IRC Pinterest: Earth Day

April 22nd is Earth Day! Visit the IRC on Pinterest for a selection of environmental, energy, and recycling resources. Our Earth Day board features internet resources as well as great titles from the library's juvenile collection.

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Check title availability by clicking on the catalog link in the pin description provided for each book. Having trouble finding one of these titles? Stop in the IRC, we can help.

Juvenile Books: Non-fiction

The following new books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor directly outside of the IRC, or in their regular location within the juvenile collection.

• Women's Right to Vote
  JK1898 B46 2014
• White House for Kids: A History of a Home, Office, and National Symbol
  F204.W5 H68 2014
• Forms of Government
  JF51.B45 2014
• Supreme Court
  KF8742.B435 2014
• Plastic Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Dump
  GC1090.N48 2014
• Save Energy Every Day
  TJ163.35.G324 2014
• Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America
  F702.C85 B65 2014
• Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific
  D807.U6 F37 2014
• Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Everything
  E332.79.K36 2014

Juvenile Books: Nonfiction

The following new books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor directly outside of the IRC, or in their regular location within the juvenile collection.

• Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
  S494.5 .U72 M325 2013
• 100th Day of School
  LB3533. S35 2013
• Groundhog Day
  GT4995.G76 H47 2014
• Recycle Every Day
  TD794.5.G34 2014
• Take Care of the Earth Every Day
  GE195.5.G36 2014
• Parrots Over Puerto Rico
  AL696.P7 R68 2013
• Eye for Art: Focusing on Great Artists and Their Work
  N7477. N38 2013

Earth Day 2009

Happy Earth Day 2009! Looking for Earth Day resources in the juvenile collection? Here is a sampling of titles that may be of interest, as well as a few Internet resources. Be sure to check the library catalog for additional collection items.

Earth Day Juvenile Books

• Earth Day
  GE195.5.A57 2001
• Ten Things I Can Do to Help My World: Fun and Easy Eco-Tips
  TD793.9.W35 2005
• Life in a Grassland
  QH541.5.P7 P38 2003
• Earth Mother
  PZ7.J13247 Ea 2005
• On The Way to the beach
  PZ7.C67345 On 2003
• The Tree
  PZ8.3.L98937 Tr 2002
• Hoot
  PZ7.H52 Ho 2002
• The Blue & Green Ark: An Alphabet for Planet Earth
  PR6066.A86 B57 2000
• Our Big Home: An Earth Poem
  PZ7.G48047 Ou 2000
• Earth: Our Planet in Space
  QB631.S56 2003
• I Love Our Earth
  QB631.4.M368 2006
• On Earth
  QB631.4.K37 2005
• Seeing Earth From Space
  QB631.4.L38 1990
• The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space
  QB631.4.R53 1994
• The Lorax
  PZ8.3.G276 Lo 1971
• Endangered Planet
  GF75 .B87 2004
  

Earth Day Internet Resources

• Earth Day: U.S. Government Portal
• Earth Day: U.S. Government Portal for Kids
• Earth Day 2009: History of Earth Day
• EPA Earth Day
• Celebrate Earth Day
• All About Earth Day
• NASA: Sun-Earth Day 2009

Earth Day Lesson Plan Resources

• Earth Day: The Teachers Corner
• National Geographic: Earth Day Every Day
• Educators Network: Lesson Plans
• A to Z Teacher's Stuff: Earth Day Theme
• The Teacher's Guide: Earth Day Lesson Plans
• Education World: Earth Day