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Earth Day Every Day Celebrate Earth Day every day with books about our beautiful world and the ways we can protect it. This list is a collaborative project with North & South Rivers Watershed Association (nsrwa.org) and is geared towards kids in pre-K through 1st grade.
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Because of an acorn
by Lola M. Schaefer
This enchanting and informative picture book explores the vital connections between the layers of an ecosystem, relating how every tree, flower, plant, and animal connect to one another in spiraling circles of life.
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Bird Builds a Nest: First Science Storybook
by Martin Jenkins
A gentle introduction to physical forces depicts a hardworking Bird who pulls a tasty worm out of the ground, lifts just-right twigs and pushes them into place to build a nest, dropping and adjusting her materials along the way in accordance with elementary scientific principles.
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Earth! : my first 4.54 billion years
by Stacy McAnulty
The Earth introduces readers to key moments in the planet's life, from its formation over four billion years ago to the present, including the Earth's position in the solar system, its layers, and when plants and animals began to inhabit the planet.
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The EARTH book
by Todd Parr
Printed with recycled materials and non-toxic soy inks, an eco-friendly introduction to environmental protection describes how young people can work together to support the planet.
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Ebbie & Flo
by Irene Kelly
Flo is a daredevil salmon while her brother Ebbie is a more cautious fish, but during their journey down river to the sea, they come to appreciate the differences in their personalities.
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Give bees a chance
by Bethany Barton
A splashy nonfiction picture book about the unsung heroes of the bug world presents a high-energy introduction to bees that provides all kinds of information about our buzzing neighbors through hilarious text and kid-friendly illustrations.
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Hatching chicks in room 6
by Caroline Arnold
While participating in the popular activity of hatching chicks, a classroom of kindergartners learn about the life cycle of a chicken, incubating eggs, watching them hatch and raising them until they are old enough to go to the chicken coop.
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If sharks disappeared
by Lily Williams
Blends scientific and environmental facts in an engagingly illustrated exploration of how the planet would change without its shark populations, explaining how sharks are facing extinction and the important role sharks play in keeping the oceans clean.
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Itsy Bitsy & Teeny Weeny
by Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen
A nature and animal rescue story that finds a lamb, rejected by its mother, and an orphaned fawn being cared for by a farm family as siblings on Hazel Ridge Farm. The next spring, the animals separate, one back into the wild and other a domestic animal.
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The Lorax
by Seuss
A greedy individual, the cantankerous Once-ler, thoughtlessly pollutes the air, land, and water of the Bar-ba-loots' paradise, Truffula Forest, in order to build his giant industry.
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Mister Seahorse
by Eric Carle
After Mrs. Seahorse lays her eggs on Mr. Seahorse's belly, he drifts through the water, greeting other fish fathers who are taking care of their eggs, in a story that includes a "hide-and-seek" feature with acetate overlays.
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No monkeys, no chocolate
by Melissa Stewart
Examines the animals and other living things that share a habitat with cocoa trees and keep the plants growing and thriving.
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Peek at a pond
by Neecy Twinem
Simple verse and big, beautiful illustrations invite children to lift flaps and explore the fishes, frogs, water snakes, and other pond creatures that hide behind slippery rocks or floating logs.
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Snow rabbit, spring rabbit : a book of changing seasons
by Il Sung Na
The creator of A Book of Sleep follows the experiences of a rabbit that observes other animals braving the winter in respective ways, from flying south or hibernating to growing thick and cozy coats, before welcoming the arrival of spring.
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Up in the garden and down in the dirt
by Kate Messner
A lyrical follow-up to the award-winning Over and Under the Snow explores the hidden world of a vegetable garden through the seasons of the year, revealing a thriving world of insects and animals below the surface of growing vegetables.
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The water princess
by Susan Verde
Follows the experiences of a young girl who dreams of bringing clean drinking water to her African village as she rises early every morning and makes long journeys to the well with a heavy pot that she carries on her head.
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Buried sunlight : how fossil fuels have changed the Earth
by Molly Bang
A latest collaboration by the Caldecott Honor-winning artist of The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher and the National Medal of Science-winning M.I.T. professor introduces the history of fossil fuels while explaining the risks of today's rapid fossil-fuel consumption practices.
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Compost stew : an A to Z recipe for the earth
by Mary McKenna Siddals
A rhyming recipe explains how to make the dark, crumbly, rich, earth-friendly food called compost while collage illustrations made with recycled and found materials echo the eco-friendly message.
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Curious George discovers recycling
by Erica Zappy
Curious George learns how to identify recyclable materials and finds out what happens at a recycling facility when he participates in the doorman's recycling contest.
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The digger and the flower
by Joseph Kuefler
The creator of Beyond the Pond presents an environmental-awareness story that traces the experiences of a lonely digger in an industrial world where his entire perspective is changed by his discovery of a flower.
