The following are books about recycling that we found in our library. These are not all the books in the world about recycling, so visit your local library.:-)
Asimov, Isaac. Where Does Garbage Go? Milwaukee: Gareth Stevens Children's Books, 1992.
Blashfield, Jean and Wallace Black. Recycling. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1991.
Earth Works Group Inc. 50 things you can do to save the earth. Berkeley: Earthworks Group 1989.
Earth Works Group Inc. The Recycler's Handbook: Simple Things You can Do. Berkeley: The Earthworks Group, 1990.
Gibbons, Gail. Recycle! Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992.
Goodman, Billy. How to save the Planet. New York: Avon Books, 1990.
Hadingham, Evan and Janet Hadingham. Garbage! Where it Comes From, Where it Goes. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.
Jacobs, Francine. Follow That Trash! All About Recycling. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1996.
Lefkowits, R.J. Save It! Keep It! Use It Again! A Book About Conservation and Recycling. New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1977.
MacEachern, Diane. Save our Planet. New York: Dell Publishing, 1990.
Robinson, Fay. Recycle That! Chicago: Childrens Press, 1995. (good for children ages 4-7)
Schwartz, Linda. Earth Book for Kids. Santa Barbara: The Learning Works Inc., 1990.
Woodburn, Judith. Garbage and Recycling. Milwaukee: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 1992.
Great Books for Teachers
The American Forest Institute. Project Learning Tree. Washington D.C., 1977.
Polpresert, Chongrak. Organic Waste Recycling. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1989.
Spizman, Robyn and Marianne Garber, Ph.D. What on Earth You Can Do with Kids: Environmental Activities for Every Day of the School Year. Carthage: Good Apple, 1991.
Other Great Books
Krull, Kathleen. It's My Earth, Too. New York: Delacorte Press, 1992.
Palmer, Joy. Recycling Plastic. New York: Franklin Watts, 1990.
Skidmore, Steve. What a Load of Trash: Rescue Your Household Waste. Brookfield: The Millbrook Press, 1991.
Weir, Sam and Mary Weir. How We Made a Million Dollars Recycling Old Houses. Chicago: Contemporary Books, Inc., 1979.
Wilcox, Charlotte. Trash! Minneapolis: Carolroda Books, Inc., 1988.
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