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Book: It's Earth Day: Little Critter

By Mercer Mayer

Little Critter inspires with his eco-enthusiasm.

Review date: 3/26/2008

Age 3+

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Book: The Apple Pie That Papa Baked

By Lauren Thompson

Folksy artwork enlivens tasty web-of-life tale.

Review date: 1/14/2008

Age 4+

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Book: Our Earth

By Anne Rockwell

Caves, volcanoes, and other Earth delights.

Review date: 8/26/2003

Age 4+

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Book: The Giving Tree

By Shel Silverstein

Classic, sensitive parable about selflessness.

Review date: 9/11/2003

Age 4+

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Book: The Lorax

By Dr. Seuss

Seuss fable has become environmentalist classic.

Review date: 11/5/2003

Age 4+

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Book: Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City

By Janet Schulman

Red-tailed hawk story stirs urban enviro-conflict.

Review date: 4/1/2008

Age 6+

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Book: Why Are the Ice Caps Melting? The Dangers of Global Warming

By Anne Rockwell

Dreary planet outlook challenges tweens to act.

Review date: 11/26/2006

Age 9+

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Book: Hoot

By Carl Hiaasen

Award-winning tale is surprisingly uninventive.

Review date: 5/3/2006

Age 10+

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Book: An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming

By Al Gore

All evidence, no activism. Sure to depress kids.

Review date: 4/13/2007

Age 11+

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