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NOTE: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J177.7	Raatma, Lucia	Caring Describes caring as a virtue and suggests ways in which caring can be shown, such as recycling, donating to charity, helping others, and listening.	2000
J177.7 OLIEN	Olien, Rebecca	Kids Care! 75 Ways to Make a Difference for People, Animals, and the Environment	2007
J261.88 CARRO	Carroll, Michael	I Love God's Green Earth Kids love working on practical projects to help take care of the Earth; they are often the family's biggest proponents of recycling. This book will attract those eco-friendly kids and teach them how creation care can actually draw them closer to God.	2010
J304.2 KELSE	Kelsey, Elin	Not Your Typical Book About the Environment An entertaining, engaging, hopeful book written to help children realize their connections between their actions and the rest of the world.	2010
J332.72 ANSEL	Amsel, Sheri	The Everything Kids' Environment Book Contents: Understanding how our planet works -- Habitats of the world -- How we effect the environment -- The air and water -- Losing our wild treasures -- Garbage and recycling -- Environmentalism and green living -- Ways you can help the environment -- Actions to preserve our environment.	2007
J333.72 AMSEL	Amsel, Sheri	365 Ways to Live Green for Kids "…will give you new ideas on how to go green…from planting your own garden to making a litter stick…"--back cover.	2009
J333.72 BEATO	Beaton, Alyson	Grow: An Environmentally Friendly Book "We designed this book to follow your enviro-day, from the moment you wake until the moment you go to bed. Use the book to chart your activities every day!"--opposite title page.	2008
J333.72 COLEY	Coley, Mary McIntyre	Environmentalism : How You Can Make a Difference "Describes what environmental activism is and serves as a guide explaining how youth can make change in their world" --Provided by publisher.	2009
J333.72 DRISC	Driscoll, Michael	A Child's Introduction to the Environment Learn how the environment helps us -- and how we can help the environment.--back cover.	2008
J333.72 GOODI	Goodings, Christina	Growing Green: A Young Person's Guide to Taking Care of the Planet Taking care of small creatures, nurturing seeds, picking up trash, and recycling-this book will help you learn about simple ways to take care of our world.--back cover.	2008
J333.72 HEWIT	Hewitt, Sally	Your local environment	2009
J333.72 LEARN		Learn Every Day About Our Green Earth: 100 Best Ideas from Teachers Lesson plans to help teachers create environmental awareness in the classroom.	2010
J333.72 OSULL	O'Sullivan, Joanne	101 Ways You Can Help Save the Planet Before You're 12! Simple ideas to try at home, in your neighborhood and at school.	2009
J333.72 PARR	Parr, Todd	The EARTH Book Simple text and illustrations show how children can help protect the Earth.	2010
J333.72 RECYC		Recycle this Book: 100 Top Children's Book Authors Tell You How to Go Green "…a hundred of your favorite authors share their hopes, fears, and questions and reveal the changes they've made in their own lives to address one crucial issue: How do we save the planet?..."--back cover.	2009
J333.72 SIRET	Sirett, Dawn	Love Your World: How to Take Care of the Plants, the Animals, and the Planet "…from growing a garden in a tray to recycling trash, this book is full of fantastic ideas…"--back cover.	2009
J333.79 BARNH	Barnham, Kay	Save Energy (Environment Action Series) Contents: What is energy? -- Why save energy? -- Climate change -- Cleaner world -- Wind energy -- Solar energy -- Water energy -- Transportation -- Use it again! -- Turn it off! -- Saving energy at home -- Saving energy at school -- More ideas!	2008
J333.79 HEWIT	Hewitt, Sally	Using Energy	2009
J333.7923 HIRSC	Hirschmann, Kris	Solar Energy (Our Environment Series) Learn about this important energy source.	2006
J333.7924 JUETT	Juettner, Bonnie	Nuclear Power (Our Environment Series) Examines nuclear power, what it is and the future of nuclear power.	2007
J333.9116 BARNH	Barnham, Kay	Save Water (Environment Action Series) Contents: What is energy? -- Why save energy? -- Climate change -- Cleaner world -- Wind energy -- Solar energy -- Water energy -- Transportation -- Use it again! -- Turn it off! -- Saving energy at home -- Saving energy at school -- More ideas!	2008
J333.9516 BARNH	Barnham, Kay	Protect Nature (Environment Action Series) Contents: All about nature -- Is nature in danger? -- Climate change -- Cleaner world -- Natural habitats -- Endangered animals -- Nature reserves -- Marine reserves -- Stop, think, act! -- On vacation -- At home -- At school -- More ideas! -- Glossary -- Index.	2008
J333.9516 GUILL	Guillain, Charlotte	Caring for Nature (Help the Environment Series)	2008
J333.9539 POVEY	Povey, Karen D.	Biofuels (Our Environment Series) Examines energy and the environment, fuel from plants, the challenges of biofuels, and what the future holds.	2007
