Greta and the Giants: inspired by Greta Thunberg's stand to save the world: 1

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I love Greta Thunberg and this piece came in very handy when trying to share her thoughts and actions with children in KS2.

Pete the badger likes to keep everything neat and tidy, but his over-zealous cleaning begins to have a damaging impact on the forest. This entertaining picture book, with its rich illustrations, carries an important environmental message.Your class will finish off by remembering some information that Greta told the Giants to convince them to stop ruining the forest.

This inspiring picture book retells the story of Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who has led a global movement to raise awareness about the world's climate crisis. This picture book makes this important topic accessible to young children. Greta and the Giants is a beautifully illustrated story book about the difference that can be made when one person, in this case a child, protests, educates and makes change happen. It is loosely based on Greta Thornberg and there is a section on her and things that children can do at the end of the book. In the story itself, Greta is trying to get giants (corporations) to stop defiling the forest. As other join her a movement is born. Greta says that ‘No one is too small to make a difference’. What does this mean? Could you write a new story about a person who works to make a difference? Nevertheless, I highly recommend this offering to introduce children to the international impact just one small voice can have when combined with resilience, belief and determination.

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Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Greta and the Giants will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story. This lovely picture book is a useful way for parents and teachers to introduce young children (ages 4-7) to the subject of climate change stressing a positive message. Greta and the Giants is inspired by the young climate change activist, Greta Thunberg: there is further information about Greta’s campaign to have the damage caused by climate change taken seriously at the end of the book, as well as ways to help her.

That is not what this picture book is though. As the blurb states (which I obviously didn't read properly), this is an allegory (a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.). Once I got my head around the fact that this wasn't a narrative non fiction title about Greta, I was most impressed. It's the perfect starting point to talk about this amazing young activist with young readers. The book is beautifully illustrated and is relatable for the children (who may find the concept of climate change a bit challenging).Find out more about climate change and the inspirational campaigner Greta Thunberg by using this great, differentiated reading comprehension activity which is perfect for most students within KS1. Greta has become a household name and one that is synonymous with climate change, environmental causes and children speaking up for their world.

Greta and the Giants is a story based on the impact of Greta Thunberg on the understanding of climate change in our changing world, and what we can do to slow that down. The artwork is excellent, and the story brings to life the fight for the world our children will inherit. Yes, it's a bit too nicely tied up (in real life it's become a lot harder to get the message to be taken seriously). But, it still gives us, as well as our young ones, hope that someday it might be a little better than it was yesterday. And, hopefully our future with be more brighter because of this book. I had some mixed feelings about this book jumping on the Greta Thunberg bandwagon. Greta herself is all about action, not about accolades, Recently she turned down an award of some fifty thousand dollars because that's not what she's about - although I do have to confess I don't get why she didn't accept it and donate the money to some organization that's doing something about the climate! But it was her choice, not mine, and I have to express some concern about those who might want to co-opt her good will and momentum, and try to profit from it.LoveReading4Kids exists because books change lives, and buying books through LoveReading4Kids means you get to change the lives of future generations, with 25% of the cover price donated to schools in need. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. It would have been too easy for this allegory, inspired by the valiant, prescient Greta Thunberg, to have been preachy and off-putting. Instead, this slender, hopeful book explains climate change — as well as valor and the power of everyday citizens — in a way even preschoolers can understand. The lovely message and illustrations will delight adults, too. Based on Greta Thunberg's mission to save our environment. In this book, Greta tries to save a forest. The animals speak with her and she takes on the giants who tear down the forest and build cities, etc. This is an inspiring picture book with great illustrations and a great message for everyone. It uses allegory to make the important topic of Climate change accessible to young children and it does it very well. Also a budding author, the first picture book she wrote, Ada Lovelace and the Number-Crunching Machine (September 2019), was described as Inspiring, feminist, and informative in equal parts by Kirkus.