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01949aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 A2161498868311E4954810D4DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20141218010058 008 130930t20132013nhua j 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0984254994 020 $a 9780984254996 035 $a (OCoLC)859154635 040 $a RIOSL $b eng $e rda $c RIOSL $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d TJC $d CUT $d JIN $d SILO 050 4 $a GE195.5 $b B74 2013 100 1 $a Brennan, Linda Crotta, $e author. 245 10 $a When rivers burned : $b the Earth Day story / $c by Linda Crotta Brennan ; illustrations by Lisa Greenleaf. 264 1 $a Amherst, New Hampshire: $b Apprentice Shop Books, $c [2013] 300 $a 79 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 x 28 cm. 440 0 $a Once, in America 500 $a Includes index. 520 $a Once, in America... chemicals killed plants and animals. Cars and factories filled the air with toxic fumes. Oil spills destroyed ocean life. The sewage floating along America's rivers was so thick it sometimes caught fire. The Earth was dying. Senator Gaylord Nelson believed that attitudes about ecology could change if people understood what was happening. He charged student organizer, Denis Hayes, with setting a plan for a national Earth Day in motion. What these men began on April 22, 1970, would change the world for the better. 505 0 $a Trouble in paradise -- A boy named Happy -- Early battles against pollution -- The push for change -- Fragile Earth -- A drive for purpose -- Sullied waters -- The big idea -- Creating a new world view -- Earth Day -- Dirty dozen -- A global Earth Day. 650 0 $a Earth Day $x History $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Environmentalism $v Juvenile literature. 700 1 $a Greenleaf, Lisa, $e illustrator. 941 $a 2 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20150730012959.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20141218010600.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A2161498868311E4954810D4DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JINInitiate Another SILO Locator Search