Earth Day Reads

For Children: 

First off, Bethany Stahl's Save the Earth  series seems to be free for kindle.  While the books are not perfect, they are good.  Stahl also uses a diverse cast.  link

As always, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Humane Heroes I, II, III are free on kindle as well.  These features stories from zoos and animal rescues organizations. 

Another kindle friendly series is the graphic novel series, Animal Jack, the first book in the series concerns is about the relationship between a town and the neighboring forest.

Gina Gallois' children's books about possums are excellent.  They also seem to be currently free .  Link

Yara's Tawari Tree  by Yossi Lapid is also very good.

Charlie and Kiwi published by the New York Hall of Science is a really good book about evolution.

Terry Prachett's World of Poo is for kids who like icky stuff.

Timothy Young's Angry Little Puffin series is really cute and funny.

For Adults

Read Bill Nye.  Then if you have kids, read Bill Nye to them.

Rick McIntrye writes wonderfully about the wolves of Yellowstone.  His most recent is Reign of Wolf 21

Heaven's Breath  by Lyall Watson is a wonderful book about wind.  There are some beautiful passages.

As Long as the Grass Grows by Dina Gilio-Whitaker is a look at the Indigenous People's environmental battles.  Gililo-Whitaker traces the movement from colonization to the present day.  

Big Lonely Doug by Harley Rustad is about a lone tree in Canada.

If you like trees, you should the novel Overstory by Richard Powers.

If you have not read the The Climate Report by the US Global Change Research Team.  You should.  This is the report that the Trump administration tried to bury.  To read it start here

Henry Beston's The St. Lawrence is a wonderful book about the famous river.

Squid Empire  by Danna Staaf is a good read about squids.

Peter Matthiesen's most well known book is about the Snow Leopard but he has several books about various animals and nature linked topics.  Likewise, Richard Ellis writes primary about ocean life.

Considering the current climate, Elizabeth Kolbert's The Sixth Extinction should be required reading.

Emily Voigt's Dragon Behind Glass is an engrossing read about fish.  Yes, an engrossing fish read.

Sy Montgomery and Vicki Croke write about animals including zoos, farms, sea life, pandas, and elephants.

David Attenborough is well known for his television, and in case you do not already know, most of his shows do have companion volumes.

If you like owls, Rashid Scott's Great Horned Owl: An In Depth Study is quite good.

Brian Fagn's Elixer is a look at water.  You should also read Power Politics  by Arundhati Roy for a deeper understanding of not only water issues but also about conflict between China and India over water.

Ann Moyal wrote a wonderful read about the platypus.  Called Platypus.  If you like Platypuses, check out the children's book Shy the Platypus by Leslie Rees

Terry Pratchett and his crew wrote a series of books called The Science of Discworld.

The Tiger by John Valliant is about what happens when tigers and people clash.

The White Bone  by Gowdy and The Tusk that Did the Damage by Tania James are about elephants.

If you loved Watership Down, Clement Aaron's The Cold Moons which is about badgers might by for you.

Martin Hocke wrote two excellent fiction books about owls.  Ancient Solitary Reign  and The Lost Dominion