J338.4791 PARKS	Parks, Peggy J.	Ecotourism (Our Environment Series) Nature in peril -- Tourism with a conscience -- Something weird is happening in the wilderness -- Ecotourism today and tomorrow	2006
J363.7	Albert, Toni	I Heard the Willow Weep A poem about responsible care of the earth, with activity pages to help children learn about recycling, habitat preservation, endangered animals, rainforests, oceans, pollution, and ecology.	2000
J363.7		50 Simple Things Kids Can Do To Recycle Explains things that children can do to recycle at home, at school, or anywhere.	1994
J363.7 KALMA	Kalman, Bobbie	ABCs of the Natural World Series Read about the environment, insects, and more in this informative alphabet series.	2009
J363.7	McKay, Kim	True Green Kids: 100 things you can do to save the planet	2008
J363.7 MCKAY	McKay, Kim	True Green Kids: 100 Things You Can Do to Save the Planet	2008
J363.7	Penny, Malcolm	Our Environment Briefly discusses current environmental concerns such as recycling, waste disposal, and preservation of natural resources.	2000
J363.7	Robinson, Fay	Recycle That!	1995
J363.7 WALSH	Walsh, Melanie	10 Things I Can Do to Help My World Here are ten simple things we can all do to help the world we live in.-back cover.	2008
J363.70525 TAPPO	Tappouni, Mary	Me and Green Me and Green addresses the children who will love and make a difference to our Earth, and includes a special section for teachers and parents. In this, the first in a series of books and products by Breaking Ground Education Services, readers will learn p	2009
J363.70525 WINES	Wines, Jacquie	You Can Save the Planet: 50 Ways You Can Make a Difference Describes fifty useful things that readers can do to make their homes, schools, and neighborhoods more environmentally friendly, including how to save water around the house, what to do with kitchen leftovers, and why appliances should not be left on standby.	2008
J363.728 MINDE	Minden, Cecilia	Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle "Through engaging, interactive scenarios, learners can experiment with text prediction, purpose-driven research, and creative problem solving--all critical thinking skills--while learning about ways to care for our planet."--Back cover.	2010
J363.728 NELSO	Nelson, Sara Elizabeth	Let's Reduce Garbage! Simple text and photographs describe ways for children to reduce their garbage and why it's important to do so--Provided by publisher.	2007
J363.7282 BARNH	Barnham, Kay	Recycle (Environment Action Series) Contents: What is recycling? -- Why recycle? -- Dealing with garbage -- Cleaner world -- Recycling paper -- Recycling glass -- Recycling cans -- Recycling plastic -- Recycling textiles -- Reduce, reuse, recycle! -- Recycling at home -- Recycling at school -- More ideas!	2008
J363.7282 BARRA	Barraclough, Sue	Making a Difference Recycling Materials Discover how to make a difference to the planet by reusing things, reducing garbage, recycling materials, and respecting our world..	2008
J363.7282 HALL	Hall, Eleanor	Recycling (Our Environment Series) Explains what recycling is and why it's important for the future.	2005
J363.7282 HEWIT	Hewitt, Sally	Reduce and Reuse	2009
J363.7282	Hewitt, Sally	Waste and Recycling	2009
J363.7282 KNIGH	Knight, M J	Why Should I Recycle Garbage? Facts about how recycling can reduce waste and practical tips for kids about how they can contribute to waste reduction	2009
J363.7282	Mackenzie, Anne L.	Let's Recycle! Simple text and photographs describe recycling, why it is important, and simple ways children can recycle--Provided by publisher.	2007
J363.7282 NELSO	Nelson, Sara Elizabeth	Let's Reuse! Describes easy ways to reuse items and why it is important to do so.	2007
J363.7285	Maass, Robert	Garbage An introduction to the problems of waste management and the various ways we dispose of garbage. Includes tips on recycling.	2000
J363.7287	Parks, Peggy J.	Toxic Waste (Our Environment Series)	2006
J363.7384 DAVID	David, Laurie and Cambria Gordon	The Down to Earth Guide to Global Warming Discusses why global warming happens, the ways in which it impacts our planet, and how we can work together to stop it.	2007
J363.7386 PARKS	Parks, Peggy J.	Acid Rain (Our Environment Series) Discusses how acid rain has affected our natural resources.	2006
J363.73874 GORE	Gore, Al	An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming Adaptation of : An inconvenient truth: the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it / by Al Gore, 2006	2007
J363.73874	Wells, Robert	Polar Bear, Why is Your World Melting?	2008
J363.73875 NARDO	Nardo, Don	Ozone (Our Environment Series) Ozone's strange double nature -- Too much ozone -- Too little ozone -- Addressing the ozone problems.	2006
J363.7394 PARKS	Parks, Peggy J.	Water Pollution (Our Environment Series)	2007
J393.7025 ORME	Orme, Helen	Living Green	2009
