Books for a Better Planet: Reading for World Environment Day for Kids! (June 5)

World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment.

Updated June 1, 2024
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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...
We are water protectors
Lindstrom, Carole
Paper Book
Water is the first medicine.It affects and connects us all.Water is sacred. My people talk of a black snake that will destroy the land, Spoil the water, wreck everything in its path.They foretold that it wouldn't come for many, many years.Now the black snake is here.Told from the perspective of a...
We are better together
McKibben, Bill
Paper Book
When we work together, we humans can do incredible things. Faced with the threat of climate change and a changing planet, it is critical that we act collectively to protect our beautiful, fragile world. Renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben celebrates cooperation and collective action in this...
Our planet! : there's no place like Earth
McAnulty, Stacy
Paper Book
In her first book, Earth (AKA: Planet Awesome) shared the story of her brief--cosmically speaking--life to date, with only a hint as to what the future may hold. Now, after being so warmly received, she's eager to tell Earthlings even more. But this time, she'll focus on her current life and her...
My wounded island
Pasquet, Jacques
Ebook
Here we are : notes for living on planet Earth
Jeffers, Oliver
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestseller A TIME Magazine Best Book of the Year A NPR Best Book of 2017 A Boston Globe Best Book of 2017 "Moments of human intimacy jostle with scenes that inspire cosmic awe, and the broad diversity of...

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