Suggested PLT Literature
Acker, Kerry. Eyes on Nature: Backyard Animals. Kidsbooks, Inc. 1998
Albert, Richard E. Alejandro’s Gift. The Trumpet Club, Inc. 1994
Albert, Toni. A Kid’s Fall EcoJournal: With Nature Activities for Exploring the Season. Trickle Creek Books. 1997
Albert, Toni. A Kid’s Winter EcoJournal: With Nature Activities for Exploring the Season. Trickle Creek Books. 1998
American Camping Association. Stories for the Campfire. American Camping Association. 2000
Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno’s Magic Seeds. Philomel Books. 1999
Anthony, Joseph. In A Nutshell. Dawn Publications. 1999
Banyai, Istvan. The Other Side. Chronicle Books. 2005
Banyai, Istvan. Zoom. Puffin Books.1995
Base, Graeme. The Water Hole. Penguin Books. 2001
Base, Graeme. Animalia. Harry N. Abrams. 1987
Beadle, David M. The Day the Trash Came Out to Play. Ezra’s Earth Publishing. 2004
Berger, Melvin and Gilda. Water, Water Everywhere. Ideals Children’s Books. 1995
Blackwood, Gary L. Wild Timothy. Scholastic. 2003
Bosveld, Jane. While A Tree Was Growing. Workman Publishing. 1999
Brill, Steve with Evelyn Dean. Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants. Harper Collins Publishers.1994
Brown, Vinson. Investigating Nature through Outdoor Projects. Stackpole Books. 1983
Bruchac, Joseph. Native American Animal Stories. Fulcrum Publishing. 1992
Bruchac, Joseph. The First Strawberries. Puffin Books, 1993
Bulla, Clyde Robert. A Tree Is A Plant . Harper Collins Publishers, Inc. 1960
Bunting, Eve. Someday A Tree. Clarion Books. 1993
Burns, Diane L. Trees, Leaves and Bark. North Word Press. 1995 Buscaglia, Leo. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf. Slack, Inc. 1982
Butzow, Carol and John Butzow. Science Through Children’s Literature: An Integrated Approach. Teacher Ideas Press. 2000
Carle, Eric. The Tiny Seed. Aladdin. 1987
Carter, Alden R. Between A Rock and A Hard Place. Scholastic. 1995
Castaldo, Nancy. Sunny Days and Starry Nights. Chicago Review Press.1997
Cherry, Lynne. A River Ran Wild. Harcourt. 1992
Cherry, Lynne. The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1990
Chevellier, Chiara. The Secret Life of Trees. DK Children Publisher. 1999
Collard III, Sneed B. Beaks!. Charlesbridge. 2002
Cosgrove, Stephen, Trapper. Price Stern Sloan. 1982
Caduto, Michael J. Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children. Fulcrum Publishing. 1999 deHugo, Pierre. In the Forest (First Discovery Book). Cartwheel Books. 2001
DePaola, Tomie. The Legend of the Bluebonnet. Paperstar Book. 1983
DePaola, Tomie. The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush. Paperstar Book. 1988
Demuth, Patricia. Johnny Appleseed. Grosset & Dunlap. 1996
Donahue, Mike. The Grandpa Tree. Roberts Rinehart, Inc. 1988
Doolittle, Bev, and Elise Maclay. The Forest Has Eyes. The Greenwich Workshop Press. 1998
Drake, Jan and Ann Love. America at Work: Forestry. Kids Can Press. 1996
Driscoll, Laura. Apples and How They Grow. Penguin Young Readers. 2003
Ehlert, Lois. Leaf Man. Harcourt, Inc. 2005
Ellis, Brian “Fox”. Learning from the Land: Teaching Ecology through Stories and Activities. Teacher Ideas Press. 1997
Ferra, Lorraine. A Crow Doesn’t Need A Shadow. Gibbs Smith Publisher. 1994
Flagg, Ann and Terri Ory. Teaching Science with Favorite Picture Books. Scholastic Professional Books. 1998
Flood, Renee Samson. Under Fire: The West Is Burning. Tom Fenske. 2001 Fowler, Allan. Our Living Forests. Children’s Press. 1999
Fraser, Mary. Forest Fire! Troll Communications. 1996
Fredericks, Anthony D. Under One Rock: Bugs, Slugs and Other Ughs Dawn Publications.2001
Friesberg, Daniel A. A Sense of Place: Teaching Children About the Environment with Picture Books. Teacher Ideas Press. 1999
