Earth Day Books by Sandra Sparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj Available at the ISC Learning Center. en-us 2021-04-16 17:51:35 UTC 2025-04-29 19:24:24 UTC hello@padlet.com Planting the trees of Kenya : the story of Wangari Maathai sandrasparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1426615196 Claire A. Nivola

Call #: B MAATHAI 

Reading grade level: 5.6
Interest grade level: K-3 
Lexile Service: AD1030L
Relates the story of Wangari Maathai, a native Kenyan who taught the people living in the highlands how to plant trees and care for the land.
ELMC]]> 2021-04-16 17:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1426615196 What if everybody did that? sandrasparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1426637493 Ellen Javernick

Call #: F J

A child learns that there are consequences for thoughtless behavior, from feeding popcorn to a bear at the zoo to dropping an empty can out of a car window.

Reading grade level: 4.0.
Interest grade level: K-3 
Fountas and Pinnell Service: K 
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red]]> 2021-04-16 18:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1426637493 Michael Recycle sandrasparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1426661202 Ellie Bethel

Call #: F B

Michael Recycle teaches the people of Abberdoo-Rimey, a town where trash is piled high, about recycling their garbage.

Reading grade level: 3.4 
Interest grade level: K-3
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red]]> 2021-04-16 18:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1426661202 This is Our Earth sandrasparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1433855765 Laura Lee Benson

Call #: 508 BEN 

Laura Lee Benson's lilting verse carries us over panoramic landscapes as we visit the many creatures and natural wonders of the earth. The subtext introduces basic facts about our diverse environment and encourages global awareness and conservation.

Reading grade level: K-3
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]]> 2021-04-19 16:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1433855765 The great kapok tree : a tale of the Amazon rain forest sandrasparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1433929202 Lynne Cherry

Call #: F C

The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rain forest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.

Reading grade level: 4.4 
Interest grade level: K-3 
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red]]> 2021-04-19 16:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1433929202 Florette sandrasparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1433949768 Anna Walker

Call #: F W

When Mae's family moves from the country to the city, she is sad to leave behind her beloved backyard garden but before long, she finds a way to start a new garden.

Reading grade level: 1.6.
Interest grade level: K-3
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green]]> 2021-04-19 16:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1433949768 City green sandrasparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1433998316 DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan.

Call #: F D

Marcy and Miss Rosa start a campaign to clean up an empty lot and turn it into a community garden.

Reading grade level: 3.1 
Interest grade level: K-3 
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red]]> 2021-04-19 16:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1433998316 Dinosaurs go green! : a guide to protecting our planet sandrasparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1434066323 Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown.

Call #: 333.7 BRO

Text and illustrations of dinosaur characters introduce the Earth's major environmental problems and suggests ways children can help.

Reading grade level: 3.6.
Interest grade level: K-3 
Fountas and Pinnell Service: O
ELMC]]> 2021-04-19 16:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1434066323 Go green! lead the way sandrasparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1434175171 Catherine Chambers

Call #: | 333.72 CHA

An exploration of environmentalism and the green movement that discusses why people should be concerned about water, the forests, farming, building materials, carbon dioxide, and other issues and suggests ways readers can help.

Reading grade level: 4.2.
Interest grade level: K-3 
Lexile Service: IG770L
ELMC]]> 2021-04-19 17:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1434175171 Fancy Nancy : every day is Earth Day sandrasparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1434189610 Jane O'Connor

Call #: | F O

Fancy Nancy does her best to make sure Mom, Dad, and her little sister do their part to protect the environment, but her efforts to be greener soon go too far.

Reading grade level: 2.3
Interest grade level: K-3
Lexile Service: 350L
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red]]> 2021-04-19 17:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1434189610 Green ideas sandrasparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1434211443 Anita Yasuda

Call #: 363.72 YAS

An introduction to green ideas that describes the different strategies people are using to reduce their carbon footprint and protect the environment.

Reading grade level: 6.5.
| Interest grade level: 3-6


]]> 2021-04-19 17:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1434211443 The ABCs of the environment sandrasparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1434228809 Bobbie Kalman

Call #: 363.7 KAL

Full-color, illustrated alphabet book introduces young readers to the various things that affect the environment such as climate change, pollution, and other issues associated with the earth's ecosystems.

Reading grade level: 4.9.
| Interest grade level: K-3 
ELMC.]]> 2021-04-19 17:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1434228809 Miss Rumphius sandrasparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1434416506 Barbara Cooney

Call #: F C

As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

Reading grade level: 2.9
Interest grade level: K-3
Lexile: 680L
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red]]> 2021-04-19 17:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1434416506 The adventures of a plastic bottle : a story about recycling sandrasparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1434445891 Alison Inches

Call #: F I

A plastic bottle describes its journey from the refinery through a recycling plant, after which it was used as part of a space suit.

Reading grade level: 4.5.
Interest grade level: K-3 
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red]]> 2021-04-19 17:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1434445891 What can we do about global warming? sandrasparremberger https://padlet.com/sandrasparremberger/plmbily6aut32yjj/wish/1434756337 Lorijo Metz

Teaches children about global warming, and discusses the causes and effects on the animals and the environment, renewable energy, global solutions, and other related topics; and offers tips and advice on ways to prevent global warming.

Reading Level: 5.0
Interest Level: 3-6
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