Books/Publications

Reading List For Children
Living Sunlight by Molly Bang
Common Ground by Molly Bang
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
A Handful of Dirt by Raymond Bial
Loving the Earth by Fredric Lehrman
Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel
How a Seed Grows by Helene Jordan
Plant Secrets by Emily Goodman, Illustrated by Phyllis Limbacher Tildes

Place-based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Communities by David Sobel

Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect by David Orr

Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World by David Orr

The Exhausted School: Bending the Bars of Traditional Education Edited by John Taylor Gatto

Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community by Alfie Kohn

Field Day: Getting Society Out of School by Matt Hern

Because We Can Change the World: A Practical Guide to Building Cooperative, Inclusive Classroom Communities by Mara E. Sapon-Shevin

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv

How Children Learn by John Holt

How Children Fail by John Holt

Gardening

Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof

How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land Than You Can Imagine by John Jeavons

Easy Compost: The Secret to Great Soil and Spectacular Plants by Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Gardening with Children by Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Curriculum

Unearthing Garden Mysteries: Experiments for Kids by Ellen Talmage

Honest Pretzels: And 64 Other Amazing Recipes for Cooks Ages 8 & Up by Mollie Katzen

Salad People and More Real Recipes: A New Cookbook for Preschoolers and Up by Mollie Katzen

Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for Preschoolers and Up by Mollie Katzen

Grow It, Cook It by DK Publishing

I Love Dirt!: 52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature by Jennifer Ward

Environmental Awareness

The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming by Masanobu Fukuoka

The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature by David Suzuki

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

Hope, Human, and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth by Bill McKibben