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Posted by Michelle Stern on Kids Cuisine.

“My Bag and Me” is a new book, released from Penton Kids Press just in time for Earth Day, 2008. Shaped like a grocery bag, this board book is just the thing to get toddlers excited about going green at the market.

This story follows a little boy on a shopping trip with his mother and clearly shows his pride when he is able to hand his reusable bag to the checker and say, “Paper and Plastic no more!” Stored in the back of this book is a small reusable and recyclable bag that your own child can bring along while shopping.

500 billion plastic bags are used globally per year, and they take 1,000 years to break down when discarded. The accumulation of these bags in our landfills is staggering … not to mention the fossil fuels that are consumed in their creation. It is shocking that stores pretend that these bags are “free” when these facts are taken into consideration!

“My Bag and Me” is a fun and creative book that introduces young children to how they can be stewards to our earth and prevent further contamination our planet, one bag at a time.