Each year we celebrate Earth Day on April 22! Get ready to teach about the planet we call home and how to protect it all year long with exciting books for students of all ages. Plus, who’s better to help celebrate than The Lorax? From Dr. Seuss to Stephen Hawking, thereâs something for everyone in this awesome selection of titles. Enter now for your chance to win your own classroom set. Happy reading!
Check out the 10 books included:
1. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
This beloved Dr. Seuss story teaches kids to speak up and stand up for those who can’t.
2. You and the Universe by Stephen Hawking
Inspire kids to ask the big questions about Earth and the cosmos with this stunningly illustrated version of Dr. Stephen Hawking’s final message to humankind.
3. The World Is Ours to Cherish by Mary AnnaĂŻse Heglar
This hopeful picture bookâwritten in the style of a letterâgives kids an honest take on climate change and urges them to band together to help the planet.
4. The Wild by Yuval Zommer
An exquisitely illustrated modern fable about protecting our planet, in which Earth is imagined as a beautiful, precious, and vulnerable creature called the Wild.
5. When Forests Burn by Albert Marrin
A fascinating look at the most destructive wildfires in American history, the impact of climate change, and what we’re doing right and wrong to manage forest fires, from a National Book Award finalist. Perfect for young fans of disaster stories and national history.
6. The Great Lakes by Barb Rosenstock
A stunning picture book about the five largest lakes in North Americaâhow they formed, the importance of their abundant fresh water, and how they’ve become a national treasureâin the latest book from the author of the Caldecott Honor book The Noisy Paint Box.
7. My Grandfather’s Song by PhĂčng NguyĂȘn Quang and Huynh Kim LiĂȘn
A stunning picture book about a family’s connection to their land, their home, and each other.
8. The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells
An exploration of the devastating effects of global warmingâcurrent and futureâadapted for young adults from the #1 New York Times bestseller. This is not only an assessment on how the future will look to those living through it, but also a dire overview and an impassioned and hopeful call to action to change the trajectory while there is still time.
9. Girls Who Green the World by Diana Kapp
Part biography, part guidebook to the contemporary environmental movement, this book is the perfect gift for future and current activists and changemakers. The book features the inspiring stories of 34 revolutionaries fighting for our future.
10. Nate the Great and the Earth Day Robot by Andrew Sharmat
Join detective Nate the Great as he solves the mystery of the missing Earth Day robot. Along with his dog, Sludge, they take on the unusual case and search high and low. Will Nate find the robot in time for the fair?