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.
Greta Thunberg
Paperback
$12.00
$11.16
There will be many books written about Greta Thunberg, but this one is important as it allows the reader to encounter Greta in her own words. The book collects some of her important speeches, including those given at the UN, the World Economic Forum, and climate rallies around the world. The book provides an opportunity for young people to read and feel the power of her thinking
Barry Lopez
Paperback
$19.00
$17.67
The world of the Arctic is quickly vanishing from global warming. The author takes us on an extended field trip through the the Arctic landscape to study what life is like in this frozen world The goal of this book is to educate and promote a greater understanding of our planet and encourage its preservation.
Hannah Moskowitz
Hardback
$17.99
$16.73
"Teeth follows the story of a teenage boy who has just moved to a small fishing island with his family. This island is known to be home to magical fish with healing abilities, so the family has traveled to cure their younger child with cystic fibrosis. But, what happens when they over fish?"
Roman Krznaric
Hardback
$25.95
$24.13
Discusses the dangers of short term thinking and how we have "colonised the future." Innovative way of looking at climate problems-, through the lens of doing it to be a “good ancestor” rather than just for ourselves. Focus on future thinking with a positive spin.
Yvette Cooper
Paperback
$15.99
$14.87
Collection of speeches written by inspiring women throughout history, featuring climate related speeches. Inspiring and empowering, especially to young girls.
David Wallace-Wells
Paperback
$20.00
$18.60
"A fascinating and unflinching examination of a nightmare that is no longer in the distant future but in our chaotic present. Unlike other writers who discuss human agency in the abstract, Wallace-Wells focuses on the power structures and economic elites whose mindless avarice is writing our grandchildren's obituaries."
Kassandra Montag
Hardback
$27.99
$26.03
Just over a century from today, this novel shows us a potential future from the point of view of an inspiring female main character, Myra.
Paul Fleischman,
Various
Paperback
$12.99
$12.08
Fleischman, a renowned storyteller and poet, explains how we got into the current Climate Change Crisis and how we might be able to get out of it quickly and without doom and gloom. The book is chock-full of historical references and imagery, as well as suggestions for how to learn more, be hopeful, and take action
Nathaniel Rich
Paperback
$18.00
$16.74
This book is an important addition to the canon of climate change literature since it is well-researched and emotionally felt. Others have documented where we are and speculated on our future, but an account of how we got here is perhaps the most important to tell because it is both a cautionary tale and an unfinished one.
Shalanda Baker
Paperback
$36.80
Climate change will compel us to reconsider how we produce, distribute, and govern energy. Shalanda argues in the book that energy system transformation is a civil rights issue and presents practical solutions to the energy sector's unequal power relations.
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson,
Katharine K. Wilkinson
Paperback
$20.00
$18.60
Inspirational essays and poetry from women involved in the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward.
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.