Four Best Children’s Books on Green Living
68Teaching children to go green and live an eco-friendly life will be much easier if parents can use books on green living to introduce green habits and ideas to little ones. Children’s books that talk about green living are a great way to instill earth-friendly habits and make living green easy and fun. Here are four best children’s books on encouraging and developing green habits.
What's It Like Living Green?: Kids Teaching Kids, by the Way They Live by Jill Ammon Vanderwood
This fun and interesting book will surely appeal to kids since it teaches them how to live green by using examples of other children. Meant for kids 9 years and older, this book has 6 parts and is quite an eye-opener even for green parents and teachers. One can learn good green habits from kids who have actually been living an eco-friendly life and having fun as well. Non-preachy and inspiring, the book teacheschildren the value of going green and making a difference to the planet.
365 Ways to Live Green for Kids by Sheri Amsel
A simple yet extremely informative book, 365 Ways to Live Green offers children aged 9 years and upwards hundreds of ways to live green in easy-to-understand language. Games, activities and fun ideas that promote an eco-friendly life fill this children’s book. It is indeed, amazing how Ms. Amsel has taken eco-friendly concepts and adapted them to a child’ point of view. Activities such as Draw the Environment and others are fun and educational at the same time. Moreover, she encourages kids to take action by contacting green groups and exploring more ways to live an earth-friendly life.
Easy to Be Green: Simple Activities You Can Do to Save the Earth by Ellie O’ Ryan
An activity-based children’s book printed on 100% recycled paper with soy-ink, Easy to be Green is perfect for summer vacations and holidays. It is filled with coloring pages, word searches, puzzles as well as easy-to-understand information. Using simple language, the book explains what being green is all about and how kids can make a difference.
The Three R's: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle by Nurie Roca
This children’s book teaches kids the basics of green living – reduce, reuse and recycle in language that is easy-to-follow and with illustrations that are colorful and interesting. It is aimed for children in the age group of 4-7 years and therefore, is not only simple but also very entertaining. There are also activity pages at the end to make learning green habits interactive and fun.
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Simple and interesting children’s books such as these are a great way of parents and teachers to encourage kids to develop green habits and learn that saving the planet is possible by taking a few small steps everyday.
Great hub! I'm going to add those books to my wishlist. It's good to know which age group they're meant to address. Will check out those links too. Thanks for sharing!












cathstuff79 15 months ago
Great article, thank you!
I think it is also important that parents and teachers set a good example in what they do and in their attitude towards reducing waste and caring for the environment.