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Topic: Activism

Subtopics: Activists, Climate Action, Environmental Justice, Climate Organizations, Grassroots Activism, Green Belt Movement, Half Earth, Intergenerational Coalitions, Land Defenders, #NoDAPL Movement, Treaty People Gathering, Youth Climate Activism

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Nell Plants a Tree

by Anne Wynter

“Before anyone finds out how high they can climb, Nell picks up a seed.”

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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

by Greta Thunberg

“We will never stop fighting for the living planet and for our future.”

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Old Enough to Save the Planet

by Loll Kirby

“I am smart enough to read this book. I care enough to hear the news. I know enough to make the change. I am old enough to save the planet”.

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One Earth

by Eileen Spinelli

“One Earth, so beautiful / Remember—only one”

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Only One

by Deborah Hopkinson

“Earth is our one and only planet to care for, love, and preserve”

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Operation Redwood

by S. Terrell French

“They’re marking all the trees they’re going to log, even the ones for our treehouse. We told them to stop, but they weren’t listening to us at all. We had to do something! So we told them we’re not coming down from the treehouse until they agree not to cut down a single tree in Big Tree Grove.”

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Owl’s Outstanding Donuts

by Robin Yardi

“Whatever that sloopy gloop was, something would need to be done. People can’t just dump stinky slop into creeks and get away with it”

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Pilu of the Woods

by Mai K. Nguyen

“We gotta be careful not to hurt the things around us, because nothing’s really gone forever… everything leaves a little mark”

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Poison Town

by Elyssa Campbell

“The crow had fallen out of the sky. But it hadn’t hit anything. It was fine, then it couldn’t breathe…after it had flown directly over the smokestacks through the smog. I looked back at the smelter—the smog still rising from its stacks—and frowned.”

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Raya and the Last Dragon

by Carlos López Estrada, Don Hall

“Now to restore peace, I must find the last dragon. My name is Raya.”

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Rivers of Sunlight: How the Sun Moves Water Around the Earth

by Molly Bang, Penny Chisholm

“I am your Sun. My energy warms your days. I light up your world. But of all my planets, only one is teeming with life: your Earth. Why? Because it is covered with water – H2O – always moving, always changing, from liquid to solid to vapor and back again.”

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Rooftop Garden

by Danna Smith

“A rooftop garden is what we need / Friends and family all agree. / A garden starts with hardy seeds. / A rooftop garden is what we need.”

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Saving American Beach

by Heidi Tyline King

“MyVanee was saving more than a beach.”

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Si’ahl and the Council of Animals

by Jane Lister Reis, Margie Lister Muenzer

“Everyone needs to help make our planet healthy again. The animals are counting on us!”

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Strange World

by Don Hall

“This place is alive. It’s a living thing! We didn’t find the heart of Pando. We found an actual heart.”

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