Book Recommendations

Below are recommended books for teachers.  Feel free to email us your suggestions to us as well.

For Students Ages 4-8:

• Sun Power: A Book About Renewable Energy by Esther Porter
• Energy Makes Things Happen by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

For Students Ages 7-10 - "Energy For Today" Series: These books explain different types of energy, the associated renewability issues, and alternatives:

• Solar Power by Tea Benduhn
• Oil, Gas, and Coal by Tea Benduhn
• Ethanol and Other Fuels by Tea Benduhn
• Wind Power by Tea Benduhn
• Water Power by Tea Benduhn

Non-fiction stories for elementary school students:

• Green City: How One Community Survived a Tornado and Rebuilt for a Sustainable Future by Allan Drummond
• Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed Their World by Allan Drummond

Middle – High school level non-fiction book:

• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition by William Kamkwamba

For Elementary – Middle School Teachers 2 books of projects:

• Catch the Wind, Harness the Sun: 22 Super-Charged Projects for Kids by Michael Caduto
• Renewable Energy: Discover the Fuel of the Future With 20 Projects (Build it Yourself) by Joshua Sneideman

General sustainabilty related books geared toward elementary aged readers:

• City of Ember, DePrau
• What can you do with an old red shoe?, Alter
• If the World were a Village, Smith
• Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai, Napoli
• The Water Hole, Base
• Planting the trees of Kenya, Nivola
• All the World, Scanlon
• What’s so bad about gasoline?, Rockwell
• First Light, Stead
• The Curious Garden, Brown
• Flush, Hiaasen
• The Lorax, Seuss
• If America Were A Village, Smith
• The Great Paper Caper, Jeffers
• Here comes the Garbage Barge!, Winter
• The Magic School Bus, Climate Change, Cole
• Meadowlands, Yezerski
• The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, Kamkwamba
• Plant A Little Seed, Christiansen
• Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed The Wind And Changed Their World
• Charlie and Lola: We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers- Lauren Child
• Compost Stew- Mary Siddals
• Curious Garden- Peter Brown
• Curious George Plants a Tree- H.A. Rey
• Earth Book- Todd Parr
• Giving Thanks- Jonathan London
• Global Warming- Seymour Simon
• Great Kapok Tree- Lynne Cherry
• Growing Vegetable Soup- Lois Ehlert
• I Can Save the Earth!- Alison Inches
• Junkyard- Mike Austin
• Just a Dream- Chris Van Allsburg
• Recycle!- Gail Gibbons
• The Earth and I- Frank Asch
• The Listening Walk- Paul Showers
• The Tree Lady- H. Joseph Hopkins