J508.075 KELLY	Kelly, Erica	Evolving Planet	2008
J551.462 BURNS	Burns, Loree Griffin	Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam and the Science of Ocean Motion Describes the work of a man who tracks trash as it travels great distances by way of ocean currents.	2007
J553.7 HEWIT	Hewitt, Sally	Using Water	2009
J553.7 STRAU	Strauss, Rochelle	One Well: The Story of Water on Earth Water is a necessity of life on earth. Learn ways to protect it while learning water's story.	2007
J572.46 BANG	Bang, Molly	Living Sunlight: How the Sun Gives Us Life	2009
J577 MAGNE	Magner, Tim	An Environmental Guide From A to Z Uses people, places and concepts to reveal how the pieces and parts of nature weave, connect and link everything together.	2009
J577.16 SAYRE	Sayre, April Pulley	Trout Are Made of Trees Leaves and bacteria, insects and fish, bears and people, too--we're all part of one big circle of growing and eating and living.--Inside front flap.	2008
J577.279 MACFA	Macfarlane, Katherine	Pesticides (Our Environment Series)	2007
J577.27ORME	Orme, Helen	Habitat Destruction	2008
J578.737 GUIBE	Guiberson, Brenda	Life in the Boreal Forest The boreal forest is buried in ice and snow during winter. But in summer lakes teem with fish, and bogs swarm with insects. Follow a snowshoe hare, beavers, a lynx, and other animals as they survive a year in this endangered landscape.	2009
J585.5 CHIN	Chin, Jason	Redwoods A young city boy, riding the subway, finds an abandoned book about redwoods. He finds himself in the very forest described in the book. After finishing the book, he leaves it for someone else to read.	2009
J598.944 SCHUL	Schulman, Janet	Pale Male A red tail hawk and his mate build their nest near the top of a Fifth Avenue apartment building and bird watchers gather hoping to see the chicks in the nest.	2008
J599.25 MARKL	Markle, Sandra	Finding Home Based on the real-life story of a koala nicknamed Cinders that survived two bushfires.	2008
J599.7555 MONTG	Montgomery, Sy	Saving the Ghost of the Mountain	2009
J599.773 GEORG	George, Jean Craighead	The Wolves are Back For over a century, wolves were persecuted in the United States and nearly became extinct. Gradually reintroduced, they are thriving again in the West, much to the benefit of the ecosystem.	2008
J628.4	Gibbons, Gail	Recycle! A Handbook for Kids Explains the process of recycling from start to finish and discusses what happens to paper, glass, aluminum cans, and plastic when they are recycled into new products.	1992
J628.44 POVEY	Povey, Karen D.	Garbage (Our Environment Series) Learn about possible solutions to the problem of garbage disposal.	2006
J628.445	Jacobs, Francine	Follow that Trash!: All About Recycling Describes how metal, glass, plastic, and newspaper trash can be recycled.	1996
J629.2293 POVEY	Povey, Karen D.	Hybrid Cars (Our Environment Series) Discusses the effect that automobiles have had on the environment and the fact that the Earth's oil reserves are a nonrenewable resource, then describes how the new hybrid cars are providing solutions to some of these problems.	2006
J641.3 DALUI	D'Aluisio, Faith	What the World Eats A photographic collection exploring what the world eats featuring portraits of twenty-five families from twenty-one countries surrounded by a week's worth of food.	2008
J665.5 ROCKW	Rockwell, Anne F.	What's So Bad about Gasoline? Fossil Fuels and What They Do Discusses oil as a fossil fuel, the history of petroleum use, and the environmental problems created by gasoline engines.	2009
J676.142	Woods, Samuel G.	Recycled Paper Demonstrates how waste paper is recycled into useful household products at the Marcal paper mill.	2000
J709.2 ALBER	Albert, Michael	An Artist's America Reproductions of collages form the basis of Albert's introduction to his own artistic journey and of his passion for promoting the use of recycled materials in art.	2008
J745.5 ALTER	Alter, Anna	What Can You Do with an Old Red Shoe? A green activity book about re-use.	2009
J745.5 BULL	Bull, Jane	Make It!	2008
J745.5	Carlson, Laurie	EcoArt!: Earth-friendly Art & Craft Experiences for 3-to 9- Year Olds Presents art and craft projects that benefit the environment through such activities as recycling.	1992
J745.5 ELLIO	Elliot, Marion	Step-by-Step: 50 Recycled Crafts for Kids	1996
J745.5	Fiarotta, Phyllis	Cups & Cans & Paper Plate Fans: Craft Projects from Recycled Materials Gives step-by-step instructions for making a variety of craft projects from such recyclable items as paper bags, boxes, cans, dairy containers, and jars.	1993
J745.5	Llimos, Anna	Creating By Recycling Provides instructions for a variety of craft projects using such recycled items as foam trays, empty soda cans, cardboard tubes, plastic bottles, and pieces of cloth.	2000
J745.5 MARTI	Martin, Laura C.	Recycled Crafts Box Discusses recycling and provides information and instructions for making art projects from a variety of recycled materials.	2007
