Making a difference

Photographs and text show how people can help the environment.

In North Carolina, an organization called TABLE feeds hundreds of hungry children every week. In war-torn countries, War Child helps children cope with trauma. Boys & Girls Clubs of America are guiding kids toward becoming successful adults. This book features 12 stories about making a difference for children around the world. Each chapter includes attention-grabbing photos and fascinating facts. Sidebars go beyond the basics, and prompts invite readers to think for themselves. A Ways You Can Help page offers suggestions anyone can try.

Warriors in Kenya are saving elephants. A teenager in Pennsylvania is donating oxygen masks for pets to fire departments. The World Wildlife Fund is working in more than 100 countries to protect species from extinction. This book features 12 stories about making a difference for animals around the world. Each chapter includes attention-grabbing photos and fascinating facts. Sidebars go beyond the basics, and prompts invite readers to think for themselves. A Ways You Can Help page offers suggestions anyone can try.

Photographs and text show how people can help immigrants and refugees settle into their new countries.

Photographs and text show how people can help others after a disaster.

Teaches children the importance of reusing things, reducing the amount of garbage they produce, recycling materials, and respecting the world around them.

Photographs and simple text describe how saving energy and water, recycling, cleaning up the land can make a difference in the Earth's environment.

Photographs and simple text describe how reducing garbage by recycling makes a difference in the world.

Explains how recycled paper, glass, metal, and plastic are processed and made into new items, and discusses how to sort materials for recycling.