513pqasvrpl_aa240_.jpgA new environmental superhero is hitting bookstores this month with a valuable message for kids.

Michael Recycle is a “super-green” hero who encourages a grimy town overtaken by trash to clean up their act. The green-caped crusader declares, “You must stop this now! You’ve got to act soon. The towers of trash reach up to the moon!”

The town members are inspired my Michael to create a “Be Greener” Campaign, which includes:

- Recycling
- Growing their own vegetables
- Collecting rain for reuse

Ellie Bethel is the creative mind behind Michael Recycle. She uses rhyming, whimsical prose to deliver her powerful and timely message to children. This book almost makes me wish I had kids of my own to read it to. Almost.

For now, I might just pick up a copy of my own and read it to myself.

- Lisa