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Earth Day every day
by Lisa Bullard
Discusses how children can help the planet by planting trees, starting an environmental club at school, and learning how to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
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Emeraldalicious
by Victoria Kann
Dismayed to find that their favorite park is not as clean and green as it used to be, Pinkalicious and her brother, Peter, use a pinkerrific magic wand to transform piles of trash into castles, thrones and other magical objects.
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Go easy on energy
by Lisa Bullard
A young boy named Tyler helps to introduce readers to the use of energy, how some energy may harm the environment, and ways that children can help save energy.
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Grover's 10 terrific ways to help our wonderful world
by Anna Ross
Sesame Street's loveable blue spokesmonster teaches small children how to make a big difference in keeping the earth green, with conservation tips that touch on everything from toys to toothbrushing. Simultaneous.
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If you plant a seed
by Kadir Nelson
An acclaimed, award-winning author/illustrator presents a resonant, gently humorous story about the power of even the smallest acts and the rewards of compassion and generosity as two little animals learn the value of kindness while planting seeds in their garden.
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Nibbles : a green tale
by Charlotte Middleton
The guinea pigs of Dandeville love munching dandelion leaves so much that slowly but surely all the dandelions in town disappear; when Nibbles the guinea pig finds the last dandelion right outside his window, he must learn to grow his own in order to save the day.
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Pond
by Jim LaMarche
A group of friends discovers a neglected pond in the woods and decides to fix it up together.
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Red Knit Cap Girl and the reading tree
by Naoko Stoop
Discovering a wonderful hollow tree in the forest where she keeps a favorite book to share with others, Red Knit Cap Girl learns that her animal friends are also storing treasured objects in the tree, which is declared a special sharing library for everyone to enjoy.
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Sandy's incredible shrinking footprint
by Femida Handy
While visiting the beach, Sandy is horrified by the mess left by other visitors and starts to clean up, and a local environmentalist tells her about limiting her footprint--the effect that how she lives leaves on the environment.
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Tidy
by Emily Gravett
An awareness-raising picture book about protecting the environment follows the experiences of Pete the badger, who inadvertently contributes to the destruction of his forest home when he gets carried away in his effort to achieve perfect cleanliness.
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True Stories of Real People
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A Christmas tree in the White House
by Gary Hines
When President Theodore Roosevelt announces to his youngest sons that there will be no White House Christmas tree, they become deeply disappointed, but with the help of their aunt, the determined boys sneak a small tree into their bedroom. When the president finds out, he takes the boys to see the chief forester in hopes of teaching them a lesson. But the chief forester says cutting down smaller trees will help the taller ones grow.
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Me-- Jane
by Patrick McDonnell
Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.
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Parrots over Puerto Rico
by Susan L Roth
Presents a history of the Puerto Rican parrot and the island of Puerto Rico, discussing the efforts being made to protect and manage the parrot which is an endangered species
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Rhino in the house : the true story of saving Samia
by Daniel Kirk
Published in part to benefit the Lewa Downs Conservancy, a first picture book by the best-selling author of the Library Mouse series traces the true story of nature advocate Anna Merz and the black rhinoceros Samia, detailing Merz's efforts to stop poaching in East Africa and her efforts to return Samia to the wild.
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Small wonders : Jean-Henri Fabre & his world of insects
by Matthew Clark Smith
Meet Jean-Henri Fabre, one of the most important naturalists of all time. As a boy in the French countryside, Henri spent hours watching insects. He dreamed of observing them in a new way: in their own habitats. What he discovered in pursuing that dream was shocking; these small, seemingly insignificant creatures led secret lives—lives of great drama!
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Wangari's trees of peace : a true story from Africa
by Jeanette Winter
When she returns to her childhood home in Kenya and sees that the whole forest around her village is being cut down, courageous and determined Wangari starts planting trees in her own backyard and ends up in the midst of a movement that is respected around the world.
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From acorn to oak tree
by Emma Carlson Berne
Learn how some of nature's treasures are produced--from start to finish. Suitable for both struggling and at-level readers, these titles teach life science concepts as well as sequential thinking.
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One small place in a tree
by Barbara Brenner
A child visitor observes as one tiny scratch in a tree develops into a home for a variety of woodland animals over many years, even after the tree has fallen.
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Protecting backyard animals
by Paige V. Polinsky
Examines backyard animals in their habitat and explains how these creatures are treated and protected. Other books in this series feature farm animals, grassland animals, ocean animals, rain forest animals, and wetland animals.
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A seed is sleepy
by Dianna Hutts Aston
"From tiny orchid seeds to giant coco de mer palm seeds, wind-born seeds to water-born seeds, this poetic illustrated book describes the incredible variety of seeds and how they grow into a diverse array of plants"
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Where does the recycling go?
by Jerry Shea
Looks at the process of recycling and materials that can be recycled, including glass and plastic.
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Who eats what? : food chains and food webs
by Patricia Lauber
The creators of An Octopus Is Amazing examine the significance of food chains and food webs, explaining why each link in a chain is important because of the interdependence of living things for survival.
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