Estabrook Elementary School on March 27, 2009.

Coach Pedro,

 

Thank you for your important message you share with our students.  We chose to support the SOS Community Service organization as the charity we to support in Coach Pedro's honor.

Sincerely,

Sue B Smith

This form is to verify that Coach Amarildo Pedro spoke at Estabrook Elementary School on March 27, 2009.

The school has chosen to donate $___100________ to the charity _SOS Community Service_______________________________ in lieu of Coach Pedro’s speaking fee.

Signed __________Pat DeRossett___________________________________

Date___________May 11, 2009____________________________________

 

 

2009 GREEN BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES WINNERS

LOS ANGELES (April 20, 2009) _ The 2009 Green Book Festival has named Saci Lloyd’s “The Carbon Diaries: 2015” as the grand prize winner of its annual competition honoring books that contribute to greater understanding, respect for and positive action on the changing worldwide environment.

Lloyd’s novel details the world of sixteen-year-old Laura Brown, who lives in a carbon-constrained U.K. where everything from heat to transportation to the daily shower is regulated by government-issued points. In a world gone eco-mad, and with the highest-category storm in history headed straight for her, Laura clings to her band, the Dirty Angels, and dreams of a normal life.

For its vivid portrayal of a world that may become the new normal is short order, and for its page-turning way of bringing the reality of the environment’s possible future understandable to the average reader, the judges have awarded “The Carbon Diaries: 2015” the grand prize of $1500. The prize and other winners will be honored in Los Angeles at a private Earth Day reception.

Other winners in the competition:

 

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

WINNER: “The Tree,” by Dan Lyonds, illustrated by David Danioth

RUNNER-UPS:

• “Sprout Your Own Sweet Scents,” Chronicle Books

• “The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do To Save The Earth,” by The EarthWorks Group, illustrations by Michele Montez and Lorraine Bodger

• “Baby Turtle’s Tale” – Elle J. McGuinness, illustrated by Romi Caron

• “Dot’s Lot,” by Mary Ann Mitchell, illustrated by Sharon Grey

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• “Bee & Me,” by Elle J. McGuiness, illustrated by Heather Brown

• “Green Start: Your Food,” by Sally Hewitt

• “Discover The Amazon,” by Lauri Berkenkamp, illustrated by Blair Shedd

• “What Bluebirds Do,” by Pamela F. Kirby

• “Lions, Tigers & Bearts, “ by Ron Hirschi, photographs by Thomas D. Mangelsen

• “The Greening Book: Being A Friend To Planet Earth,” by Ellen Sabin

• “20 Easy Ways To Help Save The Earth,’ by Coach Pedro & Susan Adam Rita, illustrations by Murilo Pruner

• “Stuff! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,” by Steven Kroll, illustrated by Steve Cox

• “10 Things I Can Do To Help My World,” by Melanie Walsh

• “Colonel Trash Truck,” by Kathleen Crawley, illustrated by Manuel Conde