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Winston of Churchill: One Bear's Battle Against Global Warming
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by Jean Davies Okimoto and Jeremiah Trammell
Sales Rank: 161220
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Discount: 30 %
List Price: $16.95
$11.53
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on 6-16-2008.
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Features
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 32 pages
Published by: Sasquatch Books December 1, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1570615438
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1570615436
Book Dimensions:
11.1 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches
Weighs: 14.4 ounces
Mary Hazelton, Elementary Schools in Warren & Waldoboro, ME --School Library Journal
Polar bear Winston lives in the town of Churchill, Manitoba, and is worried about the ice cap melting. He shares the book he has written about global warming with his fellow bears, who realize that they need people to help them save their habitat. Brave and fearless Winston mobilizes the others to march with picket signs in front of the tourists who have come to look at them. Sprinkled with quotes from Sir Winston Churchill, this book attempts to raise awareness of the effects of climate change. The quotes will be lost on children, and the cigar-chomping, glasses-wearing bear will not ring bells with most of them. However, the message is important, the book-within-a-book allows the author handily to present factual information, and the picket signs provide memorable visual bites: "Turn down the furnace"; "Make less garbage." Trammell's delicate illustrations are charming and friendly. This picture book should spark discussions among young readers.
Hazel Rochman, Booklist
"The ice is melting. We are losing our home." Near the town of Churchill in Manitoba, Canada, Winston, a great white polar bear, calls a meeting about global warming. The other bears listen as he tells them why "it's getting hotter" and they all join in a demonstration, carrying signs that read "Solar Power," "Recycle" and more. Churchill even gives up his cigar. Of course, the picture book audience will not get the Churchill references ("We will fight them on the beaches") but adults can talk about the heroic leader and connect the World War II battles with the threat to our home. Trammell's wry illustrations make the huge, bespectacled leader seem both bear and human as he galvanizes his followers (and listeners), encouraging them to burn less gas, make less garbage, and plant more trees. Playful and informative, this has an urgent message that strikes home.
Reader Reviews
This beautifully illustrated children's book coveys a serious message with great good humor and a sense of fun. Its hard not to fall in love with the stogie-smoking Winston as he rallies his polar bear troops to fight global warming. And to sympathize with Mrs. Winston as she wages her own war against cigar smoking. Preschool and early school age children will learn not only about the major environmental threat of our times, but will be introduced to a famous historical figure who, like his namesake Winston of Churchill, rallied his fellow citizens to fight an impending disaster. No young child in your life would be disappointed to receive this lovely book as a gift.
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