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Oil

Jonah Winter

Illustrator: Jeanette Winter

Ages: 9+

Published: 2020

Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane

ISBN: 978-1-5344-3077-8

Keywords: environmental disasters, activism

Simple, poetic text describes how humans' extraction and use of oil, particularly the Exxon Valdez disaster, have impacted flora and fauna. Textured illustrations. Author's note.