Wow! eBook
Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth
Author(s): Emily Mendenhall (Editor), Adam Koon (Editor), Hannah Adams Burque (Illustrator), Peter J. Brown (Foreword)
- Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
- Publication Date: 15 Aug. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 400 pages
- ISBN-10: 0826351662
- ISBN-13: 9780826351661
Book Description
Anjali awoke with a cough because smoke from kilns filled her dilapidated home.
Tyler stayed home from school because he had a stomachache from eating bad beef.
What are the links between the environments in which these young people live and their health problems?
The stories, most set in poor communities, draw attention to the effects of air, water, food, climate, urbanization, and other human impacts on health. A comprehensive teaching guide provides a context from which readers can explore problems and solutions in environmental health.
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
Written to draw attention to problems and solutions in environmental health across the world, the stories in this collection are about young people trying to make sense of the complex environments in which they live.
