Today April 22, 2010 is Earth Day and it’s not only a day to remember to recycle and take a day off from the car, but it is also a day to teach our children about protecting the environment. Today is a day to learn how to safeguard the future children across the globe.
To get things started why not sit down with your children and read one of the following books. Its a beautiful day outside so why not walk the kids to the library to help reduce your carbon footprint and borrow one of these great books, which is great way to teach your kids about reusing things, as by borrowing a book you will not be adding to paper consumption and waste. Afterwords who knows the kids maybe up to planting a tree or making sure the house is energy efficient and everyone is recycling!
Environmental Books For Kids:
10 Things I Can Do to Help My World: Fun and Easy Eco-Tips
by Melanie Walsh
Michael Recycle
by Ellie Bethel and illustrated by Alexandra Colombo
The BogeyBugz
by Martin Lever
Planet Earth Gets Well
by Madeline Kaplan
Rising Above Global Warming
by B. J. DeFrancesco and illustrated by Shari Lynn Myers
The Dirt on Dirt
by Paulette Bourgeois with Kathy Vanderlinden and illustrated by Martha Newbigging
MySpace/Our Planet: Change is Possible
by the MySpace Community with Jeca Taudte
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai
by Claire Nivola
It’s Earth Day!
by Mercer Mayer
Eco Babies Wear Green
by Michelle Sinclair Colman and illustrated by Nathalie Dion
Everything Kids’ Environment Book
by Sheri Amsel
Brainiac’s Go Green Activity Book
by Mara Conlon
Gas Trees and Car Turds: Kids’ Guide to the Roots of Climate Change
by Kirk Johnson and illustrated by Mary Ann Bonnell
Please see my previous posts such as;Earth Day…Growing Green Kids, The Struggle to Go Green, and Children Say We’re Failing Them and The Planet.
