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Sharing Nature & Ecology With Children: A Bibliography

"LIVING"  BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS

YOUNG CHILDREN

Atkins, Jeannine, Aani and the Tree Huggers.  Lee and Low Books, 1995.

Berkeley, Laura, The Spirit of the Maasai Man.  Barefoot Books, 2000.

Best, Cari.  Goose’s Story.  Farrar Straus Giroux, 2002.

Boring, Mel, Diane L. Burns & Leslie Dendy, Fun with Nature.  Northwood Press, 1999.

Brown, Laurie Krasny & Marc, Dinosaurs to the Rescue!:  A Guide to Protecting Our Planet.  Joy Street Books, 2002.

Browner, David Ross, Reading the Earth:  A Story of Wildness.  California:  Berkeley Hills Books, 2000.

Burnie, David, Earth Watch: Protecting Our Planet.  Dorling Kindersley, 2001.

Carle, Eric, The Tiny Seed.  Picture Book Studio, 1987.

Carlson, Laurie, EcoArt: Earth Friendly Art & Craft Experiences for 3 to 9 Year Olds.  Williamson Pub., 1993.

Cherry, L., The Great Kapok Tree.  New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990.

Chief Seattle, Brother Eagle, Sister Sky.  Dial Books, 1991.

Cone, Molly, Come Back Salmon.    Sierra Club Books for Children, 1992.

Cowcher, Helen, Rainforest.  London:  Milet Limited-London, 1997.

Dobson, David, Can We Save Them?   Charlesbridge Pub., 1997.

Frasier, Debra, Out of the Ocean.  San Diego: Harcourt, 1998.

Geisel, Theodor Seuss (Dr. Seuss), The Lorax.  New York: Random House, 1971.

Glaser, Linda, Compost!  Growing Gardens from Your Garbage.  Millbrook Press, 1996.

Gnojewski, Carol, Earth Day Crafts.  Enslow Elementary, 2005.

Hoberman, Mary Ann, A House is a House for Me.  Viking Press, 1978.

Hodgkins, Fran, The Orphan Seal.  Down East Books, 2000.

Jackson, Ellen, The Tree of Life: The Wonders of Evolution.  Buffalo, NY:
Prometheus Books, 1993.

Jenkins, Steve, Almost Gone: The World’s Rarest Animals.  HarperCollins Publs., 2006.

Kaner, Etta, Animal Talk:  How Animals Communicate Through Sight, Sound and Smell.  Kids Can Press, Ltd., 2002.

Kerley, Barbara, A Cool Drink of Water.  National Geographic Society, 2002.

Kessler, Cristina, Jubela.  Simon and Schuster, 2001.

Lavies, Bianca,  Compost Critters.  Dutton Children’s Books, 1991.

Lesser Carolyn, The Goodnight Circle.  Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1994.

Locker, Thomas, John Muir:  America’s Naturalist.  Fulcrum Pub., 2003.

McNulty, Faith, How Whales Walked into the Sea.  New York:  Scholastic Press, 1999.

Milord, Susan, The Kids’ Nature Book.  Williamson Pub. Co., 1996.

Murphy, Stuart J., Earth Day Hooray!  HarperCollins, 2004.

Pratt, Kristin Joy, A Swim Through the Sea.  Nevada City, CA:  Dawn Publications, 1994.

Pratt, Kristin Joy, A Walk in the Rainforest.  Nevada City, CA:  Dawn Publications, 1992.

Ryder, Joanne, Each Living Thing.  Harcourt, 2000.

Schnetzler, Patti,  Earth Day Birthday.  Dawn Publications, 2004.

Schnur, Steven, Henry David’s House.  Charlesbridge, 2002.

Sensel, Joni, Bears Barge In.  Dream Factory Books, 2001.

Silverstein, Shel, The Giving Tree.  Harper and  Row, 1964.

Smith, David J., If the World Were a Village.  Kids Can Press, 2002.

