What better way to celebrate Earth Day 2009 than to involve a child?

The world’s children are going to be saddled with solving the environmental problems that we adults have racked up for decades. Teaching children early on about the benefits of recycling and its effects on the environment can lay the foundation for good green habits that they will carry with them throughout their lives.

Michael Recycle Meets Litterbug Doug, released by Worthwhile Books, is the latest children’s book featuring the publisher’s green-caped crusader, Michael Recycle, who debuted in 2008. Written by Ellie Bethel and colorfully illustrated by Alexandra Colombo, Michael Recycle Meets Litterbug Doug is a big, entertaining picture book that will capture your child’s imagination, as well as teach him/her the importance of recycling and a green lifestyle. Follow lazy and wasteful Litterbug Doug’s trash-strewn trail throughout his clean, green town as planet Earth’s green-caped crusader attempts to show him the error of his ways. Will Michael Recycle succeed in reforming Litterbug Doug? Find out!

Michael Recycle Meets Litterbug Doug, 32 pages, 10 3/4 x 11 3/4, is available through Worthwhile Books and Barnes & Noble.

Happy Earth Day!