We Can Reduce: Precycle It!: Read Think Reduce

by Sabbithry Persad, Jesse Schilperoort (Illustrator)

Winner, Mom's Choice Silver Award Look around you - waste is everywhere! It's in your home, in stores, at work... And it's creating major problems for our world. It's almost impossible to stop waste, but we can do lots to reduce it. A school field trip to the landfill changes the perspective of Shamina and her friends and it is here where they decide to take a stand against garbage. The young students ban together to create and organize the Precycles It Challenge for their community. During this challenge, they learn how to reduce waste and how they can help residents of Clover. With fun illustrations, this book will entertain and teach children about the importance of reducing waste and what they can do to help their community.
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40 pages, Paperback

First published April 22, 2015

About the author

Sabbithry Persad is a writer who tackles issues we face in the global community. Persad's latest book "What Is Coronavirus? How It Infects, How It Spreads, and How to Stay Safe" (ages 12 and up) tackles questions and concerns about the coronavirus and offers public health support by explaining SARS-CoV-2, the diseases it causes, and the steps to keep people safe and curb the spread. Readers also learn about past pandemics and how they ended, offering an optimistic outlook for the future.

Persad's award-winning Earth Day creations in the Garbology Kids® series, offers a fun and interesting way for children ages 5 - 8 to learn about issues in waste generation and waste management, for the benefit of the Earth and future generations. "Where Do Recyclable Materials Go?" teaches children about how to collect and sort recyclable materials and what happens to those recyclable materials when they are put out at the curb. "Operation: Reuse It!" teaches children about the value of reusing items by showing how they can be put to the same use, a different function or a creative project. "We Can Reduce: Precycle It!" teaches children how to reduce waste in their homes and communities. The Garbology Kids® waste management books have been mentioned in many publications such as Time for Kids, Recycling Today, Green Teacher Magazine, Green Living Magazine, and Mother Nature Network.

Persad received her degree in sociology from New York University. She also holds an MBA from the University of Central Florida and a Graduate Diploma in Books, Magazine, and Electronic Publishing. She is the founder of Firewater Media Group and Green Solutions Magazine (2007-2012 online magazine tackling environmental issues through environmental solutions). She lives in Orlando, Florida.

Persad's honors include:
FSBDC at UCF Consulting SBI® National Project of the Year Winner (2019)
Mom's Choice Children's Picture Books Silver Award - "Operation: Reuse It!" (2015)
Mom's Choice Children's Picture Books Silver Award - "Where Do Recyclable Materials Go?" (2015)
Mom's Choice Children's Picture Books Silver Award - "We Can Reduce: Precycle It!" (2015)
Centennial Dean's Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2011)
Best Book Award Finalist USA Book News - "Where Do Recyclable Materials Go? (2011)"

Reviews

[Terry]

To be honest, the story was much better than I expected. I appreciated the diversity of the students in Mrs. Murphy's class and how the author balanced a story with all of the nonfiction content. The Fun Facts, Reflection Questions, and Experiments pages at the back make it very easy to take the book to the next level. And after kids hear/read the story, they are going to want to do just that.