{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20261010T034321Z-reviewed-full-unique-works","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593705300?tag=bookfrontie00-20","asin":"0593705300","authors":["Kate Messner"],"book_id":"9780593705308","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/history-smashers-earth-day-and-the-environment-9780593705308","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593705308.jpg?v=0b321db9aa6f0e77","description":"Myths! Lies! Recycling scams? Discover the real story behind the first Earth Day celebration and some of the biggest US climate catastrophes--and their solutions! Don't miss the award-winning History Smashers series as they get to the truth on the biggest environmental fibs! In April 1970, twenty million people grabbed their rakes, gloves, and recycling bins to celebrate the first Earth Day. Since that environmental kickoff, nature has never been in better shape. RIGHT? WRONG! The real deal is a bit muddier than that. It’s true that the first Earth Day encouraged people around the globe to clean up their act when it came to the environment. But activists have been working for centuries to save the planet! Native people across the world developed sustainable farming practices, women in eighteenth-century India stood up to protect trees, and amateur scientist Eunice Foote discovered the science behind global warming all the way back in the 1850s! Join the History Smashers team to bust history's biggest misconceptions and figure out what in the world really went down before (and after!) the first Earth Day—and how you can join the fight to protect the environment. Ready to bust new myths? Check out more titles in the History Smashers series: The Mayflower • Plagues & Pandemics • The Titanic • The Underground Railroad • The Salem Witch Trials","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9780593705308","publication_date":"20250311","publisher":"Random House Children's Books","slug":"history-smashers-earth-day-and-the-environment","subtitle":"","title":"History Smashers: Earth Day and the Environment"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"YAN050080","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Conservation & Environment for Teens","score":0.7867,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"YAN050090","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Ecosystems & Environmental Science for Teens","score":0.779,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JNF037020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Protecting the Planet","score":0.7657,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"YAN050080","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Conservation & Environment for Teens","score":0.7867,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"YAN050090","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Ecosystems & Environmental Science for Teens","score":0.779,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JNF037020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Protecting the Planet","score":0.7657,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"JNF025140","confidence_band":"high","label":"Modern History for Kids","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JNF037020","confidence_band":"high","label":"Protecting the Planet","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JNF051000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Science & Nature","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Conservation & Environment for Teens","score":0.7867,"slug":"conservation-environment-for-teens"},{"label":"Ecosystems & Environmental Science for Teens","score":0.779,"slug":"ecosystems-environmental-science-for-teens"},{"label":"Protecting the Planet","score":0.7657,"slug":"protecting-the-planet"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers interested in the history of Earth Day and environmental activism","Readers curious about misconceptions surrounding environmental history"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Kate Messner"],"book_id":"9780593120460","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593120460.jpg?v=8e5364f830132e2f","score":0.7331,"title":"History Smashers: the American Revolution","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780593120460"},{"authors":["Carrie Firestone"],"book_id":"9781984816481","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781984816481.jpg?v=eccfa13ec58dd426","score":0.7169,"title":"The First Rule of Climate Club","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781984816481"},{"authors":["Paul Fleischman"],"book_id":"9780763675455","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780763675455.jpg?v=cf014c797fe13f85","score":0.7079,"title":"Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780763675455"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:climate change books for kids"],"label":"Kids","score":1,"slug":"kids"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:kids science books"],"label":"Science","score":0.1776,"slug":"science"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:endangered animals"],"label":"Animals","score":0.0688,"slug":"animals"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Earth Day history, Environmental activism, Climate change.","Story elements: History myth-busting.","Themes: Kids, Science, Animals."]},"llm_signals":{"confidence":0.94,"pacing":"unknown","reader_fit":["Readers interested in the history of Earth Day and environmental activism","Readers curious about misconceptions surrounding environmental history"],"themes":["Earth Day history","Environmental activism","Climate change"],"tropes":["History myth-busting"]},"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":true,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":28,"goodreads_ratings_count":112,"goodreads_reviews_count":37,"quality_score":0.8899}}