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Celebrate Earth Day

April 19, 2021 | jonesw

Since 1970, Earth Day has been celebrate to acknowledge, discover, and demonstrate support for environmental protection. The books below share stories about the Earth, as well as ways that we can support and protect our planet. What will you do to make the Earth a better place?

Picture Books

Caillou : plants a tree by 1968- Sarah Margaret Johanson
Earth Day, birthday! by 1961- Maureen Wright
Hike by illustrator Pete Oswald
Make the Earth your companion by J. Patrick Lewis
Miss Fox's class goes green by Eileen Spinelli
My forever dress by Harriet Ziefert
My friend Earth by Patricia MacLachlan
Outside in by Deborah Underwood
A stone sat still by illustrator Brendan Wenzel
We are water protectors by 1964- Carole Lindstrom

Nonfiction Books

Every day is Earth Day : a craft book by 1948- Kathy (Katharine Reynolds) Ross
50 things you should know about the environment by Jen Green
Happy Earth Day! by Alex Appleby
Our Earth : how kids are saving the planet by 1952- Janet Wilson
Leaving our mark : reducing our carbon footprint by Nancy Dickmann
Reducing waste by Anne Flounders
Trash revolution : breaking the waste cycle by 1973- Erica Fyvie
10 things you can do to save water by Jenny (Children's ) Mason
It's Earth Day, Cookie Monster! by Mary Lindeen