Earth Day Reads

Earth Day is Saturday, April 22. Celebrate our planet with some of the titles for children!

Updated April 17, 2023
Libraries of Middlesex Automation Consortium Scotch Plains Public Library
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Our planet! : there's no place like Earth
McAnulty, Stacy
Paper Book
From writer Stacy McAnulty and illustrator David Litchfield, Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth is a nonfiction picture book about the Earth, told from the perspective of Earth herself. Meet Earth. Planet Awesome! And your awesome home! Actually, Earth is home to...
The day the river caught fire : how the Cuyahoga River exploded and ignited the Earth Day movement
Wittenstein, Barry
Paper Book
Discover the true story of how a 1969 fire in one of the most polluted rivers in America sparked the national Earth Day movement in this nonfiction picture book by award-winning author Barry Wittenstein and beloved illustrator Jessie Hartland. After the Industrial Revolution in...
The leak : for the love of truth
Petty, Kate Reed
Paper Book
In this compelling middle-grade graphic novel The Leak, Ruth, a young journalist, is determined to uncover a secret that threatens her town. Ruth Keller is brash and precocious; she argues with her dentist, her parents, and her teachers. So, when she discovers a strange...

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