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Plasticus Maritimus
- An Invasive Species
- Narrated by: Cassandra Cavalli
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
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Publisher's Summary
- Honorbale Mention—Bologna Ragazzi Award
- A valuable, middle-grade resource to help kids learn about the effects of waterborne plastics and how they are affecting our world’s oceans and the planet itself.
- Combines science, activism, and art into a multifaceted and highly comprehensive book ideal for school and home libraries.
- Pêgo’s approach is positive and practical, inspiring listeners to not only learn about the problem, but to also become part of the solution.
- Critiques current “solutions” to the plastics crisis, such as recycling, and offers better, more informed solutions, which kids and adults can try at home.
- A fun “field guide” shares how to identify plastics as an invasive species: how to categorize it, collect it, and safely move it elsewhere.
- Includes colorful images of plastics found “in the wild” in locations around the world.
LEVELING
Guided Reading Level: W
Common Core State Standards
W.6.1,2,3,4,8,9,9b,10
RI.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
L.6.3,4,4a,4b,4d,5,5a,5b,5c,6
SL.6.1,1c,1d,2,3,4,5,6
Next Generation Science Standards
MS-LS1-From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
MS-LS2-Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
MS-LS4-Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
MS-ETS1-Engineering Design
MS-ESS3-Earth and Human Activity
MS-ESS2-Earth's Systems
MS-PS1-Matter and its Interactions
MS-PS2-Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Critic Reviews
A 2021 Outstanding Science Trade Book
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Honorable Mention—Bologna Ragazzi Award
“Clever…beguiling….Readers age 11 and older are likely to finish this book feeling both persuaded and uplifted. Beauty has a way of doing that.”—Wall Street Journal
“This imaginative guide to ocean plastics pollution … helps readers identify and understand this new invasive species….[an] important book.”—Omnilibros
“While the subject is serious, Plasticus Maritimus is an upbeat read sure to inspire positive action in children and adults alike.”—Hakai Magazine