Teaching children about being good stewards of our planet starts young and doesn’t have to be complicated. Earth Day is a great time of year to introduce your little ones to concepts of conservation, recycling, climate change and more. If you’d like to celebrate Earth Day every day, here are some great books to read to your children!
Books for Ages 0-2 years
- The EARTH Book written and illustrated by Todd Parr
- Don’t Throw That Away! written by Lara Bergen and illustrated by Betsy Snyder
- I Love Earth - Touch and Feel Board Book by Little Hippo Books
- Change Starts With Us written and illustrated by Sophie Beer
- Counting on the Earth Board Book written by Mudpuppy and illustrated by Ekaterina Trukhan
- My First Book of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle by Duopress Labs and illustrated by Åsa Gilland
Books for 3-5 Years
- That’s My Carrot! by Il Sung Na
- We Are Water Protectors written by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade
- Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth written by Mary McKenna Siddals and illustrated by Ashley Wolff
- Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt written by Kate Messner and illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal
- Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers
- The Pout-Pout Fish Cleans Up the Ocean written by Deborah Diesen and illustrated by Dan Hanna
Books for 6+ Years
- Berry Song by Michaela Goade
- What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet by Jess French
- One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia written by Miranda Paul and illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon
- The Whale Who Ate Plastic by Stephanie O'Connor
- We Are All Connected: Caring For Each Other & The Earth written by Gabi Garcia and illustrated by Natalia Jimenez Osorio
- If Bees Disappeared by Lily Williams
