The annual observance of Earth Day approaches and in the Children's Library we've come to the bold decision to honor this event by ceasing publication of the paper brochures of our recommended reading lists that we have available for your browsing. We will continue to update our online versions of these lists (and believe us, they are in constant flux as we are continually revising them).

In printing these lists, we were going through a lot of paper and that's not good for our one world. So we've caught up to the current trend and created this QR code that will zap you to the online lists. Please keep in mind that they are slowly but surely being updated, and we greatly appreciate your patience with this huge endeavor.

We also thank you for understanding our planet-friendly move to eliminate the printed lists. We gotta save that paper for making more books, right? And if you're looking for some great books about saving the planet, why not check out our Go Green list, excerpted below!

Brown, Peter. The Curious Garden 
Burns, Loree Griffin. Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Juv 551.4 B)
Cherry, Lynne. The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rainforest
Cole, Henry. One Little Bag
Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge
Cooney, Barbara. Miss Rumphius
Duffield, Katy. Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals
Gravett, Emily. Tidy
Hiaasen, Carl. Flush
Hoberman, Mary Ann & Winston, Linda (eds.) The Tree that Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination
Hood, Susan. Last Straw: Kids Vs. Plastics
Hopkins, Joseph. The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Woman Changed a City Forever (Juv 92 SES)
Hopkinson, Deborah. Only One
Jenkins, Steve. Almost Gone: The World's Rarest Animals (Juv. 591.5 J)
Johnston, Tony. The Whole Green World
Joyner, Andrew. Stand Up! Speak Up!: A Story Inspired by the Climate Change Revolution
Karas, G. Brian. On the Farm, At the Market
Lasky, Kathryn. John Muir: America's First Environmentalist (Juv 92 MUI)
Leminscates. Trees
Lindstrom, Carole. We Are Water Protectors
McAnulty, Stacy. Our Planet!: There's No Place Like Earth (series) 
McCarthy, Megan. All That Trash 
McDonald, Megan. Judy Moody Saves the World!
Martinez-Neal, Juana. Zonia's Rain Forest
Messner, Kate. The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs
Minoglio, Andrea. Our World Out of Balance: Understanding Climate Change and What We Can Do
Parr, Todd. The EARTH Book
Portis, Antoinette. A New Green Day
Sayre, April Pulley. Thank You, Earth
Dr. Seuss. The Lorax
Sharmat, Andrew. Nate the Great and the Earth Day Robot
Soontornvat, Christina. To Change a Planet
Sorrell, Traci. We Are Still Here: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
Strauss, Rochelle. One Well: The Story of Water on Earth (Juv 553.7 S)
Toft, Kim Michelle. The World That We Want (Juv 591.5 T)
Tsurumi, Andrea. Crab Cake
Van Allsburg, Chris. Just a Dream
Walsh, Melanie. 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World: Fun and Easy Eco-Tips (Juv 333.7 W)