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Clothes and toys: Reduce, reuse, recycle  Cover Image Book Book

Clothes and toys: Reduce, reuse, recycle / Deborah Chancellor.

Summary:

Sometimes it’s impossible to part with favorite clothes and toys when it's time to retire them because they're old and frayed. This book breathes new life into favorite things, creating excitement and fostering creativity in the reader. Sidebars share information on how discarding objects without considering a second life for them can harm the environment. Readers will create new items and become eco-conscious consumers at that same time.

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  • ISBN: 9781615322329 (library binding)
  • ISBN: 1615322329 (library binding)
  • ISBN: 9781615322381 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 1615322388 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : PowerKids Press, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 30) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
What a waste! -- Reduce, reuse, recycle -- Materials for clothes -- Saving clothes -- Wear it again -- Recycling clothes -- Too many toys -- Toy materials -- Toy packaging -- Pass it on -- Sell, swap or borrow -- Toy recycling -- Make a multi-coloured coat -- Topic web and further information.
Subject: Recycling industry.
Clothing and dress.
Toys.
Genre: Nonfiction.
Juvenile.


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