Last Updated: September 28, 2026
Our Friend Earth
by Lea Redmond
While our days are full of flux, the Earth is our constant companion, an unconditional friend who reminds us we are never alone.
My Friend Earth
by Patricia MacLachlan
Die-cut pages invite reader to explore how Earth is a friend to all creatures, watching over us as the year cycles through the seasons.
Celebrate young climate change activists in this charming story about an empowered girl who shows up, listens up, and ultimately, speaks up to inspire her community to take action against climate change.
Sea Bear: A Journey for Survival
by Lindsay Moore
A polar bear waits patiently for spring when the ice breaks up, but after months of hunting, paddling, and resting on ice floes, summer ends and the bear must swim very far to find land. Includes facts about polar bears and the effect of climate change on their environment.
My Life at the Bottom: The Story of a Lonesome Axolotl
by Linda Bondestam
A new kind of climate change story, narrated by an adorable axolotl [a type of salamander], possibly the last of its kind.
Wildspeak
by Sangma Francis
Two young girls take a nature walk with their mother, making up their own words for the sights and sounds of the wild. Includes glossary.
Walden: A Nature Primer
by Jennifer Adams
Expose little ones to the language of Henry David Thoreau and his love and appreciation of the outdoor world and nature. The book, designed to resemble Thoreau’s illustrated journals, acquaints the tiniest of readers with types of trees, plants, berries, birds, animals, insects, fish, and vegetables.
Little Rebels
by Yuyi Morales
Three young rebels build bonds of trust with one another and themselves, which are tested when they find their river dried up and an animal friend injured.
Bruce Saves the Planet
by Ryan T. Higgins
Bruce the bear wants to spend a quiet morning fishing, but instead he is caught up in a protest movement, and ends up accidentally saving the forest.
Poe and Lars
by Kashelle Gourley
A resourceful little girl named Poe and a grumpy polar bear named Lars live alone in the Arctic, and after an unsuccessful attempt by Lars to eat Poe they come to an uneasy truce that might lead to friendship. Includes information on the Arctic and climate change as well as polar bears.
Good Golden Sun
by Brendan Wenzel
A series of questions addressed to the sun explores its effects on living things as well as the transference of energy through plants and animals.
Fairy Walk
by Gaia Cornwall
A trio of kids and their loyal doggy companion head off into the wild world in search of fairies. Their explorations lead them across a babbling brook and through bushes and meadows of fragrant honey snowdrops and bee balm. But where are the fairies?
How the Forest Feels: Sensory Play Nature’s Way
by Wendi Silvano
A boy and his grandfather travel through a scenic forest on a sensory adventure.
A Place For Rain
by Michelle Schaub
This engaging and educational picture book about protecting our waterways follows a classroom as they build a rain garden, empowering readers with the tools to reduce pollution, diminish flooding and create a habitat for wildlife.
Here Are the Seeds
by JaNay Brown-Wood
This sweet picture book follows two young children as they grow their garden from seeds … and encounter a few missteps along the way! Planting a garden is not as easy as it seems — OH NO! — there is the hot sun that cracks the earth! And the rain that floods the garden! And those worms that are eating all the plants! But could all of these elements help their garden grow?