100 of the Best Books for Children on Sustainability

Title
Image
Author
Date
10 things I can do to help my world
Walsh, Melanie
2009
All the wild wonders : poems of our
earth
Cooling, Wendy
Grobler, Piet (Illustrator)
2010
Are we running out of energy?
Dorion, Christiane
Belonging
Baker, Jeannie
2004
Brilliant! : shining a light on
sustainable energy
Mulder, Michelle
2013
Clothing : information and projects to
help you live more sustainably
Whittaker, Helen
2011
Conservation
Ingpen, Robert
Dunkle, Margaret
2006 Not in print
Count them while you can...
Bowman, Anne
2010
The curious garden
Brown, Peter
2009
2008
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Dear Children of the Earth: a letter
from home
Schim Schimmel
1994
Dear Greenpeace
James, Simon
1993
Don't throw that away : a lift-the-flap
book about recycling and reusing
Bergen, Lara
Snyder, Betsy E
(Illustrator)
2009
Dougal the garbage dump bear
Dray, Matt
2005
Eating green
Aloian, Molly
2014
Eco warriors to the rescue
McCartney, Tania
2013
Energy : information and projects to
help you live more sustainably
Whittaker, Helen
2011
Fire
French, Jackie
Whatley, Bruce
(Illustrator)
2014
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Flood
French, Jackie
Whatley, Bruce
(Illustrator)
2011
Food : information and projects to
help you live more sustainably
Whittaker, Helen
2011
A forest
Martin, Marc
2012
Future energy
Bowden, Rob
2008
The garden cook : grow, cook and
eat with kids
Inglis, Fiona
2012
Gardening projects for kids: fantastic
ideas for making things, growing
plants and flowers, and attracting
wildlife, with 60 practical projects and
500 photographs
Hendy, Jenny
2011
Global issues 2
Jakab, Cheryl
2009
Global warming
Jakab, Cheryl
2009
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Global warming : what can you do?
Murphy, Glenn
2008
Going green at school
Aloian, Molly
2014
The great garden mystery
Treml, Renee
2014
Green energy
Aloian, Molly
2013
I can save the Earth
Inches, Alison
Garofoli, Viviana
(Illustrator)
2008
I saw nothing: the extinction of the
Thylacine
Crew, Gary
Wilson, Mark
2003 Not in print
It's our garden: from seeds to harvest
in a school garden
Ancona, George
2013
Insect detective
Voake, Steve
Voake, Charlotte
(Illustrator)
2009
Islands in my garden
Howes, Jim
Harvey, Roland
(Illustrator)
1998
Kids' garden adventure
Burke, Don
2014
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Kitchen garden cooking with kids
Alexander, Stephanie
2012
The last dance
Morgan, Sally
2012
Last tree in the city
Carnavas, Peter
2010
Leaf : ideas, sound effects and
pictures
King, Stephen Michael
2008
Leaf litter : exploring the mysteries of
a hidden world /
Tonkin, Rachel
2006
Leaving a light footprint
Einspruch, Andrew
2010
Leisure : information and projects to
help you live more sustainably
Whittaker, Helen
2011
Let's learn about sustainable living
Ingram, Matthew
2013 Not in print
Let's save the animals
Barry, Frances
2010
Little seeds
Ghigna, Charles
2014
Jatkowska, Ag (Illustrator)
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Living green at home
Aloian, Molly
2014
Love your world: how to take care of
the plants, the animals, and the
planet
Dorling Kindersley,
2009
Rachael Parfitt (Designed
by)
The magnificent tree
Bland, Nicholas
King, Stephen Michael
(Illustrator)
2012
Matisse's garden
Friedman, Samantha
Amodeo, Cristina
(Illustrator)
Matisse, Henri
2014
Neptune's nursery
Toft, Kim Michelle
Sheather, Allan
(Illustrator)
1999
Oil spill!