Gaff, Jackie. (I Wonder Why) Pine Trees Have Needles and Other Questions About Forests. Kingfisher.2005
Geisel, Theodor Seuss. The Lorax. Random House. 1971
Geono, Jean. The Man Who Planted Trees. Chelsea Green Publishing. 1985
George, Kristine O’Connell. Old Elm Speaks. Clarion Books. 1998
George, Kristine O’Connell. Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems. Clarion Books. 2001
George, Lindsay Barrett. In the Woods: Who’s Been Here?. Tien Wah Press. 1995
Gibbons, Gail. Click! A Book About Cameras and Taking Pictures. Scholastic. 1999
Gibbons, Gail. The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree. Voyager Books. 1984
Gibbons, Gail. Recycle!: A Handbook for Kids. Little Brown and Company. 1992
Giesel, Theodor S. The Cat In the Hat Comes Back. Random House. 1986
Glock, Jenna, Susan Wertz and Maggie Meyer. Discovering the Naturalist Intelligence. Zephyr Press. 1999
Gove, Doris. My Mother Talks to Trees. Peachtree Publishers. 1999
Green, Jen. Small Worlds: A Dead Log. Crabtree Publishing. 1999
Grummer, Arnold. Tin Can Papermaking: Recycle for Earth and Art. Greg Markim, Inc. 1994
Hanson, Bob and Bill Roemmich. Stories for the Campfire. American Camping Association. 2000
Harriot,Ray. Stories for Around the Campfire. Campfire Publishing Company.1986
Heizmann, Sam and Tanya Stubbs. The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century. Island Press. 1999 Hiscock, Bruce. The Big Tree. Boyds Mills Press. 1991
Hodges, Margaret. The True Tale of Johnny Appleseed. Scholastic. 1997
Hodgkins, Fran. If You Were My Baby: A Wildlife Lullaby. Dawn Publishing.2005
Holt, Laurence. Stikky Trees. Laurence Holt Books. 2005
Hooper, Meredith. The Drop in My Drink: The Story of Water On Our Planet. The Penguin Group. 1998
Hummon, David. Animal Acrostics. Dawn Publications. 1999
Hunt, Paul. Night Diary. Child’s Play, Ltd. 1992
Ireland, Karin. Wonderful Nature, Wonderful You. Dawn Publishing.1996
Iverson, Diane Discover the Seasons. Dawn Publishing.1996
Iverson, Diane. My Favorite Tree: Terrific Trees of North America. Dawn Publications. 1999
Janeczko, Paul B. How to Write Poetry. Scholastic, Inc. 1999
Jaspersohn, William. How the Forest Grew. Greenwillow Books. 1980
Kalman, Bobbie and Kathryn Smithyman. What Is A Forest? Crabtree Publishing. 2003
Kalman, Bobbie. The Life Cycle of A Tree. Crabtree Publishing Company. 2002
Kirkland, Jane with Dorothy Burke and Melanie Palaisa. Take A Tree Walk. Anro Printing. 2002
Kitchen, Bert. And So They Build. Candlewick Press. 1993
Kohl, MaryAnn F. Good Earth Art. Bright Ring Publishing. 1991
Korman, Gordon. Shipwreck Island. Scholastic. 2001
Kudlinski, Kathleen V. The Sunset Switch. Northwood Press. 2005
Lauber, Patricia. Who Eats What? Harper Collins Publishers. 1995
Leavell, Chuck and Nicholas Cravotta. The Tree Farmer. VSP Books. 2005
Leedy, Loreen The Great Trash Bash. Holiday House. 2000
Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac-and Sketches Here and There. Oxford University Press. 1968
Lindbergh, Reeve. Johnny Appleseed. Little, Brown and Company. 1990 Lock, Deborah and Lorrie Mack. Eye Wonder: Forest. DK Publishing. 2004
Lock, Deborah. Garden Friends. DK Publishing. 2003
Locker, Thomas. Home: A Journey Through America. Harcourt Brace and Company. 1998
Locker, Thomas. Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art. Harper Collins Publishers. 1995
Locker, Thomas. Water Dance. Harcourt.1997
London, Jonathan. Fire Race: A Karuk Coyote Tale. Chronicle Books. 1993
Louv, Richard. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005
Louv. Richard. The Web of Life: Weaving the Values That Sustain Us. Conari Press. 1996
Luneau, Terri Roberts. Big Woods Bird: An Ivorybill Story. Kury Lane, Inc. 2005.
