Celebrate Earth Day with Children’s Books: Find these books at your local library or purchase through the affiliate links provided. All recommendations are mine.
Earth Day is a wonderful chance to talk to your kids about the importance of the environment. It’s easy to celebrate Earth Day with Children’s books.
Children are curious about their world. Once you start a conversation, they may just not stop talking! You can find these earth day books at your local library or purchase through the affiliate links provided for your convenience.
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The Lorax (Classic Seuss): Long before saving the earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lorax, warned against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth’s natural beauty.
The Curious Garden: While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world.
What Does it Mean to Be Green?: This colorful, insightful story, demystifies for children what it means to be green by helping them to view everyday tasks through an environmentally-friendly lens. The book empowers children to do whatever they can to protect the earth’s precious resources.
My Garden: The girl in this book grows chocolate rabbits, tomatoes as big as beach balls, flowers that change color, and seashells in her garden.
Earth Day, Birthday!: It’s April 22, and Lion and his friends want to plant trees, recycle bottles, and have fun on Earth Day. But not Monkey. He wants to celebrate his birthday. Can he convince the other animals that it really is his birthday? Violet Kim’s humorous artwork, rendered in paper, photographs, and colored pencil, highlight the sunny, friendly world of the animals.
Earth Day: An Alphabet Book: Children and adults will delight in Earth Day, a litany of gratitude that celebrates earth’s diverse species, from apricots to groundhogs to junebugs, from quahogs to zinnias, zucchini and zebras with bright and whimsical illustrations. In alphabetical order, the wonders of nature arise from the page, reminding readers that every day is a reason to give thanks and that miracles are as simple as ABC.
The Giving Tree with CD: This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another’s capacity to love in return.
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest: The author and artist Lynne Cherry journeyed deep into the rain forests of Brazil to write and illustrate her gorgeous picture book. One day, a man exhausts himself trying to chop down a giant kapok tree. While he sleeps, the forest’s residents, including a child from the Yanomamo tribe, whisper in his ear about the importance of trees and how “all living things depend on one another” . . . and it works.
The EARTH Book: With his signature blend of playfulness and sensitiviy, Todd Parr explores the important, timely subject of environmental protection and conservation in this eco-friendly picture book. Featuing a circular die-cut Earth on the cover, and printed entirely with recycled materials and nontoxic soy inks, this book includes lots of easy, smart ideas on how we can all work together to make the Earth feel good – from planting a tree and using both sides of the paper, to saving energy and reusing old things in new ways.
Don’t Throw That Away!: Follow an eco-conscious super hero as he teaches kids how to recycle and reuse common household items! The six large flaps throughout show that oridinary trash is really a treasure. From turning old clothes into fun costumes or an old box into a brand new car, kids will learn that saving the environment is super cool!
Find even more engaging book lists for kids with more than 100 book-themed reading lists!
Honorable Mentions:
Mandi @ All My Happy Endings says
April 12, 2013 at 11:58 amHi there! I have ventured over from Thumpin’ Thursday. Thrilled to be connecting with someone new!
XOXO, Mandi @ All My Happy Endings
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 12:03 pmSo glad you’ve joined. I’m heading over to your blog now.
mama lola says
April 12, 2013 at 12:00 pmgreat list! will have to check some of those out!
i can’t read the giving tree without crying, and my kids know it!
have a great weekend!
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 12:03 pmHa! We have a couple of books that I can’t help but cry at, too.
Melissa Graham says
April 12, 2013 at 6:58 pmHi I love your blog!! I am visiting from the blog hop and wanted to say a quick hello!! I’ll be visiting regularly now!
Melissa
you can also find me at Storybookfelts.blogspot.com
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 12:02 pmI’m so glad you’re a reader now. And I hope you found a new children’s book favorite on this list 🙂
Julia of A Dose of Jules says
April 12, 2013 at 10:18 pmSuch a great list of books. Earth day! 🙂 love it
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 12:01 pmGlad you liked the list. I hope you found a new children’s book favorite.
Renee @ Mother Daughter Book Reviews says
April 12, 2013 at 11:59 pmThanks for sharing this great list! 🙂
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 12:01 pmGlad you liked the list. I hope you found a new favorite.
Michele says
April 14, 2013 at 1:34 pmBooks are always a great way to introduce your child to any topic! I love that Mom’s & Dad’s are starting their kid’s young on being GREEN and learning about our planet!
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 12:01 pmi agree. The earlier we start, the more kids will understand and naturally treat the earth carefully.
sharon martin says
April 14, 2013 at 1:40 pmThese look like books children would really be excited to read which is always a good thing. I love the idea of educating children through stories. Such a great cause.
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 12:00 pmReading offers a terrific way of learning and sparking their imagination.
Cyndie Norell says
April 14, 2013 at 2:00 pmWonderful reading for Earth Day!! Thanks for the reminder and wonderselection of books!
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:59 amWe read these books year round. Hope you found a new favorite.
Jennifer Williams says
April 14, 2013 at 2:18 pmThank you for sharing, I am always on the hunt for new books for the kids.