Berger, Melvin
Mirocha, Paul (Illustrator)
1994
One less fish
Toft, Kim Michelle
Sheather, Allan
1997
One small island : the story of
Macquarie Island
Lester, Alison,
Tulloch, Coral
2011
Organic fruit growing
McFarlane, Annette
2011
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Organic vegetable gardening
McFarlane, Annette
2010
Our island
Lester, Alison
Honey, Elizabeth
2014
Pick up the park
Ghigna, Charles
2012
Jatkowska, Ag (Illustrator)
The polar bears' home : a story about
global warming
Bergen, Lara
Nguyen, Vincent
(Illustrator)
2008
Power & fuel
Stoyles, Pennie
Pentland, Peter
2012
Python
(and all titles in ‘Nature Storybooks’
series)
Cheng, Christopher
2012
Jackson, Mark (Illustrator)
Rain dance
Applegate, Cathy
Huxley, Dee (Illustrator)
2000
Recipe for perfect planet pie
Toft, Kim Michelle
2012
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Recycled water
Pelusey, Michael
Pelusey, Jane.
2006
Recycling is fun
Ghigna, Charles
2012
Jatkowska, Ag (Illustrator)
Reducing waste
Einspruch, Andrew
2010
Rivertime
Balla, Trace
2014
S is for save the planet : a how-to-be
green alphabet
Herzog, Brad
Ayriss, Linda Holt
(Illustrator)
2009
A sea of words : an ABC of the deep
blue sea
Toft, Kim Michelle
2006
Something about water
Matthews, Penny
Jellett, Tom
(Illustrator)
2009
Sow and grow : a gardening book for
children
Davis, Tina
2008
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The smallest carbon footprint in the
land : & other eco-tales
Morgan, Anne
McKinnon, Gay
(Illustrator)
2013
Smart shopping
Einspruch, Andrew
2010
The story of rosy dock
Baker, Jeannie
1995
Sustainable energy
Royston, Angela
2009
Sylvia
Sharp, Christine
2014
Terrarium craft
Aiello, Amy Bryant
Bryant, Kate
2011
Tiny world terrariums
Inciarrano, Michelle
2012
That's not a daffodil!
Honey, Elizabeth
2011
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The tiny seed
Carle, Eric
1997
The tomorrow book
French, Jackie
deGennaro, Sue
(Illustrator)
2010
Tree: a little story about big things
Parker, Danny
Ottley, Matt (Illustrator)
2012
True green kids : 100 things you can
do to save the planet
McKay, Kim
Bonnin, Jenny
2008
Turtle's song
Brown, Alan, Toft
Kim Michelle
2001
Two summers
Heffernan, John
Blackwood, Freya
2003
Uno's garden
Base, Graeme
2006
Using energy at home and school
Einspruch, Andrew
2010
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Using energy to get around
Einspruch, Andrew
2010
Using water
Einspruch, Andrew
2010
Waste : information and projects to
help you live more sustainably
Whittaker, Helen
2011
Waste not want not
2008
Water : information and projects to
help you live more sustainably
Whittaker, Helen
2011
We can help the environment
Rissman, Rebecca
2009
We need water
Ghigna, Charles
2012
Jatkowska, Ag (Illustrator)
Welcome home
Booth, Christina
2013
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We are the weather makers: the
story of global warming
Flannery, Tim
2006
What does it mean to go green?
Aloian, Molly
2014
What if? :a book about recycling
Manning, Mick
Granstrom, Brita
1999
Where does the garbage go?
Showers, Paul
Chewning, Randy
(Illustrator)
1994
Where the forest meets the sea
Baker, Jeannie
1987
Where there's smoke
Lovell, Robin
Miller, David (Illustrator)
2005
Where would we sleep?: children on
the environment
Temple, Lannis
UNICEF
1992 Not in print
Why should I switch off the light?
Knight, M.J
2008 Not in print
The windy farm
MacLeod, Doug
Smith, Craig Where
there's smoke
2013
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The wonder thing
Hathorn, Libby
1995
The world that we want
Toft, Kim Michelle
Brown, Alan
2004
The Wump World
Peet, Bill
1970
Yates young gardener: get your
hands dirty
Marriott, Janice
Hinde, Deborah
2011
A year on our farm
Matthews, Penny
McLean, Andrew
(Illustrator)
2002
You and me Murawee
Hashmi, Kerri
1998
Yucky Worms
Vivian French
Jessica Ahlberg
(Illustrator)
2012
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