Best children environmental books according to redditors

Sounds like it could be "The Shamrogues". Hope this helps :)

Save Florida, Eat an Iguana.

In English? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mushroom-Fan-Club-Elise-Gravel/dp/1770463224

Have fun

Try /r/parenting/ and /r/raisingkids/ (slightly less toxic)

Many kids don't begin to read until they enter kindergarten (age 5). If this 4-year-old is being taught by his parents to read, or gets such instruction (say, in a Montessori preschool) find out if he's in the early stages, or he's going full bore reading regular picture books and 'early reader' books on his own. Such a child typically enters kindergarten reading at a first or second grade level.

Unless he's a strong reader, the safe and good bet is to buy books with the intent that his parents will read the books to him. So even a chapter book could be appropriate if the subject matter interests him to be read a chapter or two each night at bedtime.

There are loosely ordered by my recommendation level:

• Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go. This one is bursting with vehicles, tons to take in on every double page... mostly passenger vehicles, but all manner of other types of vehicles make their own appearance, plus lots of absurd ones (a gorilla driving a banana car, etc.) One scene is in a construction site. A thin story line ties each scene together (the pig family going on a car trip, and Officer Flossy chasing down the speeding Dingo Dog). A fun feature is a yellow bug ("Goldbug") hidden in a different place on each double page. Be sure to get the hardcover. Even when Mom or Dad isn't there to read it, the book is fun to look through.
  
  
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (Amazon link). This is a true classic from 1939. A steam shovel was antiquated even in 1939, but that's the theme of this story.
  
  
• Trashy Town (garbage truck) This one is fun if you can get him repeating the story's refrain with you... "Is the trash truck full yet? {yelling} NOOOO! Mister Gilly drives on..."
  
  
• I Stink (garbage truck)
  
  
• Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site
  
  
• Justin Roberts Greatest Hits CD (or MP3s). I mention this one only because he has a song Obsessed by Trucks.

Haven’t read that one, but was inspired by reading The Curious Garden by Peter Brown with my kid

My oldest is three years old, and I've found that books are a great gateway to the horror media we all know and love. It started the October after he turned one, when we found "Slide and Find Spooky" at a library book sale. It was a big hit and we've since amassed a pretty good collection of similarly themed board books

Where is Baby's Pumpkin?

Eek! Halloween!

Spooky Pookie

Little Boo

Llama Llama Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween, Curious George

and picture books

Go Away, Big Green Monster!

Happy Halloween, Little Critter!

Clifford's Halloween

Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat

Berenstain Bears Go on a Ghost Walk

Bonaparte Falls Apart

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This past fall we started watching some horror-themed television and movies. Good intros were

Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest

Hotel Transylvania

Coco

Scared Shrekless

The Nightmare Before Christmas

and especially the late sixties and late seventies iterations of Scooby-Doo. More recently we've gotten into Mystery Incorporated! (which is a treasure trove of horror references for grown-up fans, from Hellraiser's Lament Configuration and Eaten Alive's Starlight Hotel to Vincent Price and Jason Voorhees). Other kid-friendly movies that went over well have included

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein

The Monster Squad

Beetlejuice

and, oddly enough, Starman

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Obviously, every kid is gonna have their own preferences and move at their own speed. I've been lucky that mine gets a real kick out of "spooky" things, likes to pretend we're ghosts or monsters as we play chase, etc. One benefit of enjoying this stuff together is that we can talk about how monsters are for fun and not real, and we've watched makeup tutorials on YouTube to see how artists help actors pretend to be monsters. We have yet to go through waking up from a nightmare about any of this, and I think the conversations we've had about the imaginary nature of these things have really helped with that.

This is my my gift list this year. Made me as an adult want to travel and my kids were sad when it had to go back to the library.

https://www.amazon.com/National-Parks-USA-Kate-Siber/dp/1847809766/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1540264930&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=national+park+childrens+book&dpPl=1&dpID=51oo2Xj535L&ref=plSrch

Scientists have been warning us about this for forty years. Put your fairy tales away and read something more advanced than you’re used to

https://www.amazon.com/Problem-Hot-World-Pam-Bonsper/dp/1514648547

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2841/2018-fourth-warmest-year-in-continued-warming-trend-according-to-nasa-noaa.amp

https://youtu.be/o_W280R_Jt8

I LOVE being a lower school science teacher. It is so much fun.

Rocks and minerals are a slightly hard topic (no pun intended) for a demo lesson, in my opinion - a lot of the lesson ideas either require you to have a bunch of rock kits, which are much too expensive to buy, or involve growing crystals over multiple days or weeks. I also recommend getting as much information as you can about what they've already done so you don't repeat a topic or activity exactly.

I've done both the crayon rock cycle that /u/acChordance mentions and also a clay rock cycle based on a GEMS book I have. Here is a version of that lesson.

You might also base a lesson off of The Big Rock by Bruce Hiscock (might be especially appropriate if you live in the northeast US). You could relatedly do something about glaciers and the ice age if that's relevant to your area.

Another beautiful picture book is A Rock Is Lively - you could use it as inspiration for a rock observation activity if you could scrounge up enough interesting rocks for the kids to each have one.

Let us know what you figure out!

When you are ready to more directly talk to them about climate change, are some great kids books that address it in a realistic but empowering way. Try The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge, Winston of Churchill: One Bear's Battle Against Global Warming, and my personal favorite, The Trouble with Dragons. Of course there are plenty of other lovely children’s books with environmental messages too.

Thanks! Is it Exodus by Julie Bertagna?

Are you thinking of The Beasties?

http://www.amazon.com/The-Beasties-William-Sleator/dp/0525455981

Not sure if this is a reprint: https://www.amazon.com/Curious-Garden-Peter-Brown/dp/0316015474

I don't think this is it, but perhaps A gift from the sea?

If you're still looking for stuff, I wrote a book for kids age 8-14 about climate change. It deals with the driving mechanisms that can change climate: the Sun, the albedo, and of course greenhouse gases. It talks about how scientists have learned about the past climate (for instance using oxygen isotopes in ice cores). And it's currently free on Kindle!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N7G2F6H

Cool! Thanks for posting this!

All three of my boys LOVED the book "I Stink!". Even after having read it over 687,310 times to each of the three boys...I still have a soft spot for it.

Any females doing the job? My guess the answer would be no, otherwise your rad sticker job (I'm a skater) would disappear.

Thank you for doing this job, after spending time overseas while in the military I appreciate our amazing sanitation workers more than most.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Perpetual-Winter-Keepers-War-Book-ebook/dp/B07CPNTXB1?tag=ktbowescom-21

• this book perhaps?

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This sounds like The Beasties but if not you might try /r/tipofmytongue

Oh no old lady!

Snow book

Here are a couple options from my wishlist! :D

Chest hair Dandruff!

[A Day at the Seashore] (http://www.amazon.com/Day-Seashore-Little-Golden-Book/dp/0375854258/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=ZI08ZRIK807T&coliid=I2XDCU8BSYYESH) Starts at 0.01. This book hits me right in the feels. Thanks for the contest! Have a great day.