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Commemorating Earth Day: a reading list for children, teens, and adults

April 1, 2021 By Library Staff

BOOKS FOR ADULTS:

Silent spring / Carson, Rachel. Published 1962.

A climate of crisis : America in the age of environmentalism / Allitt, Patrick. 2014.

As the world burns : the new generation of activists and the landmark legal fight against climate change / Van der Voo, Lee. 2020.

Wild at heart : America’s turbulent relationship with nature, from exploitation to redemption / Outwater, Alice. 2019.

Natural rivals : John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the creation of America’s public lands / Clayton, John. 2019.

Stronghold : one man’s quest to save the world’s wild salmon / Malarkey, Tucker. 2019.

Visionary women : how Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters changed our world / Barnet, Andrea. 2018.

The wizard and the prophet : two remarkable scientists and their dueling visions to shape tomorrow’s world / Mann, Charles C. 2018.

Engineering Eden : the true story of a violent death, a trial, and the fight over controlling nature / Smith, Jordan Fisher. 2016.

Rachel Carson and her sisters : extraordinary women who have shaped America’s environment / Musil, Robert K. 2014.

On a farther shore : the life and legacy of Rachel Carson / Souder, William. 2012.

A force for nature : the story of NRDC and the fight to save our planet / Adams, John H. (John Hamilton). 2010.

Fraser’s penguins : a journey to the future in Antarctica / Montaigne, Fen. 2010.

The man from Clear Lake : Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson / Christofferson, Bill. 2004.

An inconvenient truth : the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it / Gore, Al. 2006.

Getting to green : saving nature : a bipartisan solution / Rich, Frederic C. 2016.

Urban homesteading : heirloom skills for sustainable living / Kaplan, Rachel. 2011.

Living without plastic : more than 100 easy swaps for home, travel, dining, holidays, and beyond / Allen, Brigette. 2020.

The (almost) zero waste guide : 100+ tips for reducing your waste without changing your life / Mannarino, Melanie. 2020.

Climate-wise landscaping : practical actions for a sustainable future / Reed, Sue. 2018.

Sustainability made simple : small changes for big impact / Byrd, Rosaly. 2017.

Being the change : live well and spark a climate revolution / Kalmus, Peter. 2017.

The uninhabitable earth : life after warming / Wallace-Wells, David. 2019.

Climate of hope : how cities, businesses, and citizens can save the planet / Bloomberg, Michael. 2017.

The atlas of climate change : mapping the world’s greatest challenge / Dow, Kirstin. 2011.

How to avoid a climate disaster : the solutions we have and the breakthroughs we need / Gates, Bill. 2021.

No one is too small to make a difference / Thunberg, Greta. 2019.

How to prepare for climate change : a practical guide to surviving the chaos / Pogue, David. 2021.

Unstoppable : harnessing science to change the world / Nye, Bill. 2015.

The genius of Earth Day : how a 1970 teach-in unexpectedly made the first green generation / Rome, Adam. 2013.

Nature’s allies : eight conservationists who changed our world / Nielsen, Larry A. 2017.

Extreme conservation : life at the edges of the world /Berger, Joel. 2018.

MAGAZINES:

Audubon / National Audubon Society, <1953-current>

Environment / Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, <1993-current>

The Mother earth news / The Mother Earth News, Inc., <1973-current>

National Geographic / National Geographic Society (U.S.), <1905-current>

Natural history / American Museum of Natural History, <1921-current>

Sierra [serial (magazine)] : the Sierra Club bulletin / Sierra Club, <1985-current>

 

YOUNG ADULT

Fiction

My Chemical Mountain – Vacco, Corina (YA VAC)

The Crazy Things Girls Do for Love – Sheldon, Dyan (YA SHE)

Salvage – Duncan, Alexandra (YA DUN)

Nonfiction

An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming – Gore, Al 363.738 G66in

Where Have All the Bees Gone? Pollinators in Crisis – Hirsch, Rebecca E. 595.79 H615w

