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A collection of read alouds, picture books, videos and podcasts to help grow a love of nature and appreciation for the only planet we have.
A collection of read alouds, picture books, videos and podcasts to help grow a love of nature and appreciation for the only planet we have.
Earth day every day.
Earth day every day.
But don't forget to go outside and experience nature for yourselves!
Picture Book Read Alouds
Picture Book Read Alouds
PETER AND THE tREE cHIDREN
PETER AND THE tREE cHIDREN
This is a beautiful picture book about trees, nature, forests, but also about family and friendship. The story follows Peter the Forester who makes friends with a lonely squirrel. Together they go on an adventure in the forest looking for tree families and tree children. There are facts about trees, forests, and ecosystems woven throughout the story.
gRETA AND THE gIANTS
gRETA AND THE gIANTS
A beautifully illustrated story that tells about Greta Thunberg and climate change in a fable about a little girl trying to protect her forest from greedy giants who are destroying it.
This charming picture book is as much about words as it is about nature. Mimi discovers that some of her favorite words are disappearing from the English language, she chooses her granddaughter Brook to be their Keeper. And the only way to save words from extinction are to know them and use them. The words are all related to the natural world, words like acorn, dandelion, minnow, starling, and willow. Mimi and Brook go in an adventure that immerses them in these words and things, and their quest highlights the message that to save the words, we also need to save what they stand for.
Read aloud from LookLookLearn!
This story about giving thanks, and being appreciative for all that is around us. Thanks to the Haudenosaunee, and Chief Jake Swamp for gifting a story of giving thanks, relevant to all people.
This beautiful book celebrates everything Earth does for us, and inspires us to be a good friend in return.
8-12 Year Old Book Recommendations
8-12 Year Old Book Recommendations
Check it out from the Los Angeles Public Library here.
The Young Adventurer's Guide to (Almost) Everything
The Young Adventurer's Guide to (Almost) Everything
by Ben and Penny Hewitt
Calling all adventurers! Want to know how to build a fort from nothing but sticks? Or find your way through the forest? This survival guide is your ticket to getting down and dirty in nature and learning to make the coolest things with your own two hands. Learn how to use a knife without bleeding, sleep in the woods without freezing, escape a bear without getting eaten, poop in the woods without falling down, find your way home without a GPS, eat bugs without throwing up and so much more.
Check it out from the Los Angeles Public Library here.
Strange Birds - A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers
Strange Birds - A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers
Celia C. Perez
"While spending their summer in a sleepy Florida town, three highly different girls — Ofelia, Aster, and Cat — come together for a shared mission: to put an end to an endangered-species-unfriendly tradition carried out by the Floras, a local Scouts group. A story of friendships and small revolutions, it’s both a delightful and instructive read." (Review from www.readbrightly.com)
Check it out from the Los Angeles Public Library here.
Hoot
Hoot
Carl Hiaasen
"Using humor and a coming of age adventure, Hoot is an engaging novel that tackles issues like land development, wildlife habitat, and local activism." (Review from www.readbrightly.com)
More books to read on your own...
More books to read on your own...
Video and Podcasts
Video and Podcasts
Here are some of my favorite environmental and conservation-themed podcasts from the Science podcast for kids, Tumble. Kids can listen on their own or listen together as a family. At the end of some of the episodes, are questions for kids or creative design challenges. It’s a great way to start a conversation about how science is a tool to solve environmental problems, and encourage creative STEM thinking!
"Bat scientist Jessica Dreyer spends her summers camping next to the biggest bat colony in the world. Home to 15 million Mexican free-tailed bats, Bracken Cave is a maternity colony — which means that it’s where bat babies are born, and learn to be bats. Young bats have to figure out how to go from drinking their mothers’ milk to hunting enough to eat on its own. With bat species threatened around the world, Jessica is trying to answer questions about one of the most vulnerable periods of bat life. What she learns could help future conservation efforts, if this species is ever in danger." To see some videos about the bats visit this episode's website.
"Jenni Brandon sails out to the middle of the Great Pacific Ocean Gyre, otherwise known as the Garbage Patch. She’s studying microplastics, tiny fragments of plastic that get broken down from years of swirling ocean currents. What she sees is shocking." Visit this episode's page to see photos and videos.
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