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Saving Birds

Saving Birds: Heroes Around the World
Pete Salmansohn and Stephen W. Kress
Non-Fiction
Ages 10 to 13
Tilbury House, 2003, 0-88448-237-5

To find out more about Earth Day please visit the Earth Day website. For more book reviews related to this topic visit the National Arbor Day Feature page for some wonderful books about trees.

Eye of the Wolf

Eye of the Wolf
Daniel Pennac
Illustrated by Max Grafe
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Candlewick Press, 2002, 0-7636-1896-9 

Turtle Bay

Turtle Bay
Saviour Pirotta
Illustrated by Nilesh Mistry
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
Frances Lincoln UK, 1997, 0-7112-1168-X
 

The sea the storm and the mangrove tangle

The Sea, the Storm, and the Mangrove Tangle
Lynne Cherry
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 6 to 10
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004, 0-374-36482-6 

River

River
Debby Atwell
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Houghton Mifflin, 1999, 0-618-43952-8
 

Miss Rumphius

Miss Rumphius
Barbara Cooney
Picture Book
Ages 4 and up
Penguin, 1985, 0-14-050539-3
 

The Blue and Green Ark

The Blue & Green Ark: An Alphabet for Planet Earth
Brian Patten
Illustrated by eleven notable children's book illustrators
Picture Book
Ages 5 and up
Scholastic UK, 1999, 0-590-11389-5
 

The Paper Bag Prince

The Paper Bag Prince
Colin Thompson
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Random House UK, 1994, 0-0999-3320-9
 

Moondog

Moondog
John A. Rowe
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 5
Penguin, 2005, 0-698-40031-3
 

Earth Day Birthday

Earth Day Birthday
Pattie Schnetzler
Illustrated by Chad Wallace
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
Dawn, 2003, 1-58469-054-2
 

Trouble with Henry

The Trouble with Henry: A Tale of Walden Pond
Deborah O’Neal and Angela Westengard
Illustrated by S.D. Schindler
Historical Fiction Picture Book
Ages 6 to 9
Candlewick Press, 2005, 076361828-4 

Miss Ladybird's Wildflowers

Miss Lady Bird’s Wildflowers: How a First Lady Changed America
Kathi Appelt
Illustrated by Joy Fisher Hein
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 7 to 10
HarperCollins, 2005, 0-06-001107-6

Earth Day

Earth Day
Linda Lowery
Illustrations by Mary Bergherr
Foreword by Gaylord Nelson
Non-Fiction
Ages 5 to 8
Lerner, 1991, 1-57505-620-8
 

I love our earth

I Love Our Earth
Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson
Photographs by Dan Lipow
Non-Fiction
Ages 3 to 6
Charlesbridge, 2006, 1-58089-106-3

Re-Cyles

Re-Cycles
Michael Elsohn Ross
Illustrated by Gustav Moore
Non-Fiction
Ages 6 to 8
Lerner, 2002, 0-7613-1949-2 

Planet Patrol

Planet Patrol: A Kid’s Action guide to Earth Care
Marybeth Lorbiecki
Illustrated by Nancy Meyers
Non-Fiction
Ages 8 to 12
Two-Can Publishing, 2005, 1-58728-514-2
 

John Muir American's First Environmentalist

John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist
Kathryn Lasky
Illustrated by Stan Fellows
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 6 to 11
Candlewick Press, 2006, 076361957-4
 

Abigale the Happy whale

Abigale the Happy Whale
Peter Farrelly
Illustrated by Jamie Rama
Picture Book
Ages 6 to 8
Little Brown, 2006, 0-316-01190-8 

Uno's Garden

Uno’s Garden
Graeme Base
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Abrams, 2006, 08109-5473-7
 

Gaia Girls Enter the earth

Gaia Girls: Enter the Earth
Lee Welles
Illustrated by Ann Hameister
Fiction (Series)
Ages 9 to 12
Daisyworld Press, 2006, 1-933609-00-1

Gone Wild

Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet
David McLimans
Non-Fiction picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Walker, 2006, 0-8027-9563-3
 

A North American Rain Forest Scrapbook

A North America Rain Forest Scrapbook
Virginia Wright-Frierson
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 6 to 10
Walker, 1999, 0-8027-7651-5
 
 

Our Big home

Our Big Home: An Earth Poem
Linda Glaser
Art by Elisa Kleven
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Lerner, 2000, 0-7613-1776-7
 
 

Someday A tree

Someday a Tree
Eve Bunting
Illustrated by Ronald Himler
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Clarion, 1993, 0-395-76478-5

Rachel the Story of Rachel Carson

Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson

Amy Ehrlich

Illustrated by Wendell Minor

Picture Book Biography

Ages 6 to 8

Harcourt, 2003, 978-0-15-206324-5

 

The Lorax

The Lorax

Dr. Seuss

Picture Book

Ages 5 and up

Random House, 1999, 978-0-394-82337-9

 

The Forever Forest

The Forever Forest: Kids Save a Tropical Treasure

Kristin Joy Pratt-Sarafini and Rachel Crandell

Illustrated by Kristin Joy Pratt-Serafini

Picture Book

Ages 6 to 8

Dawn Publications, 2008, 978-1-58469-102-0

 

The Earth and I

The Earth and I

Frank Asch

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 6

Harcourt, 1994, 978-0-15-206395-5

 

 

I wonder why the dodo is dead

I wonder why the Dodo is dead and other questions about extinct and endangered animals

Andrew Charman

Non-Fiction (Series)

Ages 7 to 9

Kingfisher, 2007, 978-0-7534-6095-5

  

Eco Babies Wear green

Eco Babies Wear Green

Michelle Sinclair Colman

Illustrated by Nathalie Dion

Board Book

Ages 2 to 4

Tricycle Press, 2008, 1-58246-253-4

 

The Great Kapok Tree

The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest

Lynne Cherry

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 7

Harcourt, 1990, 9780152026141

 

A Place for Butterflies

A Place for Butterflies

Melissa Stewart

Illustrated by Higgins Bond

Non-Fiction Picture Book

Ages 6 to 10

Peachtree Publishers, 2006, 1-56145-357-9

True Green Kids

True Green Kids: 100 Things you can do to save the planet

Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin

Foreword by David de Rothschild

Non-Fiction

Ages 10 and up

National Geographic, 2008, 978-1-4263-0442-2

 

Earth friendly crafts

Earth-Friendly Crafts: Clever ways to reuse everyday items

Kathy Ross

Illustrated by Celine Malepart

Non-Fiction

Ages 8 to 12

Millbrook Press, 2009, 978-0-8225-9099-6

 

S is for Save the Planet

S is for Save the Planet: A How-to-be Green Alphabet

Brad Herzog

Illustrated by Linda Holt Ayriss

Non-Fiction

Ages 6 to 9

Sleeping Bear Press, 2009, 1-58536-428-2

 

Judy Moody Saves the World

Judy Moody Saves the World

Megan McDonald

Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds

Fiction (Series)

Ages 6 to 9

Candlewick Press, 2002, 076362087-4

 

50 ways to save the Earth

50 Ways to Save the Earth

Anne Jankeliowitch

Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller

Non-Fiction

Ages 8 to 12

Abrams, 2008, 978-0-8109-7239-1

 

 

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