Read, Renew, Repeat | Picture Books

The 2024 statewide Summer Reading theme is Read, Renew, Repeat: sustainability and the environment. These board books, picture books, and easy readers for young children share a wide variety of takes on this theme--from recycling to the beauty of the natural world!

Books for older readers are available in our Read, Renew, Repeat | Chapter Books list.

Updated May 14, 2024
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Milk and juice : a recycling romance
Brown, Meredith Crandall
Paper Book
Milk and Juice is a hilarious, quirky debut picture book by Meredith Crandall Brown that follows a bottle of juice and a jug of milk on their recycling love story. Perfect for fans of Peanut Butter & Cupcake by Terry Border! Once upon a time, in a refrigerator not too...

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

Only one
Hopkinson, Deborah
Paper Book
This lyrical, environmentally focused picture book showcases the unique beauty of our one and only universe--its galaxies, stars, and planets--as well as our one and only Earth and the precious life it contains. Join one girl as she leads her friends to a tree-planting...

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

The EARTH book
Parr, Todd.
Paper Book
"I take care of the earth because I know I can do little things every day to make a BIG difference..." With his signature blend of playfulness and sensitiviy, Todd Parr explores the important, timely subject of environmental protection and conservation in this eco-friendly picture...

Picture Book (Age 3-5)

Une seule terre
Spinelli, Eileen
Paper Book
See below for English description. Qu'aimez-vous de notre planete? Saviez-vous que vous pouvez contribuer a sa protection? Ce livre est une celebration de notre monde qui invite les jeunes a compter de 1 a 10 en commencant par « Un vaste ciel, deux abeilles » jusqu'a « dix...

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

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...

Children's Nonfiction (Age 4-8)


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