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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This little environmentalist : a love-the-Earth primer
Holub, Joan
Paper Book
Learn all about big leaders who love and protect the Earth in this engaging and inspiring board book perfect for environmentalists-in-training! Now even the youngest readers can learn all about important people who help protect and take care of our Earth! Highlighting ten...
Ducks overboard! : a true story of plastic in our oceans
Motum, Markus
Paper Book
Eco facts come to light as a plastic duck narrates this beautifully illustrated true story of thousands of bath toys that were lost at sea and swept to the four corners of the Pacific. If a shipping container filled with 28,000 plastic ducks spilled into the Pacific Ocean, where...
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...
Plasticus maritimus : an invasive species
Pêgo, Ana (Marine biologist)
Paper Book
"Clever...beguiling....Readers age 11 and older are likely to finish this book feeling both persuaded and uplifted. Beauty has a way of doing that." --Wall Street Journal For young readers comes an imaginative guide to ocean plastics, filled with tips...
What a waste
French, Jess
Paper Book
In this informative book on recycling for children, you will find everything you need to know about our environment. The good, the bad and the incredibly innovative. From pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling. This educational book will teach young...
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...
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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