Spring Cleaning for Teens

Start building good habits with these librarian-recommended books about cleaning and organizing. From decluttering your room to learning practical skills for around the house, you can build routines that work now and into the future.

Updated March 30, 2026
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Spring Cleaning for Teens

Start building good habits with these librarian-recommended books about cleaning and organizing. From decluttering your room to learning practical skills for around the house, you can build routines that work now and into the future.

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The home edit for teens : how to edit your space, express your style, and get things done!
Shearer, Clea
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the authors of The Home Edit and The Home Edit Life and hosts of the Netflix series Get Organized with The Home Edit, comes a guide to the most important phase of getting organized: staying that way. It's one thing to...
Home ec for everyone : practical life skills in 118 projects
Bowers, Sharon
Ebook
Did you remember your scissors? Discover the tremendous pleasure of learning how to do it yourself how to cook, sew, clean, and more, the way it used to be taught in Home Ec class. With illustrated step by step instructions, plus relevant charts, lists, and handy graphics, Home Ec...
Mrs. Meyer's clean home : no-nonsense advice that will inspire you to clean like the dickens
Meyer, Thelma.
Ebook
When Thelma Meyer tells it to you, she tells it straight: Clean the kitchen daily! Don't waste anything (not even the water leftover from those potatoes you just boiled)! Always work hard! This philosophy meant that when Thelma's daughter Monica founded Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day products (named...
The life-changing magic of tidying up : the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing
Kondo, Marie.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The book that sparked a revolution and inspired the hit Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo: the original guide to decluttering your home once and for all. ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE--CNN<...
Home skills : master your domain with practical solutions to everyday challenges
Ebook
Make life easier--and get everything done faster!--with 850+ time- and money-saving home hacks for cleaning, organization, maintenance, interior decorating, and more. Step-by-step instructions and photos will help grads, newlyweds, and home owners create the space of their dreams...
Don't be trashy : a practical guide to living with less waste and more joy
McKenna, Tara
Ebook
Learn how to dramatically reduce the waste you produce--and your stress levels--one sanity-saving step at a time in this accessible, practical guide from the creator of The Zero Waste Collective. "You'll feel inspired by McKenna's thorough and accessible approach to...
How to live with objects : a modern guide to more meaningful interiors
Khemsurov, Monica
Paper Book
From the editors of Sight Unseen, an anti-decorating book that champions a new approach to interiors-simply surrounding yourself with objects you love. "A refreshing, and necessary, counternarrative to shop-this-look consumerism and the aesthetic sameness that afflicts so many...
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