Sep 172014
The Adventures of an Aluminum Can: A Story About Recycling (Little Green)
Peek into this diary of an aluminum can as it goes on a journey from inside a bauxite rock, to the manufacturing line, to the store shelf, to a display on a bookshelf, to a garbage can, and finally to a recycling plant where it emerges into its new life…as a baseball bat! This 8×8 paperback storybook is told from the point of view of an enthusiastic aluminum can. The diary entries are fun and humorous, yet point out the ecological significance behind each product and the resources used to make
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What Message Is No-Name Trying To Tell Us?,
I read The Adventures of Aluminum Can to a 5 year old boy. He was clearly uninterested. I loaned the book to two 8 year olds to read and they said it was a little dull.
Personally, I found the illustrations to be well done. The story, however, was a little troubling. You have a piece of animated aluminum, the main character…with no name. The author wants the reader to connect with the aluminum on a personal level, but that is hard to do since it doesn’t even have a name.
The aluminum has made some diary entries (somehow) and this is how we follow his tale. Once extracted from the earth he eventually becomes a sheet of aluminum and then made into a fruit can. A girl (with no name) eats the fruit and then uses the can as a trophy for her baseball. He is so happy being a part of this little girl’s life. Turn the page, and he is now in the back of an old truck headed to a sorting plant and then to a recycling plant. There, he is “shredded…melted.”
He is made into another item. I don’t want to spoil the ending, but let’s just say that he is happy still. He is taken-in by another child where he hopes he “…don’t get recycled for a long time.”
What is the message this book is trying to convey?
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|Fun and informative,
I’ve been giving this book rave reviews to all of my friends and family with young children. The pictures are bright and guaranteed grab the attention of youngsters, while teaching the importance of and the steps taken in recycling aluminum, using terms that are not difficult for children to understand. Every household with young children should have a copy of this book!
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|Green and Informative Entertainment,
Being about recycling and being made frm 100% recycled paper makes this quite the “Green” book. I actually learned something from the book, which I wasn’t expecting. I didn’t not know aluminum was made from bauxite rock or the process and chemicals required to make it what it is. It would be great book to use in a lesson on Earth Day. The illustrator did a great job on the fun, colorful picutres.
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