If you’re getting ready to talk about Earth Day with your kids, these educational Earth Day books will give you a great jumping-off point. These will let kids know in age-appropriate language what it is we’re dealing with when it comes to taking care of the earth.
These books discuss the issues at hand, but many also offer some practical solutions about how your family can help. From composting to waste cleanup and more, much can be done!
Educational Earth Day Books
The books below will give you plenty to choose from for various age levels and interests. Compost Stew, The Tiny Seed, and One Earth are some of our personal favorites.
- We Are All Connected
- This Class Can Save the Planet
- Happy Earth Day!
- What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet
- I Am Earth
- What If Everybody Did That?
- Earth Ninja
- My Friend Earth
- The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle
- Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth
- One Earth
- The Day the River Caught Fire: How the Cuyahoga River Exploded and Ignited the Earth Day Movement
- How to Help the Earth-by the Lorax
- Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years
- The Tiny Seed
- Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
- What Does It Mean to Be Green?
- We Are Water Protectors
- My First Book of Earth: All About Our Planet for Kids
- Save the Ocean