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)
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?
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