Books

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General Books

Abram, D. (1996). The spell of the sensuous. New York: Patheon Books.

Cajete, G. (1994). Look to the Mountain: An Ecology of Indigenous Education. Colorado: Kivaki Press.

Carson, R. (1965). The sense of wonder. New York: Harper & Row.

Collard, S. (2000). Acting for Nature: What Young People Around the World Are Doing to Protect the Environment. California: Heyday Books.

Gruenewald, D. A., & Smith, G. A. (Eds.) (2008). Place-based education in the global age: Local Diversity. NY: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Hill, L. & Clover, D. (Eds.) (2003). Environmental adult education: Ecological learning, theory, and practice for socioenvironmental change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Kingsolver, B. (2008). Animal, vegetable, miracle: A year of food life. Harper Perennial.

Louv, R. (2005). Last child in the woods: Saving our children from nature-deficit disorder. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books.

McDonough, W. and Braungart, M. (2002). Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way we make things. New York: North Point Press.

McKibben, W. (1989). The end of nature. New York: Random House.

McKibben, W. (2009). Eaarth. New York: Random House.

Orr, D. (1992). Ecological literacy: Education and the transition to a postmodern world. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Palmer, J. A. (1998). Environmental education in the 21st century: Theory, practice, progress, and promise. London: Routledge.

Pollan, M. (2007). The Omnivore’s Dilemna: A natural history of four meals. New York: Penguin Press.

Sobel, D. (2005). Beyond ecophobia: Reclaiming the heart in nature education. Great Barrington, MA: Orion Society.

Thomashow, M. (1995). Ecological identity. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Webster, K. & Johnson, C. (2008). Sense and sustainability: educating for a low carbon world. United Kingdom: TerraPreta.

Westra, L. & Lawson, B. (2001). Faces of Environmental Racism: Confronting issues of environmental racism. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield Pub.

Books for Teachers

Broda, H. (2007). Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning: Using the Outdoors as an Instructional Tool, K-8. Stenhouse Publishers.

Stone, M. (2009). Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability. Watershed Media.

Houghton, E. (2003). A Breath of Fresh Air: Celebrating Nature and School Gardens. Toronto: The Learnx Foundation.

Cudato, M. & Bruchac, J. (1989). Keepers of the Earth: Native Stories and Environmental Activities for Children. Fifth House Publishers.

Grant, T. and Littlejohn, G. (2001). Eds. Greening School Grounds: Creating Habitats for Learning. New Society Publishers and Green Teacher.

Grant, T. and Littlejohn, G. (2004). Teaching Green – The Middle Years: Hands-on Learning in Grades 6-8, Toronto: Green Teacher.

Grant, T. and Littlejohn, G. (2005). Teaching Green - The Elementary Years: Hands-on Learning in Grades K-5, Toronto: Green Teacher.

Lachecki, M. (1991). Teaching Kids to love the Earth: Sharing a Sense of Wonder through 186 Outdoor Activities. University of Minnesota Press.

Selby, D. (1995). Earthkind: A Teachers’ Handbook on Humane Education. Trentham Books.

Sobel, D. (2004). Place-based education: Connecting classrooms and communities. Great Barrington, MA: The Orion Society.

Sheehan, K. & Waidner, M. (1994). Earth Child: Games, Stories, Activities, Experiments and Ideas about Living Lightly on Planet Earth. Council Oak Books.

Thomson, G. and Arlidge, S. (2000). Five Minute Field Trips: Teaching About Nature in Your Schoolyard.

Picture Books

Plants and Animals

Behn, Harry. (1992). Trees. New York: Henry Holt and Co.

Bornstein, Ruth Lercher (1995). Rabbit's Good News. New York: Clarion Books.

Brown, Craig. (1994). In the Spring. New York: Greenwillow Books.

Brown, Ruth. (1997). Toad. New York: Dutton Children's Books.

Cowcher, Helen. (1997). Jaguar. New York: Scholastic Books.

Fleming, Denise. (1993). In the Small Small Pond. New York: Henry Holt.

Fleming, Denise. (1991). In the Tall Tall Grass. New York: Henry Holt.

Fleming, Denise. (1997). Time to Sleep. New York: Henry Holt and Co.

Fromental, Jean-Luc. (2006). 365 Penguins. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers.

George, Lindsey Barrett. (1995). In the snow: Who's been here? New York: Greenwillow Books.

Glaser, Linda. (1992). Wonderful Worms. Brookfield CT: Millbrook Press.