J745.5	Pfiffner, George	Earth-friendly Outdoor Fun: How to Make Fabulous Games, Gardens, and Other Projects from Reusable Objects Includes step-by-step instructions on how to convert materials such as scrap cardboard and plastic bottles into items for outdoor fun and use.	1996
J745.5 ROSS	Ross, Kathy	All New Crafts for Earth Day Presents over twenty simple craft projects for Earth Day that young children can make from everyday materials.	2006
J745.5 ROSS	Ross, Kathy	Earth-Friendly Crafts: Clever Ways to Reuse Everyday Items …shows you how to make crafts out of old playing cards, marker caps, toy cars, neckties, hairbrushes, and more.--back cover.	2009
J745.5 ROSS	Ross, Kathy	Every Day is Earth Day	1995
J745.5 SCHWA	Schwarz, Renee	Funky Junk: Cool Stuff to Make with Hardware Projects Include a robot pencil sharpener, a bungee bug bracelet, a guard dog coat hook, and a chess set.	2003
J745.5 SMITH	Smith, Heather	Earth-Friendly Crafts for Kids: 50 Awesome Things to Make with Recycled Stuff Provides instructions for using recycled materials to create fifty different crafts and offers tips for an earth-friendly lifestyle.	2002
J745.54	Connor, Nikki	Cardboard Tubes Provides instructions for making such items as a haunted house, princess puppet, pencil holder, and marble run from cardboard tubes of various shapes and sizes.	1997
J745.572	Connor, Nikki	Plastic Bottles Provides instructions for making such items as bangles, a rocket, a buggy, and a plant pot from plastic bottles.	1997
J745.592	Pfiffner, George	Earth-friendly Toys: How to Make Fabulous Toys and Games from Reusable Objects	1994
J779.9 ARTHU	Arthus-Bertrand, Yann	Our Living Earth …informs readers about the reality of the earth's balance and inspires them to do what they can to help the planet--front flap.	2008
J978.032 MARRI	Marrin, Albert	Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl	2009
JB M112N	Nivola, Claire	Planting the Trees of Kenya Picture book biography of Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize.	2008
JB P9383SL	Slaymaker, Melissa	Bottle Houses : The Creative World of Grandma Prisbrey An introduction to the world of folk artist Grandma Prisbrey.	2004
JB SCH153T	Turner, Pamela	A Life in the Wild: George Schaller's Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts Spotlights Schaller working, observing some of the world's most endangered animals.	2008
JE BERGE	Berger, Carin	OK Go In this almost wordless picture book, car drivers stuck in traffic under smoggy skies seek "greener" alternatives to driving, including riding bicycles, walking and playing.	2009
JE BETHE	Bethel, Ellie	Michael Recycle Meets Litterbug Doug	2009
JE BRODS	Brodsky, Kathy	My Bent Tree In this rhyming story, a little girl walking in the woods befriends a pine tree that is bent. The little girl and others work together to protect the trees and create a park near the mall. Includes discussion questions for teachers, parents and children.	2008
JE CHILD	Child, Lauren	We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers "…Lola wants her own real tree to plant, but first she must win the recycling contest…"--back cover.	2009
JE CURIO	Perez, Monica	Curious George Plants a Tree The mischievous monkey learns about protecting the environment by planting trees and recycling paper. Includes tips on conserving energy and resources.	2009
JE FRENC	French, Lisa S.	A Planet Called Home: Eco-Pig's Animal Protection One afternoon, E.P. and his friends Lou and McGee discover some new arrivals in town. There is a family of polar bears, a black-footed ferret, a sea otter, and a gray wolf whose homes had all been destroyed by pollution and global warming! E.P. invites th	2010
JE FRENC	French, Lisa S.	The Terrible Trash Trail In rhyming text, Eco-Pig wakes up from a nap to find his beautiful town of To-Be totally trashed.	2010
JE FRENC	French, Lisa S.	What Does It Mean To Be Green? E.P. thinks To-Be is beautiful! It is the place he wants to call home. After settling in the green apple tree, E.P. finds the town is not as eco-friendly as hed hoped! He sets out to educate his new neighbors with tips on saving energy and recycling.	2010
JE FRENC	French, Lisa S.	Who Turned Up the Heat? E.P.s super-sensitive snout has warned him that Earths thermostat has gone haywire! He sets out to see how global warming is upsetting the balance in Earths ecosystems.	2010
JE HANDY	Handy, Femida	Sandy's Incredible Shrinking Footprint During a visit to her grandfather's house at the beach, Sandy "learns that everyone has an ecological footprint--the mark they leave on the world--and that it is everyone's responsibility to shrink it."--Inside cover.	2010
JE INCHE	Inches, Alison	The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle "…peek into this plastic bottle's diary as he writes all about his wild journey…"	2009
