Good Food, Bad Waste - Let's Eat for the Planet

Part of the nonfiction Orca Think series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book examines the problem of food waste around the world, its consequences for the environment and practical things young readers can do to curb food waste.

About the author

Erin Silver is an award-winning children's author. Her books include Rush Hour: Navigating Our Global Traffic Jam (Blueberry Award winner), Sitting Shiva (OLA Best Bets, Vine Award finalist, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award finalist), All Consuming: Shop Smarter for the Planet (Hackmatack Award nominee), In It to Win It: Sports and the Climate Crisis (Green Earth Book Award winner) and Good Food, Bad Waste: Let's Eat for the Planet (2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books finalist). She is also the author of two nonfiction picture books for younger readers, Mighty Scared and Plant Attack! (Silver Birch Express nominee). Erin is a sought-after speaker at schools, libraries and conferences. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction and a postgraduate journalism degree. Erin lives in Toronto.

Product details

• Authors: Erin Silver
• Assisted by: Suharu Ogawa (Illustration)
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.04.2023
• EAN: 9781459830912
• ISBN: 978-1-4598-3091-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 183 mm x 231 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: Orca Think
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Miscellaneous