Creation Care Kids Books

Many Wonders of God's Creation

Many joyful and amazing ways to notice God’s gift to us.

Saints

St. Francis: Patron of Ecology, Creation and Animals​St. Kateri Tekakwitha: Patron of Ecology and Those Whose Work is Creation Care​​St. Hildegard of Bingen​​St. Martin de PorresSt. Modomnoc

How All Creation Works Together

Creatures and Plants: Their Work & Their Relationships with Humans
  • About Insects (PreK-2) - Cathryn Sill - See other books in the “About” series
  • An Elephant in the Garden (Gr. 5-8) - Michael Morpurgo
  • Animals Building Homes (Gr. 1-3) - Wendy Perkins
  • Around One Log: Chipmunk, Spiders and Creepy Insiders (PreK-4) - Anthony D. Fredericks and Jennifer Dirubbio (illustrator)
  • Beatrice’s Goat (PreK-3) - Page McBrier
  • Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth (PreK-3) - Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
  • Composting, Nature’s Recycling (Gr. 1 and up) - Robin Koontz
  • Compost Stew, an A to Z Recipe for the Earth (PreK-3) - Mary McKenna Siddals and Ashley Wolff (illustrator)
  • Earthsteps, A Rock’s Journey through Time (Gr. 3 and up) - Dianne Nelson Spickert
  • From Cotton to T-Shirt (PreK-3) - Robin Nelson
  • From Flower to Honey (Gr. K-3) - Robin Nelson - Start to Finish series, see others in series
  • I Wonder What’s Out There, A Vision of the Universe for Primary Classes (For adults and children of primary grades) - Joanne DeFillip Alex
  • I Wonder Why Spiders Spin Webs and Other Questions about Creepy Crawlies (Gr. K-4) - Amanda O’Neil - See other books in the “I Wonder Why” series
  • If You Love Honey (Gr. K-5) - Martha Sullivan and Cathy Morrison (illustrator)
  • In a Nutshell (PreK-4) - Joseph Anthony and Cris Arbo (illusgtrator)
  • Insects (PreK-3) - Martha E.H. Rustad - Smithsonian Little Explorers Book
  • Life and Times of the Ants (Gr. 1-5) - Charles Micucci
  • Life and Times of the Honeybee (Gr. K and up) - Charles Micucci
  • Living Sunlight, How Plants Bring the Earth to Life (Gr. 1-4) - Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
  • Look to the North, a Wolf Puppy Diary (Gr. K-4) - Jean Craighead George
  • Many Biomes, One Earth, Exploring Terrestrial Biomes of North and South America (Gr. 1-5) - Sneed B. Collard III
  • Me….Jane (Jane Goodall) (PreK-2) - Patrick McDonnell
  • Mighty Mole and Super Soil (Gr. K-5) - Mary Quattlebaum and Chad Wallace (illustrator)
  • One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference - Katie Smith Milway
  • One World, One Day (Preschool-3,  with research possibilities for older students) - Barbara Kerley, National Geographic
  • Our Big Home (K and up) - Linda Glaser
  • Pitter and Patter (PreK-4) - Martha Sullivan and Cathy Morrison (illustrator)
  • The Saint and his Bees (Saint Modomnoc) (PreK-2) - Dessi Jackson, Claire Brandenburg
  • The Sea, the Stream and the Mangrove Tangle (Gr. K-3) - Lynne Cherry
  • Tiny Creatures, World of Microbes (Gr. K-3) - Nicola Davies
  • Tree of Life, the Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth (Gr. 3 and up) - Rochelle Strauss - Citizenkid collection
  • Ubiquitous, Celebrating Nature’s Survivors (Gr. 1-6) - Joyce Sidman - and other titles by this author
  • Wiggly Worms at Work (Gr. K-3) - Wendy Pfeffer and Steve Jenkins

Water

Appreciating this resource / Understanding the water cycle
  • A Drop Around the World (Gr. K and up) - Barbara KcKinney
  • Did a Dinosaur Drink This Water? (Gr. 1-5) - Robert E. Wells
  • One Well: The Story of Water on Earth (Gr. 3-6) - Rochelle Strauss
  • Pitter and Patter (Gr. PreK-4) - Martha Sullivan and Cathy Morrison (illustrator)
  • The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story (Gr. 1-5) - Neil Waldman

