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Michael J. Rosen, Food Fight: Poets Join the Fight Against Hunger with Poems about Their Favorite Foods (Boston: Harcourt, 1996). Age Level: 9 and up Publisher Description: Thirty-three poets--including Lois Duncan, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Nikki Grimes, Joseph Bruchac, Jane Yolen, and Charlotte Zolotow contribute new poems about different foods, in a volume that benefits Share Our Strength's effort to end hunger.

This is Filip Spagnoli's blog, which is mainly about human rights-including political and economic human rights such as the right to participate in government (democracy being a subset of human rights) and the right not to suffer poverty-seen from different perspectives, such as philosophy, art, politics (hence "p.a.p."), economics, statistics, law, psychology, etc.

Glaser, Linda. Our Big Home. Minneapolis, MN: Millbrook Press, 2000. Age Range: 5 and up Publisher's Description: A joyful celebration of the Earth with the important environmental message that we share the planet not only with all the various people of the world, but with the plant and animal worlds as well. The loosely rhymed poem describes water, sun, soil, air, wind, sky, night, and moon and serves as a breezy introduction to ecological interdependence. Kleven's colorful artwork is full of subtle detail and depicts children and adults playing, dancing, relaxing, and working all over the world-from the African plain to a Caribbean island to a South American mountain. The artist uses an effective mix of media, from collage to chalk, to portray depth of scenes and vibrancy of detail. A lively look at "-our big blue-green, growing-sun-warmed-life-giving-precious living home."

Gutman, Dan. Recycle This Book: 100 Top Children's Book Authors Tell You How to Go Green. New York, NY: Yearling, 2009. Age Range: 8 and up Publisher's Description: This lively collection of brief essays (and a poem) by 100 outstanding children's and young adult authors teaches through example. Each selection highlights a small step (or steps) taken by the writer toward a greener Earth. From Mem Fox's very serious "When the Rain Refuses to Fall" to Robert Lypsyte's silly "Captain Mean-Green's Ten Rules to Save the Planet," readers are encouraged to reduce their consumption (and waste) of energy and goods. The essays are grouped by location: "Your Home," "Your School." "Your Community," etc., and most end with a practical, doable suggestion, from the humble-use a clothesline-to the more complex-set up a worm compost. The essays also provide insight into the lives and thoughts of many familiar and beloved authors such as Laurie Halse Anderson, Ralph Fletcher, Gary Schmidt, Lois Lowry, Susan Patron, and Rick Riordan. Several pages of Web sites offer a starting point for action and information. Highly useful for classroom and family discussions and science-project ideas.