Description: After decades of being used as an industrial waste dump, the Cuyahoga River Valley became so contaminated that nothing could live there. A massive cleanup restores the area, creating a national park with thriving, diverse wildlife.
Brief description: Diane Muldrow is the author of the New York Times-bestselling Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book series, and a prolific author of children's books. Her picture book We Planted a Tree was a 2010 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best selection. She is a retired children's book editor, and a proud Ohio University graduate. As a 6 1/2 year-old, she took part in the first Earth Day by helping clean up the creek and woods behind her Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home. She learned early that natural surroundings aren't to be taken for granted, and that people can make a difference in their communities. Diane has visited national parks all over the country, the world, and near her Las Vegas, New Mexico, home.