Lyon, George Ella. A B Cedar: An Alphabet of Trees. Orchard Books. 1989
MacDonald, Margaret R. Earth Care: World Folktales to Talk About. Linnet Books. 1999
Maclean, Norman. Young Men and Fire. The University of Chicago Press. 1993
Madden, Don. The Wartville Wizard. Aladdin Paperbacks. 1986
Maestro, Betsy. Why Do Leaves Change Color?. HarperCollins. 1994
Martin, Patricia A. Fink. Woods and Forests. Franklin Watts. 2000
Masoff, Joy. Fire! Scholastic. 2002
McKinney, Barbara Shaw. A Drop Around the World. Dawn Publications. 1998
McKinney, Barbara Shaw. Pass the Energy Please! Dawn Publishing. 1999
Miller, Debbie S. Are Trees Alive? Walker & Company. 2002
Miller, William. Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree. Lee and Low Books, Inc.1994
Moreland, Lucy. Wildlife Challenge. August House. 1992
Morrison, Gordon. Oak Tree. Houghton Mifflin Company. 2000
National Museum of Forest Service History. Camp Cooking: 100 Years. Gibbs Smith Publishers. 2004 National Science Teachers Association. Deforestation. NSTA. 1997
O’Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins. Dell Laurel-Leaf. 1960
Oliver, Mary. A Poetry Handbook. Harcourt, Inc. 1994
Olmstead, Adrienne. My Nature Journal: A Personal Nature Guide for Young People. Pajaro. 2000
Overbeck, Cynthia. How Seeds Travel. Lerner Publications. 1982
Pascoe, Elaine. How and Why Seeds Travel. Creative Teaching Press. 2000
Paulsen, Gary. Guts. Scholastic. 2001
Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet. Scholastic. 1987
Pfeffer, Wendy. A Log’s Life. Simon and Schuster. 1997
Pittman, Helena Clare. A Grain of Rice. A Yearling Book. 1986
Politano, Colleen. Lost in the Woods: Child Survival for Parents and Teachers. ICS Books, Inc. 1993
Reed-Jones, Carol. The Tree in the Ancient Forest. Dawn Publications. 1995
Relf, Pat. The Magic School Bus:Wet All Over—A Book About the Water Cycle. Scholastic. 1996
Rey, Margret and H.A. Rey. Curious George at the Fire Station. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1985
Rich, Steve. Outdoor Science Classroom. Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company, Inc. 1999
Rico, Gabriele. Writing the Natural Way. Tarcher/Putnam. 2000
Robinson, Sandra Chisholm. The Rainstick: A Fable. The Globe Pequot Press. 1994
Rockwell, Robert E., Elizabeth A. Sherwood and Robert A. Williams. Hug a Tree and Other Things To Do Outdoors with Young Children. Gryphon House, Inc. 1986
Romanova, Natalia. Once There Was A Tree. Puffin Books. 1985
Ruurs, Margriet. When We Go Camping Tundra Books. 2001.
Russo, Monica. Watching Nature: A Beginner’s Field Guide. Sterling. 2002
Sacks, Janet, Polly Goodman, and Steve Parker. Arty Facts: Animals and Art Activities. Crabtree Publishing Co. 2002 Sanders, Scott Russell. Meeting Trees. National Geographic Society. 1997
Sensel, Joni The Garbage Monster. Dream Factory Books. 2000
Sharp, Bill. The New Complete Guide to Environmental Careers. Island Press. 1993
Showers, Paul, Where Does the Garbage Go? Harper Collins Publishers. 1994
Silverstein, Shel. The Giving Tree. Harper Collins Publisher. 1964
Simon, Seymour. Fighting Fires. Scholastic, Inc. 2002
Singer, Marilyn. Quiet Night. Clarion Books. 2002
Sobel, David. Beyond Ecophobia: Reclaiming the Heart in Nature Education. The Orion Society. 1966
Speare, Elizabeth George. The Sign of the Beaver. Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers. 1983
Spier, Peter. Rain. Scholastic. 1982
Steinberg, Laya. All Around Me I See. Dawn Publications. 2005
Sweeney, Linda Booth. When A Butterfly Sneezes. Pegasus Communications Inc. 2001
Taback, Simms. Joseph Had A Little Overcoat. The Penguin Group. 1999
Thornhill, Jan. A Tree In A Forest. Greey de Pencier Books. 1994
Tourtillott, Suzanne. Making & Keeping Creative Journals. Lark Books. 2001
Tresselt, Alvin. The Gift of the Tree. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books. 1992
True, Alianor. Wildfire: A Reader. Island Press. 2001
Udry, Janice May. A Tree is Nice. HarperCollins. 1984
Van Allsburg, Chris. Just a Dream. Houghton Mifflin. 1990
Van Dusen, Chris. A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee. Chronicle Books. 2003
Ward, Jennifer. Forest Bright, Forest Night. Dawn Publishing. 2005
White, Linda. Cooking On A Stick: Campfire Recipes for Kids. Gibbs Smith Publisher. 1996
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House in the Big Woods. Harper Trophy.1971
Wilkes, Angela. Animal Homes. Kingfisher. 2003