Earth Day has been celebrated annually on April 22nd since 1970. Earth Day’s mission is ‘to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide.’ These books about the environment have given us insight and information into how we can protect our earth for ourselves and future generations.
They’ve have also stimulated interesting discussions about how we as individuals can help protect our environment through choosing plants for our garden to recycling and using as much of our waste as we can. They can help children learn more about the impact that our actions can have on the planet as well as giving suggestions as to what we can do to protect our earth and slow the impact of climate change.
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Climate Emergency Atlas
by Dan Hooke
Climate Emergency Atlas What’s Happening – What Can We Do takes a fascinating and in depth look at our earth’s climate, what climate change is and how it’s affecting our planet. Although Thursday 22nd April is Earth Day every day should be Earth Day, our planet desperately needs our help. But this book has some great suggestions as to what we can do in our daily lives to slow the impact of climate change.
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Climate Action – The Future Is In Our Hands
by Georgina Stevens & Katie Rewse
Climate Action is a fabulous, sturdy, fact filled book that helps children understand what climate change means for us all and how our actions and lifestyles can impact the natural world and the future of our planet. Conversations about the impact of climate change and how we can protect our planet are frequent in our house and this book has stimulated many interesting discussions.
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Harriet’s Hungry Worms
by Samantha Smith and Melissa Johns
Harriet’s Hungry Worms takes a humorous look at the way worms can help us recycle kitchen scraps and other household waste. This easy to read, beautifully illustrated story incorporates the days of the week as well as introducing fascinating facts about worms and their role in our ecosystem. It can encourage young readers to recycle their household waste in a fun way, something that we can all do to help reduce our household waste.
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The Journey Home
by Frann Preston-Gannon
The Journey Home has been republished in a beautiful ten year anniversary edition. It takes a poignant look at the experiences and emotions of endangered animals who travel far from home when their habitats and lives are put in danger. It serves as a stark reminder of what can happen to other endangered species if we don’t take care of our planet, our animals’ habitats and, in the case of elephants, stop hunting.
Do you have any favourite environmental books, fiction or non fiction, that you would add to our list?
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