Smith, Heather, Earth Friendly Crafts for Kids:  50 Awesome Things to Make with Recycled Stuff.  Lark Books, 2002.

Sobol, Richard, Adelina’s Whales.  Dutton Children’s Books, 2003.

Stetson, Emily, Kids’ Easy-to-Create Wildlife Habitats:  For Small Spaces in the City, Suburbs, & Countryside.  Williamson Books, 2004.

Thornhill, Jan, A Tree in a Forest.  New York:  Simon & Schuster, 1992.

Van Allsburg, Chris, Just a Dream.  Houghton Mifflin, 1990.

Wood, Douglas, Old Turtle.  Duluth, MN:  Pfeifer-Hamilton, 1992.


INTERMEDIATE

Bang, Molly, Common Ground:  the Water, Earth and Air We Share.  Blue Sky Press, 1997.

Burnie, David, Endangered Planet.  Kingfisher, 2004.

Carter, Forrest, The Education of Little Tree.  University of New Mexico Press, 1976.

Cornell, Joseph, John Muir:  My Life with Nature.  Dawn Publications, 2000.

Kowalski, Kathiann M., The Everything Kids’ Nature Book.  Adams Media Corp., 2000.

Lasky, Kathryn, Interrupted Journey:  Saving Endangered Sea Turtles.  Candlewick Press, 2001.

Needham, Bobbie, Ecology Crafts for Kids:  50 Great Ways to Make Friends with Planet Earth.  Sterling Pubs., 1998.

Pringle, Laurence, The Environmental Movement:  From its Roots to the Challenges of a New Century.   HarperCollins, 2000.

Pringle, Laurence, Global Warming:  The Threat of Earth’s Changing Climate.  Sea Star Books, 2001.


TEACHING RESOURCES

Chiras, Dan, Eco Kids:  Raising Children Who Care for the Earth.  New Society, 2005.

Sheehan, Katherine and Waidner Mary, Earth Child.  Council Oak Books, 1997.



ADDITIONAL "GREEN BOOKS" REFERENCES

Asimov, Isaac, What Causes Acid Rain?, Gareth Stevens Children’s Books, 1992.

Asimov, Isaac, Why Is the Air Dirty?, Gareth Stevens Children’s Books, 1992.

Asimov, Isaac, Why Does Litter Cause Problems?,  Gareth Stevens Children’s Books, 1992.

Asimov, Isaac, Why Are Some Beaches Oily?,  Gareth Stevens Children’s Books, 1992.
Dimitrios, Virginia Lee, The Little House, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1942 and 1969.

Bailey, Donna, What Can We Do About Protecting Nature?, Franklin Watts, 1991.

Bourgeois, Paulette and LaFave, Kim, In My Neighborhood: Garbage Collectors,  Kids Can Press, 1991.

Bright, Michael, World About Us, Polluting the Oceans, Gloucester Press, 1991.

D’Amato and Carter, How On Earth Do We Recycle?: Plastic, The Millbrook Press, 1992.

Holmes, Anita, I Can Save the Earth, Simon & Schuster, 1993

Inseth, Zachary, Noise Pollution The Child’s World, Inc., 1999.

Javna, John, 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Recycle, Javnarama and the Earth Works Press, 1994.

Lowery, Linda and Lorbiecki, Marybeth, illus, by  David Mataya, Earthwise At Home, Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1993.

Leggett, Jeremy, Operation Earth: Waste War,  Marshall Cavandish, 1991.

Maze, Stephanie, I Want To Be An Environmentalist,  A Maze Productions Book, Harcourt, Inc.

Silverstein, Alvin, Silverstein, Virginia, and Silverstein Nunn, Laura, Global Warming, Twenty-First Century Books, 2003.

Simon, Seymour, A Dictionary of the Environment: Earth Words, HarperCollins Children’s Books, 1995.

Stille, Darlene R., Air Pollution, Canada, Children’s Press, 1990.

Stille, Darlene R., Soil Erosion, Children’s Press, 1990.