Graphic Novels

How to Fake a Moon Landing: Exposing the Myths of Science Denial – Cunningham, Daryl 001.9 C917h

 

CHILDREN

Picture Books

Be a Tree – Gianferrari, Maria (JE GIA)

Arthur Turns Green – Brown, Marc Tolon (JE BRO)

Biscuit’s Earth Day Celebration – Capucilli, Alyssa Satin (JE CAP)

Dear Earth…: From Your Friends in Room 5 – Dealey, Erin (JE DEA)

These Seas Count! – Formento, Alison (JE FOR)

A Small History of a Disagreement – Fuentes, Claudio (JE FUE)

We Are Water Protectors – Lindstrom, Carole (JE LIN)

Ballyhoo Bay – Sierra, Judy (JE SIE)

Miss Fox’s Class Goes Green – Spinelli, Eileen (JE SPI)

Greta and the Giants: Inspired by Greta Thunberg’s Stand to Save the World – Tucker Zoe (JEFO TUC)

Just a Dream – Van Allsburg, Chris (JEFO VAN)

Earth Day, Birthday – Wright, Maureen (JE WRI)

My Forever Dress – Ziefert, Harriet (JE ZIE)

 Chapter Books

Violet Mackerel’s Pocket Protest – Branford, Anna (J BRA)

Watch Out World, Rosy Cole is Going Green: Rosy Cole’s Bright, Though Not Exactly Popular, Ideas About Garbage, Worms, Dirt, and Other Gifts of Nature – Greenwald, Shelia (J GRE)

Scat – Hiaasen, Carl (J HIA)

Flush – Hiaasen, Carl (J HIA)

Hoot – Hiaasen, Carl (J HIA)

Save the Earth – Klein, Abby (J KLE)

Marty McGuire Digs Worms! – Messner Kate (J MES)

Mysteries

Cam Jansen and the Green School Mystery – Adler, David (J M ADL)

Earth Day Escapade – Keene, Carolyn (J M KEE)

Graphic Novels

Luz Sees the Light – Davila, Claudia 741.5 D289L

Getting to the Bottom of Global Warming – Collins, Terry 363.738 C696g

Nonfiction

How to Change Everything: The Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other – Klein, Naomi with Stefoff, Rebecca 363.738 K672h

Earth Day – Cella, Clara 394.262 C33e

Earth Day – Hooray – Murphy, Stuart 513 M597e

What a Waste – French, Jess 363.72 F888w

The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs – Messner, Kate 333.95 M564b

Caillou: Every Drop Counts – Johanson, Sarah Margaret 333.91 J599c

Sustainable Water Resources – Rooney, Anne 363.61 R674s

One Child, One Planet: Inspiration for the Young Conservationist – Llewellyn, Bridget McGovern 363.7 L77o

Our House in on Fire: Greta Thunberg’s Call to Save the Planet – Winter, Jeanette 333.7 W734o

Trash Revolution: Breaking the Waste Cycle – Fyvie, Erica 363.72 F999t

Join the No-Plastic Challenge! A First Book of Reducing Waste – Ritchie, Scot 363.72 R51j

The Plastic Problem – Salt, Rachel 363.72 Sa37p

Discover It Yourself: Pollution and Waste – 363.73 D631

Taming Plastic: Stop the Pollution – Bates, Albert 363.738 B318t

Our Environment: Everything You Need to Know – Pasquet, Jacques 577 P265o

Climate Change: The Science Behind Melting Glaciers and Warming Oceans, with Hands-On Activities – Sneideman, Joshua 551.6 Sn26c

If Bees Disappeared – Williams, Lily 595.79 W673i

Easy Readers

Earth Day – McNamara, Margaret (JER MCN)

Spanish

El Guardian del Pantano – Garrett, Ann (JSPE GAR)

Calentamiento Global – Buchanan, Shelly (JSP 363.738 B851c)

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