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Topic: Youth Climate Activism

Subtopics: School Strike for Climate, Youth Agency

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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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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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The Climate Book

by Greta Thunberg

“This is the biggest story in the world”

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The Coquíes Still Sing

by Karina Nicole González

“He hands me a fistful of vegetable seeds and says, ‘This is our gold’.”

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The Curious Garden

by Peter Brown

“The garden had always wanted to explore the rest of the city, and that spring it was finally ready to make its move”

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The Extraordinary Book That Eats Itself

by Penelope Arlon, Susan Hayes

“This is a book that turns itself into dozens of eco-projects to inspire you to think more about the planet we all call home.”

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The Getaway

by Lamar Giles

“So many times in history it’s the youth who see the clearest and can save the day”.

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The Girl Who Planted Trees

by Caryl Hart

“Soon I shall grow a whole forest”

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The Ice Children

by M. G. Leonard

“One snowflake will melt on its own, but billions of them together … are powerful enough to change the face of a planet.”

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The Last Panther

by Todd Mitchell

“Kiri scanned the forest, spotting the panther less than a stone’s throw from where she crouched. Moonlight glinted off the panther’s fiery green eyes as the creature studied her. ‘Follow’, whispered a voice that sounded less like her mother, and more like the hiss of a cat.” 

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The Last Wild

by Piers Torday

“How could I be so wrong? The stag was right—we can’t trust any other humans. How can you ever trust someone who wants to eat you?”

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The Lorax

by Chris Renaud

“A town without nature: not one living tree. So what happened to them? Cue the music, let’s see.”

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The Lorax
The Lorax

by Dr. Seuss

“I meant no harm. I most truly did not. / But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.”

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The Mailbox Tree

by Kate Gordon, Rebecca Lim

“Home might be dying, and drier than the bone of a long dead animal, but it’s still home. I don’t want another one.”

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