Celebrate Earth Day - Kids

Updated March 14, 2025
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Fire escape : how animals and plants survive wildfires
Stremer, Jessica
Paper Book
A captivating overview of the clever ways animals detect, respond, and adapt to wildfires, as well as how climate change is affecting the frequency and severity of these devastating events in nature. "Must-reading on a hot topic." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Can I recycle this? : a kid's guide to better recycling and how to reduce single-use plastics
Romer, Jennie
Paper Book
You probably know that you're supposed to recycle--but you may not know how or why. This adaptation of the successful adult book, written by a lawyer and sustainability expert, will answer all your recycling questions. Can I Recycle This? skips over...
Cactus queen : Minerva Hoyt establishes Joshua Tree National Park
Alexander, Lori
Paper Book
A 2025 Bank Street College of Education Cook Prize Contender The Nature Generation's 2025 Green Earth Book Award Short List How did the Joshua Tree National Park in California come to be? Meet Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, an artist, activist, and environmentalist, whose determination...
Saving Wonder
Knight, Mary
Paper Book
In this utterly transporting debut about the power of words, the importance of friendship, and the magic of wonder, Curly Hines must decide whether to fight to save the mountain he calls home.Having lost most of his family to coal mining accidents as a little boy, Curley Hines lives with his...
Amara and the bats
Reynolds, Emma
Paper Book
Environmental activism gets a nocturnal twist in this utterly charming picture book about a young girl and her mission to save the bats! Amara loves bats! Her favorite thing to do is to collect bat facts and watch the amazing mammals fly at night by her house. But...
The wind and the trees
Stewart, Todd (Illustrator)
Paper Book
A gentle meditation on the cycle of life, told by two trees One day, a tiny pine seedling strikes up a conversation with a nearby tree. As the seedling grows larger, the older pine shares what it has learned about the strong wind that blows through the forest...
The chaos monster
DasGupta, Sayantani
Paper Book
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING, AND IT'S UP TO TWINS KIYA AND KINJAL TO SAVE IT ALL Ten-year-old Kinjal knows something strange is going on. But he does not expect his dog, Thums-up, to disappear before his eyes in the middle of the night! Even stranger, two enormous flying horses...
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...
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...
Frozen in time : what ice cores can tell us about climate change
Van Vleet, Carmella
Paper Book
A dazzling introduction to paleoclimatology for kids, connecting the methods that scientists use to study our climate history with future climate change solutions. Believe it or not, ice isn't always just frozen water.  In fact, most of the ice covering our...
The planet we call home
Isaac, Aimee
Paper Book
A lyrical and loving ode to Planet Earth and the ways in which its many features are interconnected--to each other and to us--told in the cumulative style of "This Is the House that Jack Built." This is our Earth, the planet we call home. These...

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