Energy in Crisis

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This series encourages children to raise questions about the state of the Earth and its future.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• What is the energy crises?
• What is energy?
• Burning it up
• Fossil fuels
• Wood fires
• Polluted air
• Climate chaos
• What is biomass?
• Energy from weather
• Natural power
• Nuclear power
• Future fuels?
• Protecting our planet
• Glossary
• Further information
• Index

Reviews provided by Syndetics

School Library Journal Review

Gr 3-6-These books have a great deal of information packed into them. The left-hand side of each chapter spread addresses a specific topic and includes a box with a quote from an agency, a group, or an individual active in environmental protection. The recto continues the text from the left and includes a boxed "case study" that serves as an example for the point being made in the main narrative. A small, captioned inset illustration is also included, and, on some pages, a "Fact bank" provides several bullet-pointed tidbits, or a pink box addresses a question such as, "What Can be Done?" All of these elements are set on top of a faintly printed, full-spread background illustration, which is sometimes distracting and often interferes with the text. Still, the information here is solid. All of the authors include concrete examples from around the globe. Though no political agenda is espoused, their passion for the planet comes through as their writing style is more energetic than in the other series reviewed here. In fact, as in ABDO's "Future Energy" (see below), the books have a distinct undercurrent of frustration that although there have been signs for some time that the condition of Earth's environment is becoming dire, not enough time or effort has been spent trying to find a solution. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.