Videos+&+Books

[|EarthDayTV Videos] A variety of green videos categorized into "channels." The Classroom channel features "Gorilla in the Greenhouse" videos which help teachers and students begin a conversation about environmental issues. Also includes several videos about becoming a green school.

[|The Greens] A variety of green videos specifically for kids.

[|The Story of Stuff]is a cartoon based video which traces the production-consumption-waste cycle. Appropriate for older audiences.

Books:
[|Planet Earth Gets Well] by Madeline Kaplan

How Mother Nature Collection This is a book by Tom Schwartz, Reagent Press, Publisher. How Mother Nature Flowered. The Fields of Earth and Mars is a collection of three original Mother Nature stories: Flowering Fields of Earth; Saving Flowering Fields; and Flowering Mars! This collection is recommended for young readers transitioning from picture books.

"Mark Trail" Activity Book “Living on the Wild Side Responsibly” is an activity book about living near wildlands, which includes activities that address either all or part of some of the National Achievement Standards. Expansions to activities are suggested to meet these Standards more fully. This book is appropriate for grades 3-6.

Children's Environmental Literature The updated Children's Environmental Literature Bibliography is now available on the Web, providing a reading list for early childhood providers and to help teacher's meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind legislation.

Marcie the Marvelous Tree: An Autobiography Marcie is a tree, planted in 1987 and was the inspiration for the founding of Tree Musketeers. "Marcie the Marvelous Tree: An Autobiography" is a touching yet educational children's book in both English and Spanish about the power of kids and trees to change the world. In her story, Marcie talks about standing in the nursery fearing that no one would want her, the horrors of being vandalized, and how trees and humans help each other.

"Pee Wee's Family in a Nutshell" by Larraine Roulston The third book in the children's adventure series in composting, tells the tale of the endearing little red wiggler and friends who have adventures with composting. It follows "Pee Wee and the Magical Compost Heap" and "Pee Wee's Great Adventure: a guide to Vermicomposting."

Project Learning Tree Bookstore This is a website for purchasing educational environmentally conscious materials from children's books to bird feeders. The materials are sorted by activity and correspond to the newly revised PLT PreK-8 Activity Guide's "Reading Connections" sections.

Tessa and the Fishy Mystery Tessa is a young girl who experiences changes in her environment and this leads to her working with her community in making simple changes to their lifestyle to return their environment to how it once was. 2004. 32pp.

Theo and the Giant Plastic Ball The story of Theo and his quest to improve at football by making a ball out of discarded plastic bags, leading him to work with his community to maintain a cleaner, more healthy environment. 2005. 30 pp.

Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth By Rochelle Strauss. Published by Kids Can Press. Tree of Life: the Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth (ages 8 and up) shows how living things are classified into five kingdoms -- and how each has much to tell us about all aspects of life on our planet. Awards include the ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award and the 2005 Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner (Ecology/Nature Books). It was also named a Green Earth Book Award Honor Book and named as one of the Best of the Best Books 2004, by the Chicago Public Libraries. 2004, 40 pp. ISBN 1- 55337-669-2. $16.95