling you to choose the books that are exactly right for your child: Pre-level 1: Learning to read Level 1: Beginning to read Level 2: Beginning to read alone Level 3: Reading alone Level 4: Proficient readers The “normal” age at which a child begins to read can be anywhere from three to eight years old, so these levels are only a general guideline. No matter which level you select, you can be sure that you are helping your child learn to read, then read to learn!
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LoNDoN, NEW YoRK, MUNICH, MELBoURNE, AND DELHI Series Editors Deborah Lock and Penny Smith U.S. Editor John Searcy Art Editor Sonia Moore DTP Designer Almudena Díaz Production Angela Graef Jacket Designer Sonia Moore Photographer Andy Crawford Reading Consultant Linda Gambrell, Ph.D. First American Edition, 2006 06 07 08 09 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Published in the United States by DK Publishing, Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Copyright © 2006 Dorling Kindersley Limited All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited DK book are available at special discounts for bulk purchases for sales promotions, premiums, fundraising, or educational use. For details, contact: DK Publishing Special Markets 375 Hudson Street New York, New York 10014 SpecialSales@dk.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Garrett, Leslie, 1964- Earth smart--how to take care of the environment / written by Leslie Garrett.-- 1st American ed. p. cm. -- (DK readers. 2, Beginning to read alone) Includes index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7566-1912-1 ISBN-10: 0-7566-1912-2 (pb) -- ISBN-13: 978-0-7566-1913-8 ISBN-10: 0-7566-1913-0 (hb) 1. Environmentalism--Juvenile literature. I. Title. II. Dorling Kindersley readers. 2, Beginning to read alone. GE195.5.G367 2006 333.72--dc22 2005032706 Color reproduction by Colourscan, Singapore Printed and bound in China by L. Rex Printing Co., Ltd. The publisher would like to thank the following for their kind permission to reproduce their photographs: Position key: a-above; b-below/bottom; c-center; l-left; r-right; t-top Alamy Images: Ace Stock Ltd. 2tr, 15t; Roger Bamber 32tl; Nigel Cattlin / Holt Studios International Ltd 27t; David R. Frazier Photolibrary, Inc. 2cr, 17c; Dennis MacDonald 8c, 10c; Mike Perry 2br, 9br; Anthony Pletts 31b; Helene Rogers 13br; Corbis: 32bl; Louis K. Meisel Gallery 22-23c; Jose Luis Pelaez, Inc 32br; Guenter Rossenbach / Zefa 32cr; Zefa 13tl; Ecoscene: Jim Winkley 33br; Getty Images: Daryl Balfour 19tr; Altrendo Panoramic 18-19b; Mario Lalich / Photonica 4-5c; David Rosenberg 28-29c; Photographersdirect.com: Jim Kirkikis 25c With thanks to Mark Jackson for the use of his house, and to the models: Adam Streamer from Scallywags Agency Ltd., Cheryl and Heather Akers. All other images © Dorling Kindersley For more information see: www.dkimages.com Discover more at www.dk.com
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READERS E1GINNING EG2INNING B B T O E T R N O D EA LO Earth SmartR EA D A 3EADING 4FICIE R O N R T P R S AL E EA R ON D E How to Take Care of the Environment Written by Leslie Garrett DK Publishing, Inc.
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“Hooray!” shouted Spencer. “Aunt Charlotte brought us popsicles!” Aunt Charlotte was looking after Spencer and his older sister, Sophie, for the day.
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Aunt Charlotte is a teacher. Her classes are about the environment—the world around us. “We can all take good care of the environment,” she told the children.
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Aunt Charlotte gave Sophie and Spencer their popsicles. Spencer tore off the wrapper and tossed it on the ground. Sophie bent down to pick it up. “We shouldn’t litter,” she said. She dropped the wrapper into a nearby garbage can. Put a lid on it Keep your environment clean by putting litter in a garbage can or taking it home. Keep a lid on your can at home so garbage doesn’t blow away.
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Just then a garbage truck stopped at the curb. A man emptied the garbage can into the back of the truck.
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“Where is he taking the garbage?” asked Spencer. “It goes to a landfill,” said Aunt Charlotte. “That’s a huge pit in the ground where garbage is dumped, then covered over with earth. After a long time, the garbage breaks down and becomes dirt.” Landfill site Garbage is spread out and covered with earth to keep flies away and cut down on smell.
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“We should be careful about the garbage we throw out,” said Aunt Charlotte. “Some things are toxic.” “What’s toxic?” asked Spencer. 10
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“Things like cans of paint and batteries leak out dangerous chemicals that can get into our soil and water,” Leaking batteries replied Aunt Charlotte. “If you have dangerous trash like this, get your parents to take it to a hazardous waste drop-off center, where it will be disposed of safely.” Batteries You will throw Turning the away fewer handle charges batteries if you the radio. use rechargeable batteries or wind-up radios and flashlights. 11
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The children followed Aunt Charlotte into the house. “We throw away too much,” Aunt Charlotte continued. “We should recycle as much as we can. 12
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Drink cans Aluminum cans can be recycled over and over again. The metal always stays strong and flexible. That means saving things like glass bottles, plastic food wrappers, and cans, so they can be reused or melted down and turned into something else.” A vase made from recycled glass 13
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“Let’s set up recycling boxes,” said Sophie. She found three big boxes and stuck labels on that said “paper,” “plastic,” and “glass and cans.” 14
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Recycling bins If your recycling boxes are not collected, you can empty them into recycling bins at a local drop-off point. Spencer found some old newspapers his mother was going to throw away. He put them in the “paper” recycling box. 15
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“Another way to help our planet is to save electricity,” said Aunt Charlotte. “Power plants burn fuel to make electricity,” she said. “Smoke from the burning fuel makes the air dirty.” Spencer coughed. “We breathe the pollution,” he said. “Without clean air, we get sick,” said Sophie. Aunt Charlotte nodded. “And so can our planet,” she said. 16
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“The pollution in the air traps heat and makes the planet heat up,” explained Aunt Charlotte. “This is called global warming. Ice is melting at both the North and South Poles. 18
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