Hall, Zoe. (1996). The Apple Pie Tree. New York: Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic.

King-Smith, Dick. (1993). All Pigs are Beautiful. Cambridge: Candlewick Press.

Muller, Gerda. (1991). Around the Oak. New York: Dutton Children's Books.

O'Callahan, Jay. (1996). Herman and Marguerite: An Earth Story. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishing.

O'Donnell, Elizabeth Lee. (1997). Winter Visitors. New York: Morrow Jr. Books.

Owens, Mary Beth. (1993). Counting Cranes. Boston: Little Brown and Co.

Pfeffer, Wendy. (1997). A Logs' Life. New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Polacco, Patricia. (1996). I Can Hear the Sun. A Modern Myth. New York: Philomel Books.

Silverstein, Shel. (1964). The Giving Tree. Harpercollins Juvenile Books.

Whitman, Candace. (1995). The Night is Like an Animal. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.

Willard, Nancy. (1993). A Starlit Somersault Downhill. Boston: Little Brown and Company.

Yolen, Jane. (1987). Owl Moon. New York: Philomel Books.

Nature/Habitat

Arnosky, Jim. (1997). Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats. New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Baker, Jeannie. (1991). Window. New York: Greenwillow Books.

Carlson, Nancy White. (1993). How Does the Wind Walk? New York: Macmillan.

Christian, Peggy. (2000). If You Find A Rock. San Diege: Harcourt.

Cole, Sheila. (1991). When the Rain Stops. New York: Lothrop, Lee Shepard Books.

Ehlert, Lois. (2002). In My World. San Diego: Harcourt Brace.

George, Jean Craighead. (1995). To Climb a Waterfall. New York: Philomel Books.

Holling, Holling C. (1941). Paddle to the Sea. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

Luenn, Nancy. (1992). Mother Earth. New York: Atheneum.

MacLachlan, Patricia. (1994). All the Places to Love. New York: Harper Collins.

Zolotow, Charlotte. (1995). When the Wind Stops. Harpercollins Juvenile Books.

Seasons

Ehlert, Lois. (1995). Snowballs. San Diego: Harcourt Brace.

George, Jean Craighead. (1993). Dear Rebecca, Winter is Here. New York: Harper Collins.

Hiscock, Bruce. (1995). When Will it Snow? New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

Peters, Lisa Westberg. (1991). Water's Way. New York: Arcade Publishing.

Peters, Lisa Westberg (1996). October Smiled Back. New York: Henry Holt and Co.

Siddals, Mary McKenna. (1997). Tell me a Season. New York: Clarion Books.

Conservation/Environmental Sustainability

Allsburg, Chris Van. (1990). Just a Dream. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.

Bang, Molly (1997). Common ground: The Water, Earth and Air We Share. New York: Blue Sky Press.

Bunting, Eve. (1996). Secret Place. New York: Clarion Books.

Cherry, Lynn. (1990). The Great Kapok Tree. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

DeFelice, Cynthia. (1994). Lostman's River. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

Fleming, Denise. (1996). Where Once There Was a Wood. New York: Henry Holt & Co.

Fife, Dale H. (1991). The Empty Lot. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books.

George, Jean Craighead. (1993). The Firebug Connection. An Ecological Mystery. New York: Harper Collins.

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. (1995). Washing the Willow Tree Loon. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Showers, Paul. (1994). Where Does the Garbage Go? Harpercollins Juvenile Books.

Seuss, Dr. (1971). The Lorax. New York: Random House.

Gardens

Albert, Richard E. (1994). Alejandro's Gift. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

Glaser, Linda. (1996). Compost! Growing Gardens from your Garbage. Brookfield CT: Millbrook Press.

Tamar, Erika. (1996). The Garden of Happiness. Harcourt Brace.

Miscellaneous

Brenner, Barbara (1994). The Earth Is Painted Green: A Garden of Poems About Our Planet. New York: Scholastic Trade.

DePaola, Tomie. (1988). The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush. New York: Punam.

Durell, Ann, George, Jean Craighead, and Paterson, Katherine, eds. (1993). The Big Book for the Planet. New York: Dutton Children's Books.

Foster, Leila M. (1990). The Story of Rachel Carson and the Environmental Movement. Chicago: Children's Press.

Jenkins, Steve. (1995). Looking Down. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Johnson, Donald B. (2003). Henry Climbs a Mountain. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Jonas, Ann. (1990). Round Trip. New York: Mulberry Books.