April is Earth Month! Check out these books to learn more about the Earth and how to protect it.
Board Books
Rocks (2020) by Emmy Kastner
What Do You See? : A Lift-the-Flap Book About Endangered Animals (2009) by Stephen Krensky ; illustrated by Amy Schimler
Little Muir’s Song (2019) by John Muir ; pictures by Susie Ghahremani
Baby Loves Green Energy! (2018) by Ruth Spiro ; illustrated by Irene Chan ; also available on hoopla
Picture Books
The Curious Garden (2009) by Peter Brown ; also available on hoopla
Rocket Says Clean Up! (2020) by Nathan Bryon ; illustrated by Dapo Adeola
The Cloud Spinner (2012) by Michael Catchpool ; illustrated by Alison Jay
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest (1990) by Lynne Cherry
We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers (2009) characters created by Lauren Child ; text based on the script written by Bridget Hurst ; illustrations from the TV animation produced by Tiger Aspect
Dear Earth … From Your Friends in Room 5 (2020) by Erin Dealey ; illustrated by Luisa Uribe
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth (2017) by Oliver Jeffers
Stand up! Speak up! : A Story Inspired by the Climate Change Revolution (2020) by Andrew Joyner
Fish (2020) by Brendan Kearney
We are Water Protectors (2020) by Carole Lindstrom ; illustrated by Michaela Goade ; also available on OMNI
My Friend Earth (2020) by Patricia MacLachlan ; illustrated by Francesca Sanna
Zonia’s Rain Forest (2021) by Juana Martinez-Neal
We Planted a Tree (2010) by Diane Muldrow ; illustrated by Bob Staake
All the World (2009) by Liz Garton Scanlon ; illustrated by Marla Frazee ; also available on hoopla
The Lorax (1971) by Dr. Seuss ; also available on OMNI
Miss Fox’s Class Goes Green (2009) by Eileen Spinelli ; illustrated by Anne Kennedy
The Water Princess (2016) by Susan Verde ; illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds ; photographs by Johann Mergenthaler ; also available at eReadIllinois and OMNI
Florette (2018) by Anna Walker
A Stone Sat Still (2019) by Brendan Wenzel ; also available on OMNI and hoopla
Earth Day, Birthday! (2012) by Maureen Wright ; illustrated by Violet Kim
Easy Readers
Maya & Miguel: Rain or Shine (2006) adapted by Tracey West ; illustrated by Jay Johnson
Earth Day (2009) by Margaret McNamara ; illustrated by Mike Gordon
Springtime Blossoms (2017) by Jerdine Nolen ; illustrated by Michelle Henninger
Every Day is Earth Day (2020) adapted by Jordan D. Brown ; based on the screenplay written by Michelle Lamoreaux
Wonder Woman Saves the Trees! (2021) by Christy Webster ; illustrated by Pernille Ørum
Earth Day Girl (2010) adapted by Thom Wiley
Easy Nonfiction
The EARTH Book (2010) by Todd Parr ; also available on OMNI
Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas (2020) by Sandra Neil Wallace ; illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon
Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa (2008) by Jeanette Winter
Going Green: An Alien’s Guide (2021) by Alex Francis
A Cool Drink of Water (2002) by Barbara Kerley
10 Things I Can Do to Help My World: Fun and Easy Eco-Tips (2008) by Melanie Walsh
Plastic: Past, Present, and Future (2020) by Eun-Ju Kim ; illustrated by Ji-Won Lee
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (2015) by Miranda Paul ; illustrations by Elizabeth Zunon ; also available on OMNI and hoopla
Ocean Soup: A Recipe For You, Me, and a Cleaner Sea (2021) by Meeg Pincus ; illustrated by Lucy Semple
Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth (2010) by Mary McKenna Siddals ; illustrated by Ashley Wolff
Thank you, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet (2018) by April Pulley Sayre
Most of the Better Natural Things in the World (2019) by Dave Eggers & Angel Chang ; also available on hoopla
The Magic & Mystery of Trees (2019) by Jen Green ; illustrated by Claire McElfatrick
Becoming a Good Creature (2020) by Sy Montgomery ; pictures by Rebecca Green ; also available on hoopla
