By Sleepy Dog Books
The Climate Action Booklist for Classrooms is offered as a free resource for classrooms around the world and is published as a supporting resource for the Climate Action Project and associated climate education programs offered by TAG. Book titles are presented in categories based on general developmental reading levels. Each book is shared with a title, author, illustrator, book cover, and book description. Curator notes provide comments and guidance from global educators based on their own instructional practice.
Jess French
Hardback
$16.99
$15.80
"This is an amazing book filled with so much information about the world and the problems we face globally. The illustrations exhibit the highlights of the big ideas as well as ideas around possible solutions to help care for the world. The book connects to all the Global Goals"
Chelsea Clinton
Paperback
$8.99
$8.36
"Chelsea Clinton deconstructs the concepts of health, poverty, climate change, endangered species, and bullying so that readers may comprehend the world around them and how they can make a difference in their own lives, as well as in their communities and the globe at large"
Georgie Badiel,
Susan Verde,
Peter H. Reynolds
Hardback
$18.99
$17.66
This biographical story describes how some people live to collect water. An insight into how communities have limited access to a fundamental need, clean water. This story reminds us of the limited resources others lack-, and how one person can change this and bring access, opportunity, health, and justice.
Sophia Gholz,
Kayla Harren
Hardback
$16.99
$15.80
"This is the story of Jadav Payeng, a citizen of a small community in India who decided to plant a forest. This is agency at its best! A story of selflessness for the betterment of the community, modeling perseverance, dedication, and genuine concern for our environmentand how with limited resources, we can change the world. A great text to pair and analyze along with Wangari's Trees of Peace."
Miranda Paul,
Elizabeth Zunon
Hardback
$19.99
$18.59
This story gives us an example of community awareness and perseverance to take action and develop sustainable practices in simple and collective ways. It is a great provocation to get children thinking of ways in which materials can be recycled and redesigned.
Jen Cullerton Johnson,
Sonia Lynn Sadler
Hardback
$20.95
$19.48
A biographical picture book about Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai. On her return home from studying in America, she fought for women's rights and began the Green Belt movement, resulting in the planting of 30 million trees to restore Kenya's ecosystem.
Laura Kutner,
Suzanne Slade,
Aileen Darragh
Paperback
$9.95
$9.25
This true story celebrates both the value of teamwork and a triumph of ingenious recycling.
James Sellick,
Frann Preston-Gannon,
Emma Thompson
Hardback
$17.95
$16.69
"A heartwarming picture book reminding us all about the state of the rainforest and a call to save the orangutans."
Peter Wohlleben
Hardback
$19.95
$18.55
Fantastic book for classrooms! Young readers can explore photos, quizzes, and activities as they learn about the mysteries of forests and trees!
Josh Lacey,
Rachel Winters
CD-Audio
$24.99
$23.24
"Great book showing how one 10-year-old can make a difference at home and in her school."
Special thanks to our global team of educators and students who served as curators for the Climate Action Booklist for Classrooms for 2021-2022. Curators contributed book title recommendations according to a selection process honoring our community of global classrooms and our commitment to climate action.