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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Dear Earth ... from your friends in room 5
Dealey, Erin
Paper Book
"A well-thought-out presentation of an important environmental message." --Kirkus When the kids in Room 5 write to Earth asking what they can do to help save our planet, they are delighted to get a letter back. This beautiful picture book is a celebration of every child's...

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

This is the planet where I live
Going, K. L.
Paper Book
This picture book celebrates and honors the interconnectedness of everything here on planet Earth. The planet where we live is full of people, animals, insects, birds, trees, clouds, rain, oceans--and everything is interconnected. With a cumulative text and rich, highly-detailed...

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)

How to help the Earth
Rabe, Tish.
Paper Book
The star of The Lorax by Dr. Seuss makes his Step into Reading debut in this rhymed Step 3 reader that offers kids easy suggestions for going green, a perfect real aloud for Earth Day! After explaining how the trash in a wastbasket ultimately ends up in a landfill or incinerator,...

Easy Reader Level 3


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