Reba Linker

Reba Linker

The Compost Heroes Coloring Book contains the identical text and illustrations as full-color version, The Compost Heroes: A (Mostly) True Fable for Modern Times. The B&W, large book format makes this a fun hands-on activity for young children to color in and learn about what is happening on each of the pages. The Coloring Book has been used as a classroom tool, where a teacher will select a page or two, based on the lesson plan, and duplicate that page for the entire class, so they...more...

Reba Linker created a new resource called The Compost Heroes: A (Mostly) True Fable for Modern Times

The Compost Heroes is a resource for parents and educators of children K-12 to intiate enviromental discussion and action. The comic book-style format, the imaginative adventure story, and the appealing animal characters (plucky forest animals 'rescue' garabge and turn it into compost!) make the book fun for the youngest readers, while the footnotes on every page are substantive enough to engage the older students and adults. Since becoming a Master Composter (NY Department of ...more...

Reba Linker commented on blog post: Question of the Week #20

Thanks for asking such a great question! I am not a Torah scholar, so I am unable to quote parshiot, nonetheless, I wanted to offer the thought that, to me, a Torah portion that has a lot of potential impact would be that which deals with the periodic "sabbaticals" of working the land. Not only does that concept illustrate the need to nurture the land by allowing it to rest as well as produce, it also draws a parallel between the human need for Shabbat, our day of rest, and the land's need fo...more...

Reba Linker

The Compost Heroes is a resource for parents and educators of children K-12 to bring the issues and ecology of composting to life in a fun and engaging way. When a landfill moves to their forest home, the animals join forces to ‘rescue’ the garbage and turn it into compost. Children big and small will enjoy the comic book-style adventure, and the ‘footnotes,’ are loaded with information about ecology and environmental science. Pete Seeger endorsed "The ...more...