Explore the magic of nature and environmental stewardship through these engaging books.
Miss MacDonald Has A Farm
By Kalee Gwarjanski, illustrated by Elizabet Vuković
Best for Preschoolers!
Chances are that most preschoolers know the song, “Old McDonald Had a Farm.” In this book Miss MacDonald has a farm and she loves to grow things. Colorful illustrations match the new words to the old song. You might have to pause a beat or two if you are singing the song to study all of the pictures and learn how everything on the farm has a purpose and an ultimate use.
From planting the seeds, to weeding, pruning, and harvesting. The vegetables from Miss MacDonald’s farm are well cared for and shared at the family table.
A glossary at the end of the book details all of the tasks that Miss MacDonald has to complete before she can harvest and eat the produce from her garden.
The Wonderful Wisdom of Ants
Author and Illustrator Philip Bunting
Great for preschool and elementary
Is your kitchen ever invaded by ants? How about when you eat outside on your deck? Ants can be pesky, but The Wonderful Wisdom of Ants will give readers an entirely new perspective on the comings and goings of ants, as well as their habit of working together to create massive colonies of ants.
Did you know that if you gathered all the ants in the world and weighed them that they would weigh the same as all of the people living on the earth? That’s a lot of ants. Using colorful chartlike illustrations, The Wonderful Wisdom of Ants teaches how ants are able to achieve their incredible colonies and how by working together they find food and notify the rest of their community. This is a wonderful book that brings together useful information with easy to understand illustrations. It’s appropriate for preschool and elementary age students, but everyone will learn something new.
Wild Places— The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough
By Hayley and John Rocco
Great for elementary students
David Attenborough is 97 years old and one of the leading documentarians on wildlife and the environment. This book explores his early life and how he acquired his love of wild places and the things that live there.
An early adopter of bringing unique places and animals to audiences through the use of television, he reached millions of people. But as time went on Attenborough noticed that the amount of Wild Places was diminishing. He changed his messaging to one of explaining how wild places need to be restored and the steps we can take to do it.
“It’s surely our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth.” – David Attenborough
This book is an excellent primer for explaining what is happening on earth and the steps everyone can take to restore the wild places. Good for elementary school students.