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Keep Cincinnati Beautiful - Natural Resources & Wildlife Conservation

We share our neighborhoods not just with each other but with animals, too! Use these book recommendations to teach children about our wild neighbors and how to keep their homes, our rivers and forests, clean and beautiful. Each of these titles were selected to complement Keep Cincinnati Beautiful's environmental education presentations and videos.

Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library

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  • Focuses on the world of nature and how it is under threat by humans, discusses how we can preserve and protect wildlife and its natural resources. Includes experiments and activities.
    BookLondon ; New York : Kingfisher, 2020. — 333.9516 H286 2020
  • Can You Hear the Trees Talking?

    Discovering the Hidden Life of the Forest

    Wohlleben, Peter, 1964-
    Provides an introduction to trees, describing how they live, reproduce, and provide benefits to both animals and people, along with quizzes and suggestions for hands-on activities.
    BookVancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Kids, 2019. — 582.16 qW846c 2019
  • The Wild World Handbook

    Creatures : How Adventurers, Artists, Scientists-and You-can Protect Earth's Animals

    Debbink, Andrea,
    A middle-grade guide to environmental stewardship and protecting diverse creatures.
    BookPhiladelphia : Quirk Books, [2021] — 590 D286 2021
  • An illustrated treasury of poems reflects the experiences of children as they encounter nature for the first time.
    BookSomerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2012. — 808.81936 qD256 2012
  • Dive into this stunning guide that explores the underwater world, its wildlife, the challenges it's facing and how you can help to protect it.
    BookLondon : Laurence King Publishing, 2021. — 577.51 fB268 2021
  • Wild in the City

    a Guide to Urban Animals Around the World

    Baker, Kate (Editor),
    Discover the secret lives of the extraordinary creatures that share our cities.
    BookCarlton, Victoria : Lonely Planet Global Limited, 2019. — 591.756 fB167 2019
  • One Well

    the Story of Water on Earth

    Strauss, Rochelle, 1967-
    Uses simple language to explain how all water on the planet is connected and the need to preserve our natural resources for the health of all creatures on Earth.
    BookToronto : Kids Can Press, c2007. — 553.7 fS912, 2007
  • Crossings

    Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals

    Duffield, Katy,
    This powerful nonfiction picture book explores wildlife crossings around the world and how they are helping save thousands of animals every day.
    BookNew York : Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, [2020] — 333.954 qD857 2020
  • How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear

    70 Simple Things YOU Can Do for Our Planet!

    French, Jess,
    In this beautifully illustrated book, children (and adults!) can learn about thirteen different habitats - gardens, hedgerows, heathlands, woodlands, highlands, wetlands, the coastline, freshwater, oceans, savannahs, jungles and mountains…
    BookLondon : Nosy Crow, 2018. — 639.92 qF874 2018
  • One small action a day can make a difference...in a big way! Are you ready to save the planet? Learn all about environmental conservation with 10 little (but powerful!) actions in this book.
    BookNew York, NY : Starry Forest Books 2021. — 363.7 D999 2021
  • Love the Earth

    Understanding Climate Change, Speaking Up for Solutions, and Living An Earth-friendly Life

    Hammond, Mel,
    This book is packed with ideas and information for girls who care about the earth to help them understand climate change, speak up for solutions, and live an earth-friendly life.
    BookMiddleton, WI : American Girl Publishing, [2021] — 363.34 H227 2021
  • Explore green energy: power made from nature’s renewable resources.
    BookNew York : Starry Forest Books, 2021. — 333.72 qB525 2021
  • Introduces 12 children from around the world who made positive impacts in their communities to help save the planet.
    BookNew York : Magic Cat Publishing, 2020. — 363.7092 qK58 2020
  • This book, constructed on one continuous folded page, explores the layers of the Earth from human-made structures like sewers, subways and archeological finds, down through various formations of rock, to the Earth's core and back up again.
    BookLake Forest, CA : Words & Pictures, part of the Quarto Group, 2017. — 551 fG957 2017
  • One Little Lot

    the 1-2-3s of An Urban Garden

    Mullen, Diane C.,
    Count the ways two hands, three days cleaning up, four planter boxes, and many more steps show how city neighbors transform one little abandoned lot into a beautiful community garden.
    Picture BookWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2020] — Easy
  • Cougar Crossing

    How Hollywood's Celebrity Cougar Helped Build a Bridge for City Wildlife

    Pincus, Meeg,
    The story of how P-22, the famous "Hollywood Cougar" brought awareness to the need for a wildlife crossing over the highway.
    BookNew York : Beach Lane Books, [2021] — 639.979752 qP647 2021
  • City Critters

    Wildlife in the Urban Jungle

    Read, Nicholas, 1956-
    An entertaining and informative look at the many wild animals that share the North American urban environment.
    BookVictoria, BC ; Custer, WA : Orca Book Publishers, 2012. — 591.756 R284 2012
  • City Critters

    Wildlife in the Urban Jungle

    Read, Nicholas
    An entertaining and informative look at the many wild animals that share the North American urban environment.
    eBookOrca Book Publishers, 2012
  • A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.
    Picture BookNew York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997. — Easy
  • Marcy and Miss Rosa start a campaign to clean up an empty lot and turn it into a community garden.
    Picture BookNew York : Morrow Junior Books, c1994. — Easy