Younger Readers (K-2nd) | Intermediate Readers (3rd-4th) | Older Readers (5th & Up)
Nonfiction Environment Books
| Beaver Pond, Moose Pond Beaver and moose each think the pond they share belongs to him. |
Arnosky, Jim |
| The Earth and I A child describes the loving relationship he has with the earth. |
Asch, Frank |
| Small Wolf A Native American Indian boy sets out near Manhattan Island and discovers that the Dutch who have settled there have very different ideas about the land. |
Benchley, Nathaniel |
| The Great Kapok Tree The many different animals that live in a kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man not to cut down their home. |
Cherry, Lynne |
| Miss Rumphius Great-aunt Alice relates how she made the world more beautiful. |
Cooney, Barbara |
| And the Good Brown Earth Joe and Gram grow a garden with the help of the good brown earth. |
Henderson, Kathy |
| Hey, Little Ant A story of an ant who pleads with the kid who is thinking about squishing it. |
Hoose, Phillip M. |
| The Flight of the Snow Geese Follows a flock of snow geese as they fly from their Arctic nesting ground to the New Mexico desert where they spend the winter. |
King, Deborah |
| Grasshopper on the Road Grasshopper sets out on a journey and meets some unusual characters. |
Lobel, Arnold |
| What the Animals Were Waiting For It has been hot and dry for a long time. On the African savanna, the animals wait. |
London, Jonathan |
| The Lady and the Spider A spider lives in a head of lettuce. When a lady picks the lettuce, the spider is in danger of losing her home. |
McNulty, Faith |
| Wump World The Wumps live simply and peacefully until the Pollutians from the planet Pollutus take over. |
Peet, Bill |
| Welcome, Brown Bird While a boy in North America urges his father not to cut down the trees where the wood thrush lives, a boy in South America awaits the return of the bird that he calls "la flauta" for its flute-like song. |
Ray, Mary Lyn |
| The Lorax The Lorax tries to save the Truffula forest from the greedy Once-ler. |
Seuss, Dr. |
| The Gardener Through letters, Lydia Grace tells how dirt, seeds, and an optimistic attitude change her grumpy uncle and his dreary building. |
Stewart, Sarah |
| Just a Dream When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter figures out the importance of taking care of the environment. |
Van Allsburg, Chris |
| A Winter’s Tale On her ninth birthday, Abigail and her family go on a winter camping trip where they discover a fawn that needs their help to save it. |
Wallace, Ian |
| Where Have the Unicorns Gone? The unicorns flee from the noise, violence, and destruction of civilization and find refuge in the sea. |
Yolen, Jane |
| Trip Day Mr. Rose’s class learns about life in and around the water by taking a field trip to a pond. |
Ziefert, Harriet |
| Our Tree Named Steve In a letter to his children, a father recounts memories of the role that “Steve,” the tree in their front yard, has played in their lives. |
Zweibel, Alan |
Intermediate Readers (3rd-4th)
| How Come the Best Clues Are Always in the Garbage? The money Stevie’s mother has collected for her environmental organization has been stolen right off her kitchen table. Stevie, an avid mystery reader, tries to solve the crime. |
Bailey, Linda |
| Swamp Monsters Don’t Chase Wild Turkeys Mr. Bunyip, Bailey School’s ecology project coordinator, is pretty strange. What is he really up to? |
Dadey, Debbie |
| Lostman’s River Ty MacCauley’s family has been living deep in the Florida swamp since his father had to flee from the law. When two strangers show up, the family’s life is forever changed. |
DeFelice Cynthia |
| Trash Bash It’s spring and the Pee Wee Scouts are discovering different ways to recycle. Molly hopes to win the prize for the scout who finds the most creative use for trash. |
Delton, Judy |
| Seedfolks In a vacant lot strewn with garbage, a Vietnamese girl mourning her dead father plants six lima bean seeds. As the garden grows, the members of this multi-ethnic community start to communicate with and care about each other. |
Fleischman, Paul |
| Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchase of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that chaos results. |
Klise, Kate |
| Judy Moody Saves the World A class project to protect the environment inspires third-grader Judy Moody, but she learns it’s not so easy to save the world. |
McDonald, Megan |
| Dinah for President Dinah, struggling to find her place in middle school, discovers the value of recycling and that you can find friends in unexpected places. |
Mills, Claudia |
| Every Living Thing: Stories Twelve stories in which animals change people's lives for the better. |
Rylant, Cynthia |
| Brother Eagle, Sister Sky A Suquamish Indian chief describes his people’s respect and love for the earth, and their concern over its possible destruction. |
Seattle, Chief |
| Shelterwood Sophie’s grandfather shows her the importance of taking care of the forest. |
Shetterly, Susan Hand |
| Song of the Trees When a lumber company threatens to cut down the ancient trees surrounding their home, Cassie and her family fight to protect them. |
Taylor, Mildred D. |
| Tangerine Seventh grader Paul Fisher, who suffered an eye injury as a young child, moves to Florida, where sports, ecology issues, peer pressure, and disability play a part in this suspenseful story. |
Bloor, Edward |
| Earth to Matthew 11-year-old Matthew copes with changing feelings toward girls, his parents, and the environment. |
Danziger, Paula |
| City of Ember (series) Blackouts and food shortages in the City of Ember are occurring more often. Lina and Doon try to find out why their world is falling apart. |
DuPrau, Jeanne |
| Talking Earth Billie Wind thinks the legends of her Seminole ancestors about talking animals are foolish. When Billie ventures out alone into the Florida Everglades, she learns to listen to the animals in order to survive. |
George, Jean Craighead |
| Ida B. and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World Ida B. is a happy, home-schooled 4th grader who loves playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school. |
Hannigan, Katherine |
| Flush With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home. |
Hiaasen, Carl |
| Hoot Roy has just moved to Florida and is having trouble fitting in. Then he follows a mysterious barefoot boy who is trying to stop construction work that threatens a colony of burrowing owls. Can Roy help? |
Hiaasen, Carl |
| The Maze Fourteen-year-old Rick Walker escapes from Blue Canyon Youth Detention Center and meets up with a bird biologist who introduces him to a whole other world and way of thinking. |
Hobbs, Will |
| Deadly Waters When the Landon family journeys to the Florida Everglades to investigate a strange illness among the manatees, they have no idea what adventures they will have. |
Skurzynski, Gloria |
| The Last Lobo Jake travels to a Hopi reservation in northern Arizona to be with his grandfather and becomes involved in returning a stranded wolf to its home habitat. |
Smith, Roland |
Nonfiction Environment Books
You can find information books on the environment in the following call numbers:
Conservation and Energy: J/333.7
Deserts: J/577.68
Endangered Species: J/333.95, J/591.68 (also see books about
specific animals)
Energy Sources: J/621.4
Environment: J/577-578
Global Warming: J/363.7387
Rainforests: J/577.34
Pollution: J/363.7