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Great Books for Teaching Kids In, About, and For the Environment

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Welcome to Great Books for Teaching Kids In, About, and For the Environment. This wiki was created and is occasionally updated by the teacher-librarian team of Jennet Poffenroth, Clare Gorman, and Rick Hay. If you have ideas for books, or links that would enrich the reading of those books, please send them along to one of us. Enjoy!

Title	Date Published	Author	Level	Genre	In/About/For Environment	Concepts	Text to Text.........................	Links...............
Aani and the Tree Huggers	2000	Pinto, Venantius J.	P/J	Based on True Story	For	Stewardship	The Dragon and the Unicorn People Who Hugged Trees The Tree
Ancient Ones: The World of the Old Growth Douglas Fir	1994	Bash, Barbara	J	Non-fiction Picture Book	About	Community
Baby Whale's Journey	2006	London, Jonathan	P	Fiction	In, About	Nature Appreciation
Bag in the Wind	2010	Kooser, Ted		Fiction		Reuse
Bird, Butterfly, Eel	2009	Prosek, James	P/J	Non-fiction Picture Book	About	Habitat, Migration	Flute's Journey: The Life of a Wood Thrush
Cloud Dance	2000	Locker, Thomas	P/J	Poetry	In	Nature Appreciation
Color Me a Rhyme	2003	Yolen, Jane	P/J	Poetry	In	Nature Appreciation
The Curious Garden	2009	Brown, Peter	P/J	Fiction	About/For	Stewardship, Community
The Daily Planet Book of Cool Ideas	2008	Ingram, Jay	J/I	Non-fiction	About/For	Climate Change, Stewardship
The Dragon and the Unicorn	1995	Cherry, Lynne	P/J	Fiction	In/About/For	Diversity, Endangered Species, Stewardship, Nature Appreciation	Aani and the Tree Huggers People Who Hugged Trees
The Earth Book	2010	Parr, Todd	P	Non-fiction	About/For	Stewardship
Earth Mother	2009	Jackson, Ellen	P/J	Fiction	In/About	Interdependence Presentation Ideas, Nature Appreciation
Earth to Audrey	2007	Hughes, Susan	P	Fiction	In	Nature Appreciation
The Eco Diary of Kiran Singer	2007	Alderson, Sue Ann	P/J	Poetry	About/For	Nature Appreciation
The Everything Kids' Environment Book	2007	Amsel, Sheri	J/I	Non-fiction	About/For	Issue Overview, Stewardship
Farewell to Shady Glade	1981	Peet, Bill	P/J	Fiction	About	Development	The Wump World The Lorax Varmints The Rabbits
Fire!	2006	Godkin, Celia	P/J	Informational Fiction	About	Ecosystems	Hurricane
Fireflies	1985	Brinckloe, Julie	P	Fiction	In	Nature Appreciation	When Lightning Comes in a Jar The Relatives Came
Flight of the Hummingbird	2008	Yahgulanaas, Michael N.	P/J/I	Traditional Legend	About/For	Stewardship	Fire!	Video
Flute's Journey: The Life of a Wood Thrush	1997	Cherry, Lynne	P/J	Informational Fiction	About	Ecosystems, Habitat, Development, Migration	Bird, Butterfly, Eel Luck
The Future of the Earth: An Introduction to Sustainable Development for Young Readers	2004	Arthus-Bertrand, Yann	J/I	Non-fiction	About/For	Habitats, Development, Climate Change, Pollution
The Gardener	2000	Stewart, Sarah	P/J	Fiction	In	Nature Appreciation
The Giving Tree	1965	Silverstein, Shel	P	Fiction	In/About	Nature Appreciation	Love You Forever
The Great Kapok Tree	2000	Cherry, Lynne	P/J	Informational Fiction	About/For	Habitats, Ecosystems, Community, Diversity	The Tree Tree of Life
A Handful of Seeds	1993	Hughes, Monica	P/J	Fiction	For	Stewardship	A Packet of Seeds* by Deborah Hopkinson Sunflower House

