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Love Your Mother Earth - Environmentalism
Read a book about environmentalism or nature.

Adult Recommendations:
Nonfiction: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Fiction: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Young Adult Recommendations:
Nonfiction: Imaginary Borders by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
Fiction: The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

Kids' Middle Grade Recommendations:
Nonfiction: A World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky
Fiction: Every Leaf a Hallelujah by Ben Okri 

Children's Recommendations:
Nonfiction: Our House is on Fire by Jeanette Winter
Fiction: Does Earth Feel by Mark Majewski 
All books added
Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality by Eliot Schrefer

Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality

Eliot Schrefer

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ nature science young adult funny informative fast-paced
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Miranda Paul

One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia

Miranda Paul

32 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction informative slow-paced
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks by Amy Stewart

The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

Amy Stewart

611 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history science informative lighthearted slow-paced
Ice Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey Through the Fragile Arctic by James Raffan

Ice Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey Through the Fragile Arctic

James Raffan

192 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction nature science reflective sad medium-paced
The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

The Nature of Witches

Rachel Griffin

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy young adult adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Finding the Mother Tree: Finding the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard

Finding the Mother Tree: Finding the Wisdom of the Forest

Suzanne Simard

12 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography nature science informative reflective medium-paced
Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science by Dr. Jessica Hernandez

Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science

Dr. Jessica Hernandez

9 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction nature science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Farming the Woods: An Integrated Permaculture Approach to Growing Food and Medicinals in Temperate Forests by Ken Mudge, Steve Gabriel

Farming the Woods: An Integrated Permaculture Approach to Growing Food and Medicinals in Temperate Forests

Ken Mudge, Steve Gabriel

359 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction nature informative slow-paced
Once & Future by Cory McCarthy, A.R. Capetta

Once & Future

Once & Future #1

Cory McCarthy, A.R. Capetta

10 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Children & Other Wild Animals: Notes on Badgers, Otters, Sons, Hawks, Daughters, Dogs, Bears, Air, Bobcats, Fishers, Mascots, Charles Darwin, Newts, by Brian Doyle

Children & Other Wild Animals: Notes on Badgers, Otters, Sons, Hawks, Daughters, Dogs, Bears, Air, Bobcats, Fishers, Mascots, Charles Darwin, Newts,

Brian Doyle

163 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature informative reflective medium-paced