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Green Books for Kids & other fun stuff! April 2025 |
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Saturday Storytime goes green!
Saturday, April 12 10:30am
Shawna brings stories, songs, and rhymes to help get ready for Earth Week, plus a special craft that embraces nature. Kermit the Frog once said that it's not easy being green, but we aim to change that. This storytime, which is for all ages, may or may not involve frogs (but there will be green things for sure). |
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Author visit! Saturday, April 19 10:30am In support of Earth Week, Cassandra Troughton presents her new picture book The Tree Spot, which follows a young girl named Willow who finds peace in a magical sanctuary of trees just beyond her busy city. Kids will hear the story, see the illustrations, and learn about what they can do to help keep our world green. This event is perfect for children 3 – 8 and their adults. The author will have copies of the book for sale. |
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Tweens Create! Join Jesse for some creative fun learning new things.
Recycle and re-use materials to make zines, buttons, collages and more, and explore our Tech Hub roomsto get inspired by all the possibilities! All Tweens Create sessions happen on these Wednesdays from 3:30 - 4:30 pm: Wednesday, April 16 Wednesday, April 23 Wednesday, April 30
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Can you hear the plants speak?
by Nicholas Hummingbird
Calling on the legacy of his great-grandparents, an Indigenous plantsman presents this multi-generational story about how one drop of rain, one seed, one plant can renew a cycle of hope and connections--—for him and for each of us.
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Beti and the little round house
by Atinuke
With themes of endurance, friendship and the power of self-belief, this enchanting new collection of stories follows the adventures of Beti, Mam, Tad, baby Jac and her very own tiny goat named Naughty as they learn to live in harmony with nature.
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Grown with love
by Valeria Wicker
Oliver is a plant-grafter and scientist who uses his know-how to help neighbors by pairing them with the most useful plant, and he tries to help his trickiest customer, Mrs. Kroftombottom, who can't keep a plant alive.
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Fresh air, clean water : our right to a healthy environment
by Megan Clendenan
"Fresh Air, Clean Water: Defending Our Right to a Healthy Environment explores the connections between our environment and our health, and why the right to live in a healthy environment should be protected as a human right. The book features profiles of kids around the world who are taking action and important environmental rights court cases. Hear the powerful stories of those fighting for change"
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Our earth : how kids are saving the planet
by Janet Wilson
Profiles twelve children who have had an impact on the environment, from a Canadian girl who gave a major speech to a Malawian boy who brought electicity to his village and a Chinese boy who works to keep endangered animals from the market.
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The last wild
by Piers Torday
Feeling barely alive in a world where all animals are endangered, 12-year-old Kester Jaynes, a voiceless inmate in a home for troubled children, discovers that he can communicate with bird and cockroach rescuers that he endeavors to save from extinction.
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Contact your librarian for more great books! |
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