Henry's Night	2009	Michelin, Linda	P	Fiction	In	Nature Appreciation
Home	2004	Baker, Jeannie	P/J	Wordless Fiction	In/About/For	Stewardship, Greening	On Meadowview Street
How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate	2008	Cherry, Lynne	J/I	Non-fiction	About/For	Climate Change
Hurricane	2008	Godkin, Celia	P/J	Informational Fiction	About	EcoSystems	Fire!
In the Heart of the Village: The World of the Indian Banyan Tree	1996	Bash, Barbara	J	Non-fiction Picture Book	About	Community
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat	2004	Taback, Simms	P	Fiction	For	Reusing	Something From Nothing
Just a Dream	1990	Van Allsburg, Chris	P/J	Fiction	About/For	Stewardship, Environmental Issues
Keeping Our Earth Green	2008	Castaldo, Nancy F.	J	Non-fiction	About/For	Stewardship
Ladybu g Garden	1997	Godkin, Celia	P/J	Informational Fiction	About	Ecosystems, Interdependence, Nature Appreciation	Sparrow Girl	Teacher's Guide
The Last Polar Bear	2009	George, Jean Craighead	P	Fiction	About	Endangered Species, Climate Change	Winston of Churchill
Letting Swift River Go	1995	Yolen, Jane	P/J	Informational Fiction	About	Development, Change	A River Ran Wild
Listen to the Rain	2001	Archambault, John and Martin, Bill	P	Poem	In	Nature Appreciation

