Want to give a gift safer for the planet? Give books. Here is a list of books for Preteens
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol
Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Elsie Mae Has Something To Say by Nancy J. Cavanaugh
Endangered by Eliot Schrefer
Endling #1: The Last by Katherine Applegate
Finding Esme by Suzanne Crowley
Forest World by Margarita Engle
Grandad’s Prayers of the Earth by Douglas Wood
Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen also by same author are Chomp. Flush. Scat. Squirm
Judy Moody Saves the World by Megan McDonald
Look At Weather by Britta Teckentrup
Magic Tree House series Mary Pope Osborne
Me and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig King
Nature Girl by Jane Kelley
Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French
Poached by Stuart Gibbs
Scholastic has many Why should I Recycle, Why should I save Water,… Protect Nature, The Earth Book,
Shine a Light Series: various authors, Secrets of our Earth, Secrets of the Apple Tree, Secrets of the Vegetable Garden, Secrets of the Rain Forest, Secrets of the Seashore
The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs by Kate Messner
The End of the Wild by Nicole Helget
The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge by Joanna Cole
The Nebula Secret (Explorer Academy) by Trudi Truet, National Geographic
The One and Only Ivan by Katerine Applegate
The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth
The Skeleton Tree by Iain Lawrence
The Tantrum that Saved the World, by Megan Herbert and Michael E. Mann
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
What is Climate Change? by Gail Herman,
Willa of the Wood by Robert Beatty