Earth Day Books to Read from Baby to Adult

Earth Day is a great day to celebrate the wonders of the earth with your children. Below you will find a collection of books that talk about our world, recycling, gardening, and being green.  These Earth Day books can be enjoyed every day of the year.  The lessons that these books reinforce are incredibly important.

Earth Day Books for Little Learners

The Little Gardener (Teenie Greenies) by Jan Gerardi

Little Panda (Little Green Books)

The Curious Garden by Peter Brown

It’s Earth Day (Little Critter) by Mercer Mayer

The Green Mother Goose by David Davis

Curious George Plants a Tree by H. A. Ray

I Can Save the Earth!: One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (Little Green Books) by Allison Inches

Earth Day Books for Kids

Where Do Recyclable Materials Go? Read, Think, Recycle (Garbology Kids)

The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle: A Story About Recycling (Little Green Books)

The Adventures of an Aluminum Can: A Story About Recycling (Little Green Books)

What’s It Like Living Green?: Kids Teaching Kids, by the Way They Live

The Three R’s: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle (What Do You Know About? Books)

Michael Recycle

The Dumpster Diver

The Everything Environment Book by Sheri Amsel

The Magic School Bus And The Climate Challenge

I Stink! by Kate McMullan

Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash! by Barbara Odanaka

A Box Story by Kenneth Kit Lamug

Our Big Home by Linda Glaser

The Lorax  by Dr. Seuss

Earth Day Books for Adults

Going Green: True Tales from Gleaners, Scavengers, and Dumpster Divers – by Laura Pritchett

Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew

The Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan

365 Ways to Live Green: Your Everyday Guide to Saving the Environment by Diane Gow McDilda

This egg carton planter Earth Day Craft is a great way to start your own garden and have your kids actively involved.

We don’t think Earth day is a joking matter, but there are some great Earth Day Jokes to get everyone in your house laughing.

Do you have any Earth Day books to add to this list?