The Lorax	1971	Suess, Dr.	P/J	Fiction	About/For	Development, Pollution Endangered Species	The Wump World Farewell to Shady Glade Varmints The Rabbits
Luck	2006	George, Jean Craighead	P/J	Fiction	In/About/For	Nature Appreciation, Habitats	Flute's Journey
The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge	2010	Cole, Joanna and Degen, Bruce	P/J	Informational Fiction Graphic	About/For	Climate Change
Mama Miti	2010	Napoli, Donna Jo	P/J	Non-fiction	For	Stewardship, Reforestation	Planting the Trees of Kenya Wangari's Trees of Peace
Maxine's Tree	1990	Léger-Haskell, Diane	P	Fiction	In/About/For	Nature Appreciation, Deforestation	Who's in Maxine's Tree?
Meerkat Mail	2007	Gravett, Emily	P/J	Fiction	About	Habitats
Miss Rumphius	1985	Cooney, Barbara	P/J	Fiction	For	Stewardship		Survey
The Old Tree	2007	Brown, Ruth	P	Fiction (pop-up)	About/For	Ecosystems
On..Meadowview..Street	2007	Cole, Henry	P/J	Fiction	For	Ecosystems Greening	Home
Our Community Garden	2004	Pollak, Barbara	P	Fiction	About/For	Community, Greening
Owl Moon	1987	Yolen, Jane	P	Fiction	In	Nature Appreciation
Paddle to the Sea	1980	Holling, C. Holling	J	Fiction	About	Water Pollution
People Who Hugged Trees*	2001	Rose, Deborah L.	J	Fiction	About	Deforestation, Stewardship	Aani and the Tree Huggers The Dragon and the Unicorn The Tree	Text
Planting the Trees of Kenya	2008	Nivola, Claire	P/J	Non-Fiction	For	Stewardship, Reforestation	Wangari's Trees of Peace Mama Mita
The Prince of Butterflies	2002	Coville, Bruce	P/J	Fiction	About/For	Endangered Species, Habitat
The Rabbits	2004	Marsden, John	J/I	Fiction	About		The Wump World The Lorax Varmints Farewell to Shady Glade
Rachel, The Story of Rachel Carson	2008	Ehrlich, Amy	J	Biography	In/About/For	Interdependence, Pesticides, Nature Appreciation
The Raft	2000	LaMarche, Jim	P	Fiction	In	Nature Appreciation
Red Rock, A Graphic F able	2006	Nitto, Tomio	P	Fiction	About/For	Development
A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History	1992	Cherry, Lynne	P/J	Fiction	About/For	Stewardship, Diversity	Letting Swift River Go
S is for Save the Planet	2009	Herzog, Brad	P/J	Non-fiction	About/For	Stewardship
Sally Jean the Bicycle Queen	2006	Best, Carl E.	P	Fiction, Rhyming	For	Environmentally Responsible Transportation, Reuse
Salmon Forest	2003	Suzuki, David/ Ellis, Sarah	P/J	Fiction	About	Interdependence
Sandy's Incredible Shrinking Footprint	2010	Handy, Femida and Carpenter, Carole		Fiction	About/For	Stewardship
Sea Otter Inlet	2001	Godkin, Celia	P/J	Informational Fiction	In/About	Habitat, Ecosystems	Wolf Island	Teacher's Guide
The Secret Place	1996	Bunting, Eve	P	Fiction	In	Habitats, Development, Nature Appreciation
The Smash! Smash! Truck	2010	Potts, Aidan		Fiction	For/About	Recycling,
Someday a Tree	1996	Bunting, Eve	P/J	Fiction	In/About	Nature Appreciation, Toxic Waste, Stewardship
Something From Nothing	1993	Gillman, Phoebe	P/J	Fiction	For	Reusing	Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
Sparrow Girl	2009	Pennypacker, Sara	P/J	Fiction	In/About/For	Nature Appreciation, Ecosystems, Interdependence	Ladybug Garden
Sunflower House	1996	Bunting, Eve	P	Fiction	In	Nature Appreciation, Greening	A Handful of Seeds
The Table Where Rich People Sit	1998	Baylor, Bird	J	Fiction	In/About/For	Nature Appreciation, Consumerism
There's A Barnyard in My Bedroom	2008	Suzuki, David	P	Non-Fiction Picture Book	For	Systems, Interdependence
Tiger*	2006	Allen, Judy	P/J	Fiction	About	Endangered Species
Tower to the Sun*	1997	Thompson, Colin	P/J	Fiction	About	Nature Appreciation
The Tree	2002	Lyons, Dana	P	Fiction	In, About, For	Nature Appreciation, Deforestation, Stewardship	The Great Kapok Tree People Who Hugged Trees* Aani and the Tree Huggers
Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab	1989	Bash, Barbara	J	Non-fiction Picture Book	About	Community	The Great Kapok Tree
Trout are Made of Trees	2008	Sayre, April Pulley	P	Non-fiction Picture Book	About	Interdependence, Habitat
Two Islands*	1985	Gantschev, Ivan	J/I	Fiction	About	Development		Text
Uno's Garden	2006	Base, Graeme	P/J	Informational Fiction	For/About
Varmints	2008	Ward, Helen	P/J	Fiction	About	Development, Stewardship	The Wump World The Lorax The Rabbits Farewell to Shady Glade
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly	2007	Madison, Alan	P	Fiction	About	Stewardship
Wangari's Trees of Peace	2008	Winter, Jeanette	P/J	Non-fiction	For	Stewardship	Planting the Trees of Kenya Mama Mita
Water Boy	2007	McPhail, David	P	Fiction	In	Water
The Water Hole	2004	Base, Graeme	P/J	Non-fiction	In/About	Water
We Planted a Tree	2010	Muldrow, Diane	P	Poem	About/For	Reforestation
What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean?	2002	Child, Lauren	P/J	Fiction	About/For	Deforestation, Development
What the Sea Saw	2006	St. Pierre, Stephanie	P	Fiction		Habitats, Nature Appreciation
Where the Forest Meets the Sea*	1988	Baker, Jeannie	P/J/I	Fiction	In/About	Habitats, Development, Nature Appreciation	Window

Where the River Begins	1990	Locker, Thomas	P	Fiction	In/About	Nature Appreciation
Who's in Maxine's Tree?	2006	Léger, Diane Carmel	P	Fiction	In/About/For	Endangered Species, Habitats, Nature Appreciation	Maxine's Tree
The Wildlife ABC & 123	2004	Thornhill, Jan	P	Fiction	In/About	Nature Appreciation, Habitats
Window	1991	Baker, Jeannie	P/J	Fiction	About	Deforestation, Development, Habitats	Home
Winston of Churchill	2007	Okimoto, Jean Davies	P/J	Fiction	About	Climate Change	The Last Polar Bear
Wolf Island	2006	Godkin, Celia	P/J	Informational. Fiction.	About	Ecosystems	Sea Otter Inlet	Teacher's Guide

The Wump World	1981	Peet, Bill	P/J	Fiction	About	Development, Habitats	The Lorax Varmints Farewell to Shady Glade The Rabbits
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