Compost Stew

Title: Compost Stew
Author: Mary McKenna Siddals
Illustrator: Ashley Wolff
Publisher: Tricycle Press
Publication Date: 2010
Genre: Picture Book, Science & Nature
Audience: Gr. PreK-2
Overview: Compost Stew is a picture book for young students about the different ways that recycling can be used in order to make what is known as a compost stew. The narrator addresses "environmental chefs" to inform them of a new recipe. Things such as old/used fruits, egg shells, flowers, tree shavings, and many more are part of this inventive recipe.
Activity: This book would be great to teach young students about recycling and the different things that used products can make. A teacher can ask their students to collect different used items in the classroom, perhaps from the recycling bin, and make them into a "compost stew." It teaches students the significance of recycling and to think twice before throwing something away.
Reviewer's Name: Moira Schafle