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Topic: Earth Stewardship

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Creekfinding

by Claudia McGehee

“No water – no water bugs, no frogs, no birds, and no brook trout. The lost creek was quiet under the sun.”

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Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years

by Stacy McAnulty

“You can call me Planet Awesome.”

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Eco Girl

by Ken Wilson-Max

“Dad told Eve how each tree has its own special part to play in the world, taking care of animals and people.”

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Fridge-opolis

by Melissa Coffey

“Mayor Mayonnaise knew he had a mess on his hands”

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Heal the Earth

by Bart Davis, Julian Lennon

“On our beautiful planet, some places need healing. Would you like to go on a healing adventure?”

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Hello from Renn Lake

by Michele Weber Hurwitz

“I bend toward the water and look closer. The start of a dead zone? Was that boy trying to scare us, like Maya said? Or does he really know what’s happening? I spot another dead fish, floating on its side. There are clumps of green on its silver scales, more than the last one had. I walk away from the reeds and kneel by a clearer part of the water. ‘Renn? Everything okay?’ There’s a pause, then: ‘I’ve been better’. ‘What’s wrong?’ ‘Hard to explain.’”

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If Tigers Disappeared

by Lily Williams

“This area, located in the Eastern Ghats, is a lushly populated home to animals that jump, pounce, stomp, and ROAR!”

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If We Were Gone: Imagining the World Without People

by John Coy

“We need plants to survive. But do they need us?”

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Love Grows Everywhere

by Barry Timms

“Love grows everywhere… / from country farm to city square. / From desert village, hot and dry, / to mountain home where eagles fly.”

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Mermaid and Me

by Soosh

“And from that day on, my classmates and I picked up any garbage we found on the shore so that Mermaid could return someday.”

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My Friend Earth

by Patricia MacLachlan

“She guards all the creatures in all the oceans—the black manta rays sleek like shadows, the shining parrot fish, the tiny krill who swim with millions of other krill to look big. And the whales who are big.”

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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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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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