Food

How various foods grow / The cycle of compost, seed, and plant
  • Composting, Nature’s Recycling (Gr. 1 and up) - Robin Koontz
  • Compost Stew, an A to Z Recipe for the Earth (Gr. PreK-3) - Mary McKenna Siddals and Ashley Wolff (illustrator)
  • From Flower to Honey (Gr. K-3) - Robin Nelson - Start to Finish series, see others in series 
  • How Did That Get into My Lunch? The Story of Food (Gr. K-3) - Chris Butterworth
  • If You Love Honey (Gr. K-5) - Martha Sullivan and Cathy Morrison (illustrator)
  • Plants Feed Me (PreK-2) - Lizzy Rockwell - Simple text, great illustrations
  • Strega Nona’s Harvest (Gr PreK-3) - Tomie dePaola

Ecological Problems

Introducing issues of water, animals, plastics, invasive species
  • Ivan, the Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla (PreK-3) - Katherine Applegate
  • The One and Only Ivan (Gr. 4-7) - Katherine Applegate
  • Long Walk to water (Gr. 5-8) - Linda Sue Park
  • The Lorax (Gr. K and up) - Dr. Seuss

  • Oil Spill! (Gr. K-4) - Melvin Berger
  • One Plastic Bag, Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of Gambia (Gr. 1-4) - Miranda Pane and Elizabeth Zunon
  • Prince William (Gr. K-4) - Gloria and Ted Rand
  • Someday a Tree (Gr. K-3) - Eve Bunting
  • The Story of Rosy Dock (Gr. PreK and up) - Jeannie Baker
  • There’s an Owl in the Shower (Gr. 2-6) - Jean Craighead George
  • What if There Were No Bees? A Book About the Grassland Ecosystem (Gr. 1-4) - Suzanne Slade - See other books in the “What if” series, such as gray wolves and sea otters

Problem Solvers

​Curious, dedicated, and ingenious people helping God’s creation
  • Behold the Trees (all ages) - Sue Alexander
  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Young Readers Editions (Gr. 5 and up) - William Kankwamba
  • The Earth Book (Preschool-K) - Todd Parr

  • Earth Heroes: Champions of the Ocean (Gr. 5 and up) - Fran Hodgkins and Cris Arbo (illustrator)
  • Earth Heroes: Champions of Wild Animals (Gr. 5 and up) - Carol L. and Bruce Malnor and Anisa Claire Hovemann (illustrator)
  • Earth Heroes: Champions of the Wilderness (Gr. 5 and up) - Carol L. and Bruce Malnor and Anisa Claire Hovemann (illustrator)
  • Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists (Gr. 5 and up) - Jannine Atkins
  • Home (Gr. K-4) - Jeannie Baker
  • John Muir: American Naturalist (Gr. 3-5) - Thomas Locker
  • Light Shining Through the Mist, a Photobiography of Dian Fossey (Gr. 4-7) - Tom Matthews
  • The Man who Planted Trees (Gr. 4 and up) - Jean Giono
  • The Mangrove Trees: Planting Trees to Feed Families (Gr. 1-6) - Susan L. Roth

  • Me….Jane (Jane Goodall) (PreK-2) - Patrick McDonnell
  • One Plastic Bag, Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of Gambia (Gr. 1-4) - Miranda Pane and Elizabeth Zunon
  • A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History (Gr. K-4) - Lynne Cherry
  • Seed Folks (Gr. 5 and up) - Paul Fleischman
  • Summer Birds, Butterflies of Maria Merian (Gr. K-4) - Margareita Engle, Julie Paschkis (illustrator)
Stories of the Work of Rachel Carson
  • Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World (Gr. K-3) - Laurie Lawlor and Laura Besingessner (illustrator)'
  • Rachel Carson: Preserving a Sense of Wonder (Gr. 3-5) - Joseph Bruchac and Thomas Locker (illustrator)
  • Rachel: The story of Rachel Carson (Gr. 3-5) - Amy Ehrlich and Wendell Minor (illustrator)
​Stories of the Work of Wangari Maathai
  • Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai (Gr. K-3) - Claire A. Nivola
  • Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace (Gr. 2-5) - Jen Cullerton Johnson
  • Wangari’s Trees of Peace (PreK-3) - Jeanette Winter

Understanding the Theory of Evolution

  • Evolution: a Coloring Book (Gr. 1-8) - Annu Kilpelainen - In addition to coloring, this explains Darwin’s ideas and includes mix and match, stencils and flaps.
  • Grandmother Fish: a child's first book of Evolution (Grades PreK-2; read on a different level it can be used by older students, helpful info for adults.) - Jonathan Tweet and Karen Lewis (illlustrator)
  • You Are Stardustby (Gr. K-4) - Elin Kelsey and Soyeon Kim (illustrator)