Yes You Can!
  • Published: 15 May 2011
  • ISBN: 9780887769429
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $29.99

Yes You Can!

Your Guide to Becoming an Activist

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This accessible reference book for those aged 11 and up, provides a step by step outline of the steps involved in changing the world. The award-winning author team of Jane Drake and Ann Love, have put their roots in social activism to work to create a book that will speak to young readers.

Every time our society takes steps forward, segregation becomes illegal, child labor is exposed, and companies that poison our air are called to account. Behind those steps are people who identified problems, worked together, and created change. Lifelong environmental activists, Jane Drake and Ann Love present the nine steps to social change and much more. From fascinating accounts about the founding of organizations such as Amnesty International, Pollution Probe, and Greenpeace to the nuts and bolts of how to run an effective meeting or write a petition, to words of inspiration, Yes You Can! Your Guide to Changing the World is great reading and encouragement for every person who wants to make the world a better place.
  • Published: 15 May 2011
  • ISBN: 9780887769429
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $29.99
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About the authors

Jane Drake

Jane Drake and Ann Love are sisters and coauthors who have shared a life-long interest in the environment and the wild: “As kids, our parents led our family vacations into wild places — we spent more time looking for shorebirds in sewage lagoons than most Canadians would ever admit to.” Their writing for children has always had a natural history/environmental-action focus. They are interested in making children more observant of the natural world. Together they are the authors of many award-winning books, including their most recent, Cool Woods: A Trip Around the World’s Boreal Forest, Snow Amazing: Cool Facts and Warm Tales, Trash Action: A Fresh Look at Garbage, and Sweet! The Delicious Story of Candy. They have been shortlisted for numerous awards, including the Red Cedar Award, the Norma Fleck Award for Nonfiction, the Hackmatack Award, and the Silver Birch Award. Ann Love is one of the founding members of Pollution Probe. Both are married, have three children, and live in the Toronto area.

Praise for Yes You Can!

PRAISE FOR ALIEN INVADERS:
"This is a highly relevant topic. . . . A good choice for science
enthusiasts and non-fiction readers, this succinct, lucid text makes
global ecology palpable." - Toronto Star

PRAISE FOR SWEET! THE DELICIOUS STORY OF CANDY:
"A yummy feast. . . Sweet! is one tasty treat." - School Library Journal
PRAISE FOR TRASH ACTION:
"If you have a young eco-warrior living in your house - or you want to
help create one - this is the book." - Today's Parent