Children’s Books
We are currently compiling a comprehensive book list that promote awareness & appreciation of our environment. Check back as we continue to add updates!
Listed below are trade-books that supplement our 3R’s School Recycling and `AINA In Schools education programs.
We encourage the use of our public library system. You may request to have titles sent to your community library in Hawai’i. Click on the selected titles to check them out!
Garden-related Books
Sunflower House by Eve Bunting
Eddie’s Garden and How to Make Things Grow by Sarah Garland
Compost! Growing Gardens from Your Garbage by Linda Glaser
How Groundhog’s Garden Grew by Lynne Cherry
An Earthworm’s Life by John Himmelman
Squirmy Wormy Composters by Bobbie Kalman and Janine Schaub
My Hawaiian Farm by Pearl Maxner
The Butterfly by Anna Milbourne
Life Cycles: Butterflies by Melanie Mitchell
Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden by George Levenson
Earthworms by Elaine Pascoe
Nutrition-related Books
Pretend Soup and other real recipes: A cookbook for preschoolers & up by Mollie Katzen & Ann Henderson
Salad People and more real recipes: A new cookbook for preschoolers & up by Mollie Katzen
Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
Good Enough to Eat: A Kid’s Guide to Food and Nutrition by Lizzy Rockwell
Eat Healthy, Feel Great by William Sears, Martha Sears, and Christie Watts Kelly
Healthy Treats & Super Snacks for Kids by Penny Warner
3R’s-related Books
The Earth and I by Frank Asch
Recycling (True Books: Environment) by Rhonda Lucas Donald
Recycle! A Handbook for Kids by Gail Gibbons
Garbage and Recycling (Young Discoverers: Environmental Facts and Experiments) by Rosie Harlow and Sally Morgan
The Wartville Wizard by Don Madden
Where Does the Garbage Go? by Paul Showers
Simplify the Holidays themed books
The Christmas Gift of Aloha by Lisa Matsumoto and Michael Furuya
The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
Dewey’s Magical Sleigh by Brahm Wenger, Alan Green, and Jean Gillmore