Nature Girl; A guide to caring for God’s creation by Karen
Whiting ad Rebecca White is a collection of recipes, tips, how-tos, and
scripture to help a young girl become better about how to creatively and
practically makes changes on her/our lives to help the earth. This book covers
electricity saving tips to make your own spa day supplies.
I got this book hoping my 8 year old daughter would like
it. She is very sensitive and aware of
the nature. She always wants to save the animals and pick up litter. I thought this book would in line with
that. I found some of the suggestions
very obvious – turn off the lights when you leave a room- and some more enlightening. I like that they covered alternative energy
(even if my daughter isn’t going be the one paying for a solar or wind power
system). I also like that they outlined some of the jobs your can have in
fields that help with alternative energy and conservation.
I did have a few things about the book that bothered
me. One, and this may be my “thing” but,
one some of the recipes it calls for ingredients such as Crisco. Crisco??!! You specifically list un-petroleum jelly but
Crisco is okay? Why not coconut oil with
some bees wax? My other main issue in
this book is there has to be a fine line that I don’t feel was thoroughly
discussed. For instance one of the tips
is to leave bits of trash and string out for birds to make colorful nests with
but there is a fine line between leaving a piece of string out and littering. Plus, colorful string and other things are
not natural materials to birds’ nests and the environment. I feel like they do more harm than help in
most cases.
All and all I am giving this book to my daughter (Merry
Christmas). I hope she enjoys it and I
look forward discussing a lot of these topics in detail with her. Pros and cons.
Note: I was given a copy of this book to read and review
from the publisher. The opinions above
are my own and I was not compensated for a positive review.
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