JE KROLL	Kroll, Steven	Stuff! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Pinch is a pack rat who does not want to give up the possessions that are cluttering his house, but when he finally is persuaded to sell them at a neighborhood tag sale, he discovers the beauty of recycling. Includes tips on "reducing, reusing, and recycl	2009
JE LOPEZ	Lopez, Billy	This Is Serious! Recycling to the Rescue! "The Wonder Pets are on their way to rescue a baby racoon stuck in a recycling bin when the Flyboat breaks down! This is serious! They'll have to use old materials to build a new, better-than-ever Flyboat!"--Back cover.	2010
JE MIDDL	Middleton, Charlotte	Nibbles: A Green Tale Every guinea pig in Dandeville loves to eat dandelion leaves until there is only one plant left, and Nibbles secretly and carefully tends this treasure until he can share the seeds with his community.	2009
JE	Newton-John, Olivia	A Pig Tale Ziggy proudly invites other piglets and their parents to see what his father has made from all the things he has been saving.	1999
JE RAY	Ray, Jane	The Apple-Pip Princess In a land that has stood barren, parched by drought and ravaged by frosts since the Queen's death, the King sets his three daughters the task of making the kingdom bloom again, and discovers that sometimes the smallest things can make the biggest difference.	2007
JE REYNO	Reynolds, Aaron	Metal Man One hot summer day, a man who makes sculpture out of junk helps a boy create what he sees in his mind's eye.	2008
JE SIDDA	Siddals, Mary McKenna	Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth Apple cores Bananas, bruised Coffee grounds with filters, used Just add to the pot and let it all rot into Compost Stew!	2010
JE SPINE	Spinelli, Eileen	Miss Fox's Class Goes Green The students in Miss Fox's class lead their school in making choices to help keep the planet healthy, such as turning off lights when leaving a room, taking shorter showers, and using cloth bags instead of plastic ones.	2009
JE STOCK	Stockland, Patricia	Clean Up the Watering Hole! When the watering hole gets polluted, the animals band together to clean it up.	2008
JE	Van Laan, Nancy	Round and Round Again Mama recycles everything until the house is complete with walls covered with candy wrappers and shingles that used to be flap-jack flappers, and the whole town turns out to see her handmade rocketship.	1994
JE WALLA	Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth	Recycle Every Day! When Minna has a school assignment to make a poster about recycling, her entire rabbit family spends the week practicing various kinds of recycling and suggesting ideas for her poster.	2003
JE WILEY	Wiley, Thom	Big Earth, Little Me …"lift the flaps and celebrate simple ways to help the earth…"--back cover.	2009
JER LOEWE	Loewen, Nancy	Lady Lulu Liked to Litter Lady Lulu litters lots. Her leftovers fill the lawn, lane, and lake. Will a litter landslide swallow Lulu and all of Lucky Landing?	2009
JER MCNAM	McNamara, Margaret	Earth Day When Mrs. Connor's class celebrates Earth Day, Emma decides to start small by recycling, using only what she needs, and picking up trash when she goes for a walk.	2009
J BOARDBK CHOOS	Latimer, Miriam	Choose to Reuse: A Green Touch & Feel Book "In this clever touch-and-feel book, one child's trash is another child's treasure." --back cover	2009
J DONOV	Donovan, Gail	In Memory of Gorfman T. Frog When irrepressible fifth-grader Josh finds a five-legged frog in his backyard pond, it leads to him learning a lot about amphibians--and himself.	2009
J GLEIT	Gleitzman, Morris	Toad Away In his third adventure, Limpy the cane toad goes to the Amazon to learn the secret of living in harmony with humans.	2006
J HARPE	Harper, Charise Mericle	Just Grace Goes Green "…As always, Grace is ready to help out, but can she save the planet?..."--front flap.	2009
J HIAAS	Hiaasen, Carl	Hoot Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.	2002
J LISLE	Lisle, Janet Taylor	Highway Cats A hard-bitten group of mangy highway cats is changed forever after the mysterious arrival of three kittens.	2008
J MCDON	McDonald, Megan	Judy Moody Saves the World! When Judy Moody gets serious about protecting the environment, her little brother Stink thinks she is overdoing it, but she manages to inspire her third grade class to undertake an award-winning, environment-saving project.	2002
J QUATT	Quattlebaum, Mary	Jackson Jones and Mission Greentop His plot in a community garden brings 10-year-old Jackson Jones more zucchini than he cares to see and the unwanted attention of a bully, but when a company plans to destroy the garden, Jackson turns his attention to trying to save it.	2004
J SAINT	St. John, Lauren	The White Giraffe After a fire kills her parents, eleven-year-old Martine must leave England to live with her grandmother on a wildlife game reserve in South Africa, where she befriends a mythical white giraffe.	2006

