These are a few books centering natural resources/conservation that I've really enjoyed reading:
Spring After Spring: How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement by Stephanie Roth Sisson
Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth by Stacy McAnulty
Around the House That Jack Built by Roz Abisch
A Planet Like Ours by Frank Murphy & Charnaeie Gordon
The Rescuer of Tiny Creatures by Curtis Manley
Not sure on the grade levels. Hope this helps!
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Ellie McLellan
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-13-2023 09:39:19 AM
From: Emily Stehr
Subject: Seeking books/activities for "natural resources" curriculum
Hi all,
Looking for Grade 1-level picture books and/or related activities for a unit on natural resources/conservation. Specifically, I'm seeking to foster a more gifts/gratitude-centered orientation toward the natural world (i.e. seeing nature not as a collection of inanimate objects that we humans get to use, but as a community of beings that offer us so much and that we have a responsibility to care for in return). Has anyone come across a book or activity that speaks to this? I love the stories in Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults, but having a physical picture book could be very helpful.
Thank you!
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Emily Stehr
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