To find out where your nearest session is and to book an appointment to give blood and join the BBMR, call 0300 123 23 23 or visit www.blood.co.uk. This cute story is all about a boy and his new friend from the ocean, Blue. Blue is all down and truly blue and the boy seeks out to find why Blue is so Blue. It contains an important message that is geared to young children about the hazards of plastic waste in our environment, specifically in the oceans. Grocery bags, being the main thing in the whales mouth, was so sad to see as I know it’s reality. I just started reading a much more grownup story about plastic waste, and while I appreciate knowing the science, the research, and the details, I love the way I Love You, Blue sums up plastic pollution in under 500 words, yet it made me care. Plastic waste is one of the biggest problems humanity has ever faced, in conjunction with related and dependent concerns, and I am so glad that authors like Barroux are giving children the framework to understand this at a very young age. Hopefully together we really can save the whales (and our planet along with them). Theo Clarke, Lead Donor Relations Manager at NHS Blood and Transplant, said: “We really need young blood donors to sign up to the British Bone Marrow Registry (BBMR) and potentially become that one in a million match for someone in desperate need of a transplant. Joining the registry is really easy, all you have to do is tell a member of staff at the start of your next blood donation session that you want to join the registry and an extra sample of blood will be taken during your donation. Team Margot Foundation has been nominated as ‘Best Charity’ in The Sun’s inaugural ‘WHO CARES WINS’ Health Awards

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This simple story with water-colored illustrations teaches us the impact pollution has on the ocean and its inhabitants. Seeing a whale’s stomach full of colorful plastic bags made my own stomach turn as I think of the thousands that must be floating along in the ocean. Since they look like jellyfish, the whales eat them and then find they are in trouble. No matter if you live near an ocean or in the middle of nowhere, the plastics that we discard can still find their way into streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans. We are all contributing to the problem and we can all be part of the solution. As a teacher, I am asked by NetGalley if I would use this book in a classroom. Definitely, this book should be in schools. There is so much a teacher could do with young children to teach more about pollution in the oceans. Also, for a child to comprehend the true size of a Blue Whale, they can be compared to a school bus. With a knotted rope, a teacher could mark the sizes of various other animals, including other sea animals, and let children hold the knots at the differing sizes. They can better grasp the sizing of animals that way. There are also wonderful videos where the children in a classroom could see a whale breaching, which is what Blue does at the end of the book. As a proponent for the teaching of environmental concerns, I think this book should be included in Pre-K through second grade classroom libraries. Over the years, those who have seemed to me to be the most happy, contented, and fulfilled have always been the people who have lived the most outgoing and unselfish lives.” Grocery bags, being the main thing in the whale's mouth, was so sad to see, as I know it’s the tragic reality.Een boek met een boodschap. Om walvissen en alle andere zeedieren te beschermen zal de zee opgeruimd moeten worden en schoon moeten blijven. Door Jonas’ actie wordt getoond dat het helpt om plastic op te ruimen. In werkelijkheid kunnen we niet zo eenvoudig plastic uit de dieren halen, maar we kunnen wel helpen door plastic van de stranden of andere plaatsen op te ruimen. Think of prices for each toy that Lily receives. Set up your own toy shop and work out the total prices for people who buy more than one item. Hospitality Industry set to support ‘Pinkspiration Week’ in July, as part of Team Margot Atlantic Rowers #WeRowYouRegister campaign

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Can you perform the story? Use the text and the speech to rehearse and present the story to an audience.To help save and improve lives by educating, inspiring and motivating people, especially from ethnically diverse communities, to register as blood, organ, stem cell and bone marrow donors and to provide a range of support to families caring for child cancer patients.

I Love You, Blue Kangaroo! by Emma Chichester Clark - Waterstones

The artist Barroux takes on yet another environmental issue in this lovely book - the tons of plastic filling our oceans, and the horrifying effects all this trash is having on sea life. In this sweet story, a boater is saved from drowning by a friendly whale. And then, it is up to him to return the favor. This was one of my favourite books as a child, and it's one of the few I've always remembered. It's such an amazing story for a child and the illustrations are so beautiful.Full disclosure: I received a free ARC for review through Library Thing's Early reviewers program.) Sweet, delightful book about the seriousness of plastics in the ocean. A young child goes out alone on his boat when a sudden storm appears. Yelling "May Day," the child is rescued by a large whale, named by the child, Blue. (Blue Whale....) A friendship, especially on the part of the child, develops, but he worries when he cannot find Blue. This is a poignant story about a little boy caught in a storm; when “the ocean roars and rages” he cries for help and is rescued by a whale named Blue. One day when Blue does not come, the child dives into the ocean to find him. When Blue opens his mouth to say “AAAH”, the boy discovers a “belly full of bags”, which the child works to haul away, rescuing the whale in return.

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As a society, we need to do better about plastic waste and actually throwing away trash where it goes, which is a trash can or a dumpster. NOT THE OCEAN! And thank you to Abi, Gretchen & Emma for reading it so beautifully at Margot’s funeral service in November. Diving (with hat still on) deep into the ocean, Jonas discovers Blue looking ill on the ocean floor. He has swallowed hundreds of plastic bags, mistaking them for jellyfish. Returning the favour of being saved, Jonas removes all the waste and Blue is well again. I Love You, Blue Kangaroo! is one of Chichester Clark’s most successful books and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway medal in 1998. It is the first of her Blue Kangaroo series, which use Lily’s relationship with her blue kangaroo to describe the everyday ups and downs of being a small child.Vuurtorenwachter Jonas vaart zijn rondje op een rustige zee. Hij houdt van de zee. Tot op een dag het weer omslaat en torenhoge gitzwarte golven zijn bootje laten omslaan. ‘De zee kolkt en woelt.’ Every night Blue Kangaroo falls fast asleep, cuddled in Lily's arms. But as new toy animals start arriving, Blue Kangaroo worries that there just isn't enough room for him anymore. When he goes missing, Lily looks everywhere for him and it turns out NONE of the other toys means as much to her as her first and favourite Blue Kangaroo. Think of words to describe your favourite toy. What does it look like? Where did it come from? How does it make you feel?