Celebrating Earth Day

Earth Day is coming up on April 22nd! Did you know that the US version Earth Day was started by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970? Since then, it has become a global event with more than 193 countries participating.

You can read more about Senator Nelson in his biography, The Man from Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder by Bill Christofferson

Here are a few more recommended reads for adults and older readers:

World Without Fish: How Could We Let This Happen? by Mark Kurlansky
Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World by Bill Nye
An Inconvenient Truth and An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power by Al Gore

Books to Share with Kids

Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter To Our Planet by April Pulley Sayre
Rainbow Weaver / Tejadora de arcoíris by Linda Elovitz Marshall
The Family of Earth by Schim Schimmel
One Well: The Story of Water on Earth by Rochelle Strauss
All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon
Fur, Feather, Fin: All of Us Are Kin by Diane Lang
All the World by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon
Nature by Thomas Hegbrook