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The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo
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Jean Craighead George |
Sixth-grader Liza K., one of five homeless people living in an unspoiled forest in southern Florida, searches for a missing alligator destined for official extermination and studies the delicate ecol… |
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Up over down under
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Micol Ostow |
When sixteen-year-olds Eliza of Washington, D.C., and Billie of Melbourne, Australia, participate in a semester-long ecology exchange program, Eliza's plan to "cut loose" out of the public eye goes a… |
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The beasties
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William Sleator |
When fifteen-year-old Doug and his younger sister Colette move with their parents to a forested wilderness area, they encounter some weird creatures whose lives are endangered. In this modern horror … |
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Arthur's new power
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Russell Hoban |
A crocodile family tries to conserve energy at home. |
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The ocean story
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John Seven |
Relates the story of the oceans that are home to so many creatures, that are part of the water cycle which produces rain, and that can become very messy if we do not take care of them. |
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Seeing green
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Carolyn Keene |
"What was supposed to be a blissed-out vacation at a pristine eco-resort has turned into one of the biggest cases of my life. And just as we were getting into it, Bess, George, and I had to return to… |
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Weather eye
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Lesley Howarth |
In England in 1999, thirteen-year-old Telly organizes her fellow climate observation club members to calm the planet's turbulent weather. |
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Mr. Big
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Carol Dembicki |
Pond dwellers make a plan to rid the pond of the destructive snapping turtle, but what does that mean for the delicate balance of the pond ecosystem, especially when a new and more vicious predator i… |
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The dancing deer and the foolish hunter
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Elisa Kleven |
A foolish hunter learns about the interdependence of plants and animals in their natural environment when he tries to take a singing deer out of the forest and sell it to the circus. |
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Pond
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Lizi Boyd |
Cattails swish, a crayfish hides, fish dart, and a turtle glides as the plants and animals at a pond are viewed in their daily activities. |
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The crooked tree
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Esther Bender |
Over a period of two hundred years, a tree grows thick and crooked, affecting and affected by both animals and humans, but never ceasing to grow. |
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Frank Einstein and the bio-action gizmo
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Jon Scieszka,Jon Scieszka |
Boy genius and inventor Frank Einstein and his robot pals Klink (intelligent) and Klank (sort-of intelligent) study the science of ecology and conservation as they try to stop classmate and archrival… |
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The best beak in Boonaroo Bay
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Narelle Oliver |
The birds of Australia's Boonaroo Bay hold a contest to determine which of them has the best beak. |
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The Lorax
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Dr. Seuss |
Long before "going green" was mainstream, Dr. Seuss's Lorax spoke for the trees and warned of the dangers of disrespecting the environment. In this cautionary rhyming tale (printed on recycled paper)… |
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Su rf war!
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MacDonald, Margaret Read. |
A bragging contest between Whale and Sandpiper turns into a battle over the beach and sea, until both parties realize that the beach and the sea, as well as sea creatures and shorebirds, are interdep… |
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Long live earth
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Meighan Morrison |
Rhyming verses describe what people have done to pollute our planet and what we can do to make things better for the future. |
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King of the pond
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Carl Sommer |
Tombo, the biggest, fastest, and strongest tadpole in the pond, teases and chases all the other tadpoles, but he comes to regret his bullying when he turns into the smallest, slowest, and weakest fro… |
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Aani and the Tree Huggers
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Jeannine Atkins |
Based on true events in India in the 1970s, young Aani and the other women in her village defend their forest from developers by wrapping their arms around the trees, making it impossible to cut them… |
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A Break in the Chain
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Chris D'Lacey |
A terrible oil spill in the Arctic, a lesson about food chains, and a computer game featuring a polar bear turn into a magical adventure for Billy, whose class uses email and a fund-raiser to help re… |
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Amber's first clue
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Gillian Shields |
Amber leads her fellow mermaids in trying to help beluga whales that are trapped in ice, while working on solving a riddle from evil Mantora, whose theft of the Snow Diamonds may cause the Ice Kingdo… |
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