Happy Earth Day!

5 Earth-Friendly Ways to Make Some Space on Your Bookshelves:

• Donate to your local library, goodwill, salvation army, etc.
• Have a yard sale, sell valuable books online.
• Include “outgrown” books with hand-me-down clothing shared with relatives or friends.
• Create puzzle blocks with favorite book art/characters a-la The Mother Lode.
• Make a paperback shape “sculpture” a-la Cheeky Magpie.

Photo credit: woodley wonderworks via flickr.
5 Earth-Friendly Ways to Feed a Book-Lover

• Visit your local library for a never ending supply!
• Host a book exchange among friends or participate in paperback swap.
• Shop library book sales or thrift stores for gently used books.
• If you shop on-line (like me) be sure to recycle packaging!
• Add Earth-friendly titles like I Love Our Earth! by Bill Martin Jr. and Recycle by Gail Gibbons to help your child understand why being earth-minded matters.

 






Bonus: The text of I Love Our Earth is a free verse poem with some beautiful illustrations – so it fits right in with our celebration of poetry month.
I have yet to find an Easter book that I’m really in love with – we have come across a few that are ok or even entertaining, but not great – can you help? There must be some egg-cellent ones out there! (sorry – couldn’t help the pun…)

Feed Me Books Friday: Link to your book review! Are you reading poetry? Earth Day Books? Easter Books? Old favorites or something new? Share what you've got! Then visit others to expand your horizons!

1.	Hooray For Fish, Red Ted Art	6.	He has Risen!
2.	True Meaning of Easter, JDaniel4's Mom	7.	Fan 5: Egg-cellent Eggs
3.	Amy @ Hope Is the Word (Mary Ann Hoberman poetry)	8.	Brimful Curiosities - A Fairy Went A-Marketing
4.	Earth Day Crafts & Books - Mom to 2 Posh Divas	9.	V is for Violin and Vegetables
5.	Earth Week & Easter

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