Energy Island How one community harnessed the wind and changed their world [Paperback]

Hold onto your hats! It's windy on the Danish island of Sams?. Meet the environmentally friendly people who now proudly call their home Energy Island.
At a time when most countries are producing ever-increasing amounts of CO2, the rather ordinary citizens of Sams? have accomplished something extraordinaryin just ten years they have reduced their carbon emissions by 140% and become almost completely energy independent. A narrative tale and a science book in one, this inspiring true story proves that with a little hard work and a big idea, anyone can make a huge step toward energy conservation.

The thrilling idea, the book concludes, is that Samso is not very different from where you live.' Your community doesn't need wind; it needs a spark, to get people to think and work together. Los Angeles Times

Energy Islandopens with the power of wind captured by a pinwheel, an illustration that neatly encapsulates this remarkably accessible book about the path to energy independence on the Danish island of Samso. The New York Times Book Review

In this first title in a planned series of picture books about sustainable energy, Drummond combines winsome, kinetic, ink-and-wash illustrations with a succinct, simply phrased, smoothly flowing narrative that describes how Sams? transformed itself. Starred, Booklist

The illustrations further personalize the story with energy of their own as they bring Sams? and its residents to life. Starred, School Library Journal

The message is clear: An initially unconcerned community banded together and took steps that led to their current fame as a model of environmental action; we other residents of the island that is planet Earth can do that, too. Kirkus Reviews

Energy independence may not seem like a gripping topic for a picture book, but Drummond (Tin Lizzie) tells the story of the Danish island of Sams? so engagingly that families may find thlc‰