Don’t Let Them Disappear: 12 Endangered Species Across the Globe (2019) by Chelsea Clinton ; illustrated by Gianna Marino ; also available on eReadIllinois
Juvenile Nonfiction
Green City: How One Community Survived a Tornado and Rebuilt for a Sustainable Future (2016) by Allan Drummond
If a Tree Falls: The Global Impact of Deforestation (2020) by Nikki Tate ; also available on hoopla
The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge (2010) by Joanna Cole ; illustrated by Bruce Degen ; also available on hoopla
What a Waste (2019) by Jess French ; also available on eReadIllinois and OMNI
Climate Action: What Happened and What We Can Do (2021) by Seymour Simon ; also available on eReadIllinois
We Are All Greta: Be Inspired to Save the World (2019) by Valentina Giannella ; illustrated by Manuela Marazzi ; also available on hoopla
How To Change Everything: The Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other (2021) by Naomi Klein ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff ; also available on eReadIllinois
Girl Warriors: How 25 Young Activists Are Saving the Earth (2021) by Rachel Sarah ; also available on hoopla
A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History (1992) by Lynne Cherry
You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Clean Water (2015) by Roger Canavan ; illustrated by David Antram ; created and designed by David Salariya
Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth (2004) by Rochelle Strauss ; illustrated by Margot Thompson ; also available on hoopla
Olivia’s Birds: Saving the Gulf (2011) by Olivia Bouler
Puffling Patrol (2012) by Ted and Betsy Lewin
Let’s Eat! : Sustainable Food for a Hungry Planet (2017) by Kimberley Veness ; also available on hoopla
Climate Emergency Atlas (2020) by Dan Hooke ; consultants, Professor Frans Berkhout and Professor Kirstin Dow ; foreword by Jamie Margolin
Biographies
Rachel Carson and Her Book that Changed the World (2012) by Laurie Lawlor ; illustrations by Laura Beingessner ; also available on eReadIllinois
Spring After Spring: How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement (2018) by Stephanie Roth Sisson
The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps (2011) by Jeanette Winter ; also available on eReadIllinois, OMNI, and hoopla
Who Is Jane Goodall? (2012) by Roberta Edwards ; illustrated by John O’Brien ; also available on eReadIllinois and OMNI
Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees (2015) by Franck Prévot ; illustrated by Aurélia Fronty ; also available on eReadIllinois and hoopla
Juvenile Intermediate Fiction
Lea Leads the Way (2016) by Lisa Yee
Julie and the Eagles (2007) by Megan McDonald ; illustrations by Robert Hunt ; vignettes by Susan McAlileyn
Earth Day Escapade (2009) by Carolyn Keene ; illustrated by Macky Pamintuan ; also available on hoopla
Marty McGuire Digs Worms! (2012) by Kate Messner ; illustrated by Brian Floca ; also available on eReadIllinois and hoopla
Juvenile Fiction
The Light in the Lake (2019) by Sarah R. Baughman
The End of the Wild (2017) by Nicole Helget ; also available on eReadIllinois
Emily Windsnap and the Tides of Time (2020) by Liz Kessler ; illustrations by Erin Farley ; also available on OMNI
En Español / Bilingüe
Curious George Plants a Seed = Jorge el Curioso Siembra una Semilla (2007) adaptación de Erica Zappy ; traducido por Yanitzia Canetti ; basado en un guión para una serie de televisión escrito por Sandra Willard
¿Por Qué Debo Proteger la Naturaleza? (2012) escrito por Jen Green ; ilustrado por Mike Gordon ; traducción por Fuencisla del Amo
¿Por Que Debo Ahorrar Energia? (2012) escrito por Jen Green ; ilustrado por Mike Gordon ; traducción por Fuencisla del Amo
¿Por Qué Debo Ahorrar Agua? (2012) escrito por Jen Green ; ilustrado por Mike Gordon ; traducción por Fuencisla del Amo
El Gran Libro de la Ecología (2015) por Mary Hoffman y Ros Asquith ; traducción por Anna Gasol
¿Por Qué Debo Reciclar? (2012) escrito por Jen Green ; ilustrado por Mike Gordon ; traducción por Fuencisla del Amo
