What’s It Like, Living Green?, Jill Ammon Vanderwood – Review

TITLE: What’s It Like, Living Green? Kids Teaching Kids, By the Way They Live
AUTHOR: Jill Ammon Vanderwood
PUBLISHER: BookSurge Publishing
PUBLICATION DATE: March 10, 2009
PAGES: 148 pages
GENRE: Non-Fiction, Green Living, Resource
Reading Level: 9-12 years old

These days, there’s a lot of talk about living green, but does anyone actually do it?

In What’s It Like, Living Green? Kids Teaching Kids, by the Way The Live, you’ll learn how other kids live green, along with tips as simple as putting on a sweater rather than turning up the heat. You’ll see how kids like you can make a difference. Read about a teenage girl who learned to drive with a car fueled by used cooking grease. Learn about a boy who raised funds to build his first well to provide clean water for a whole village when he was only seven years old. You will learn simple ways to help the environment, help others, and even earn some money.  – FROM THE BOOK BACK

ABOUT THE AUTHOR…Jill Ammon Vanderwood is the 2008 Writer of the Year for the League of Utah Writers. She is the author of four children’s books: Through the Rug; Through the Rug 2: Follow that Dog; Stowaway: The San Francisco Adventures of Sara the Pineapple Cat, and she hopes to build environmental awareness with her first nonfiction, kid’s book—What’s it Like Living Green: Kids Teaching Kids by the Way They Live. This book is the winner of the National Indie Excellence Award; The Teen Development Award and the Best Books 2009 Award.

Jill grew up in Oregon, the third of eleven children. Jill and her husband Bill are parents of four and grandparents of six. They make their home in Utah.

Jill loves going on adventures with her grandchildren, she loves to travel and tries to write something every day.

FROM THE BOOK FAERY REVIEWS…My 9 and 10 year old enjoyed this book with me. We learned about all the different ways other kids were helping the environment. It really puts things into perspective when you see what our younger generation is doing for the future. It almost put me to shame making me realize how many things I could be doing that I’m not. Good book not only to give to a young one but to read with them.