Great Fiction & Nonfiction Books
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Bear Came Along
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Can You See Me?
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Eddie's Garden and How to Make Things Grow
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Every Autumn Comes the Bear
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Fabulous Frogs
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Green
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Green Green: A Community Gardening Story
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Hello, Crow
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Hey, Water!
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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How Did That Get in My Lunchbox? The Story of Food
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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In the Small, Small Pond
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Inside Outside
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Jo MacDonald Had a Garden
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Kate, Who Tamed the Wind
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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On Meadowview Street
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Out on the Prairie
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Picture a Tree
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Plant a Little Seed
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Planting a Rainbow
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Plants Feed Me
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Redwoods
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Secrets of the Garden
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Seed, Soil, Sun: Earth's Recipe for Food
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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The Big Green
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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The Curious Garden
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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The Forever Garden
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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The Little Plant Doctor: A Story About George Washington Carver
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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The Water Walker
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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There Was a Tree
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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They Say Blue
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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We Are Water Protectors
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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We're Sailing to Galapagos: A Week in the Pacific
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Where the River Begins
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Why Do We Need Bees?
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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A Garden to Save the Birds
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Beneath the Sun
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Butterflies Belong Here: A Story of One Idea, Thirty Kids, and a World of Butterflies
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Chavela and the Magic Bubble
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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City Green
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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E-I-E-I-O: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed their World
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Everglades
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Eyewitness Plant
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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First Garden and How It Grew
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Fresh Picked Poetry: A Day at the Farmers’ Market
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Galápagos Girl / Galapagueña
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Get Outside: The Kids Guide to Fun in the Great Outdoors
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Gone Again Ptarmigan
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Greta and the Giants
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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How Does My Garden Grow?
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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How to Make a Better World: For Every Kid Who Wants to Make a Difference
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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It Starts with a Bee
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Jack's Garden
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Life in the Amazon Rainforest
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Little Dandelion Seeds the World
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Marshes and Swamps
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Miss Rumphius
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Nature All Around: Bugs
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Nature Log Kids: A Kid's Journal to Record Their Birding Experiences
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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No Monkeys, No Chocolate
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Olivia's Birds: Saving the Gulf
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Our School Garden!
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Over and Under the Pond
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Pedal Power: How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangara Maathai
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Poetree
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Seed by Seed: The Legend and Legacy of John "Appleseed" Chapman
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Stand Up! Speak Up!: A Story Inspired by the Climate Change Revolution
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Start Now! You Can Make a Difference
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Story Worlds Nature
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Fog
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Green Frogs: A Korean Folktale
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Sun Shines Everywhere
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Tree Lady
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Year Comes Round: Haiku through the Seasons
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Up We Grow! A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Watch Me Grow! A Down-to-Earth Look at Growing Food in the City
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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What If There Were No Bees?
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Where Once There Was a Wood
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Wilderness: An Interactive Atlas of Animals
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Behold Our Magical Garden: Poems Fresh from a School Garden
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Condor Comeback
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Leaf Litter Critters
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Least Things: Poems about Small Natures
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Luz Makes a Splash
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Small History of a Disagreement
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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The End of the Wild
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Water: A Deep Dive of Discovery
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Wishtree
Age Level: 9-12 years old