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20+ Books to Celebrate Earth Day

These fiction and nonfiction titles will inspire your students to make the world a cleaner and more beautiful place to live.

By Scholastic Editors
April 1, 2024

Celebrate Earth Day with your students with captivating fiction and nonfiction books all about Earth and the environment. As part of your lesson plan, start a discussion about the detrimental effects of harmful activities to the Earth — like pollution or deforestation. 

You can use this activity guide based off the story in Big Tree or this toolkit for To Change a Planet to faciliate important conversation with your students about reaching a greener future. Plus, this dicussion guide for Wildoak is a great tool to spark conversation about environmental and wildlife conservation. For STEM and STEAM enthusiasts, this guide includes 15 questions to pair with Force of Nature, that will encourage students to think deeply about the life and work of trailblazing marine biologist, Rachel Carson.

Observed on April 22 each year, Earth Day marks the perfect time to bring lessons about conservation, climate change, and the planet into your class. (For the students in your class who love the outdoors, check out these top children's books about nature and the environment.)

Shop books to teach Earth Day below! You can find all books and resources at The Teacher Store. And if you’re looking for more books about nature, check out these amazing National Geographic animal books.

Paperback Book

10 Things I Can Do to Help My World

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Here is a bright, inviting novelty book that offers simple ways to make a difference.

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The Earth Book

Grades Pre-K - 2
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With his signature blend of playfulness and sensitivity, Todd Parr explores the important, timely subject of environmental protection and conservation in this eco-friendly picture book. 

Hardcover Book

To Change a Planet

Grades Pre-K - 3
$14.24$18.99
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One carbon dioxide molecule may seem small and insignificant. But when cars, factories, and cities let loose millions and billions and trillions, they can trap and stifle like a too-warm blanket. One notch higher on the thermometer may seem small and insignificant, but one notch higher can change our seas, our seasons, life, us. But when one person and one person and one person become many...THEY can change a planet-for the better.

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The Ocean is Kind of a Big Deal

Grades K - 3
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This funny and factual picture book explains the science behind the ocean: its plant and animal life, its contribution to the world, and what we can do every day to protect it. Humans wouldn't be able to survive without a healthy ocean. That's kind of a big deal.

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The Tree Lady

Grades 1 - 3
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Unearth the true story of green-thumbed pioneer and activist Kate Sessions, who helped San Diego grow from a dry desert town into a lush, leafy city known for its gorgeous parks and gardens.

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Big Tree

Grades 2 - 7
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A mysterious voice has been speaking to Louise in her dreams. She and her brother Merwin are Sycamore seeds, who hope to one day set down roots and become big trees. But when a fire forces them to leave their mama tree prematurely, they find themselves catapulted into the unknown, far from home.

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