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:59 amI hope you found some new books that you’ll all enjoy. We personally love all of the books I listed.
Chubskulit Rose says
April 14, 2013 at 2:35 pmWould love to buy the Curious Garden. These are good selections.
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:59 amThe Curious Garden is one of my son’s favorites. Definitely get it for your own kid 🙂
Melinda Dunne (@MelindaDunne) says
April 14, 2013 at 3:53 pmI love this list! I have always believed reading is essential not just for knowledge but for fun too.
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:58 amI agree. Reading should be fun and spark the imagination.
another jennifer says
April 14, 2013 at 8:29 pmThese are great. Thanks for the suggestions. It’s nice to learn about new books for my kids that also have a good message.
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:58 amWe read these books all year round. I hope you found a new one you an enjoy with your kids.
Melissa@Home on Deranged says
April 15, 2013 at 1:48 amAwesome list. Thanks so much for including it. Shared it around a few places. 🙂
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:58 amThanks for sharing it. We all personally love these books and was happy to let others know about these books.
Petro Neagu says
April 15, 2013 at 5:24 amHi Jenny,
My Monday hop is live now and I would love to see one of your awesome posts linked up @ http://theseamanmom.blogspot.com/2013/04/smiles_15.html, if you’re interested in blog hops.
Have a happy week.
Nova says
April 15, 2013 at 7:59 amI love books and so is my son, thank you for sharing this great collection of yours
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:57 amGlad you like the collection.
Rosey says
April 15, 2013 at 8:03 amThis is a great list, and a fun way to celebrate Earth Day!
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:57 amGlad you like the list. We all love these books 🙂
Petro Neagu says
April 15, 2013 at 9:20 amThanks so much for linking up, Jenny, I truly appreciate that. I’m looking forward to see you on the next hop and if you’d like to get e-mail reminders from me, please subscribe to my hop @ http://blogspot.us4.list-manage2.com/subscribe?u=86c5eea2f9d691e2f5b321f18&id=0d6371dc2b
Hugs
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:56 amGlad to link up. Thanks for visiting!
Marissa says
April 15, 2013 at 2:46 pmHi I just found you and wanted to invite you to a book hop this list would be so helpful to moms! My book hop is open Thursday morning, if you are interested in joining, I’d love to have you!
http://forfunreadinglist.blogspot.com
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:34 amThanks for letting me know about your bloghop. I’ll go check it out 🙂
Katie @ Gift of Curiosity says
April 15, 2013 at 3:21 pmThanks for this great list of books for Earth Day! I’ll be checking out some of these to read with my kids.
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:34 amI do hope you do. We read these all year round.. not just Earth Day.
Debby says
April 15, 2013 at 5:55 pmI love childrens books. Great list. Stopped by from the bloggy moms april blog hop.
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:33 amThanks for visiting 🙂
Elizabeth says
April 16, 2013 at 10:44 amI found your link on Inspire Me Monday and your blog is awesome! I am a brand new blogger and hope you can stop by and follow me at http://mybutterflyhaus.blogspot.com
Happy Blogging!
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:33 amThanks for the wonderful feedback. Going to go check out your blog now.
marly_ms (@mgmhar) says
April 16, 2013 at 5:44 pmI love the selection of the kids books. My Garden is my favorite.
Mharms
http://www.brightbundles.com/
The Picture Book Review says
April 16, 2013 at 6:53 pmWhat a great list! The Curious Garden is one of my family’s absolute favorites. It’s such a joy and I’m so happy to see it on your list!
Thank you for linking up with The Children’s Bookshelf.
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:32 amThe Curious Garden is one of our absolute favorites, too 🙂
tumbleweedcontessa says
April 17, 2013 at 3:33 pmThanks for linking up at What’d You Do This Weekend. Hope to see you next week.
Linda
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:32 amGlad to link up. Thanks for visiting 🙂
Julie Grasso says
April 18, 2013 at 2:56 pmWhat a wonderful list. The Kapok Tree really takes my fancy. Thanks for linking in to the Kid Lit Blog Hop.
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:32 amOoo. The Kapok Tree is an absolute favorite. I feel like we read it about every other week 🙂
Erica @What Do We Do All Day? says
April 20, 2013 at 4:43 pmI love The Curious Garden, as well as it’s real-life inspiration, High Line Park. Thanks for sharing at The Children’s Bookshelf.
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:31 amMy son doesn’t know about the High Line Park but absolutely loved The Curious Garden.
reshamad says
April 23, 2013 at 1:58 pmWe love so many of these books! Thanks for sharing on the blog hop 🙂
-Reshama
http://www.stackingbooks.com
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:30 amSo glad to share 🙂 We really do love all of these books.
iGameMom (@igamemom) says
April 24, 2013 at 11:34 amWe love Lorax. Great list! Thanks for sharing at Mom’s Library. You are featured here: http://igamemom.com/2013/04/24/encourage-kids-enjoy-nature-moms-library/
thejennyevolution says
April 25, 2013 at 11:30 amThanks for the terrific feature! And yes, the Lorax is an awesome book 🙂