NON-PRINT


CALL #	TITLE	DATE
DVD JE CURIO	Curious George Goes Green Curious George explores recycling, gardening, and helping the environment.	2006
DVD JE HANDY	Handy Manny's Green Team 5 Epidodes of Handy Manny focus on environmental issues.	2006
DVD J333.72 SCHOO	School House Rock! Earth Featuring classic characters as Interplanet Jane and Mr. Morton, this collection of 10 new cartoons focuses on ways to save the environment, like water conservation and biodiversity. Songs include: Solar Power To The People, The Rainforest, and more.	2006
DVD J363.7282 RESPE	Respect Yo' Mama Designed to act as a reference and to help reinforce, refine, and build on viewers' current understanding and knowledge of recycling.	2006
DVD J363.7 SESAM	Being Green "Elmo and Abby find out it can be easy being green when they stumble upon the Earth-a-thon…"--back cover.	2006

WEB SITES

Allen County Solid Waste Management District
http://www.acwastewatcher.com/

Are You Eco-Friendly?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/sysm/eco/eco_friendly.shtml?page=index

Barnaby Bear's Recycling Game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/barnabybear/games/recycle.shtml

Be a Green Kid
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/home_family/go_green.html

Clean Sweep USA
http://www.cleansweepusa.org

EcoKids Games and Activities
http://ecokids.ca/pub/games_activities/index.cfm

EEK! Environmental Education for Kids
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/

EPA Environmental Kids Club
http://www.epa.gov/kids/index.htm

The Green Squad: A Project of the Natural Resources Defense Council
http://www.nrdc.org/greensquad/intro/intro_1.asp

Kids' Environmental Report Card
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/kerc/index.htm

Kid's Planet
http://www.kidsplanet.org/

Recycle Zone
http://www.recyclezone.org.uk/home.aspx

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