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The recommended books for teaching Clean and Green are organized on this page by the grade level for which they are listed in the lesson plans.

Kindergarten

• “Andy Goldsworthy”. Morning Earth: Artist/Naturalist Pages. December 19, 2010.
• Berger, Melvin. Chirping Crickets. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1998.
• Brown, Jeff. Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1964.
• Collaboration with Nature. YouTube Video posted by suedojane. December 19, 2010. 
• Goldsworthy, Andy. A Collaboration with Nature. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, inc., 1990.
• Madden, Don. The Wartville Wizard. New York, NY: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1993.
• Natural Clocks: Cricket chirps. 9 Section Chemistry 6. December 19, 2010.
• Pearson, Emily. Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed. Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2002.
• PowerPoint in the Classroom. ACT360 Media Ltd. 1998-2009. December 19, 2010.
• Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time – Trailer. YouTube Video posted by New Video Digital. December 19, 2010.
• Rylant, Cynthia. When I was Young in the Mountains. New York, NY: Dutton Children’s Books, 1982.
• Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat by Seuss. New York, NY: Random House, 1985.
• Sobel, David. Mapmaking with Children: Sense of Place Education for the Elementary Years. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1998.
• Time Lapse Leaves. YouTube Video posted by The Shorthorn - University of Texas-Arlington news. December 19, 2010.
• Zemach, Kaethe. Just Enough and Not Too Much. New York, NY: Scholastic Press, 2003.

First Grade

• Andrews, Ted. Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2005.
• Bang, Molly. When Sophie Gets Angry. New York, NY: Blue Sky Press, 1999.
• Bruchac, Joseph. The Great Ball Game. New York, NY: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1994.
• Clements, Andrew. Big Al. New York, NY: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1988.
• Condon, Mark W. F., and McGuffee, Michael. Real ePublishing, Really Publishing!: How to Create Digital Books by and for All Ages. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2001.
• Cook, Julia. My Mouth is a Volcano!. Chattanooga, TN: National Center for Youth Issues, 2005.
• Esbensen, Barbara J. The Star Maiden. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co., 1988.
• Fyleman, Rose. A Fairy Went A-Marketing. New York, NY: Dutton Children’s Books, 1986.
• Grummer, Arnold. Complete Guide to Easy Papermaking. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1999.
• Lionni, Leo. It’s Mine!. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1985.
• “Making Paper: Experience the Fiber of Learning”. KidsGardening.com. 2002. National Gardening Association. December 19, 2010.
• Mazer, Anne. The Salamander Room. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1991.
• McLerran, Alice. Roxaboxen. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1991.
• Nelson, S. D. The Gift Horse. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1999.
• RealeWriter. Version 4.0.1. 2003-2010. RealeStudios, LLC. December 19, 2010. Siberell, Anne. Whale in the Sky. New York, NY: Dutton Children’s Books, 1982.
• Sobel, David. Mapmaking with Children: Sense of Place Education for the Elementary Years. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1998.
• Yep, Laurence. The Butterfly Boy. New York, NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1993.

Second Grade

• Williams, Karen L. Galimoto. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1991.
• “Bird Guide”. Celebrate Urban Birds. 2010. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. December 19, 2010.
• “Focal Species Tally Sheet”. Celebrate Urban Birds. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. December 19, 2010.
• Sobel, David. Mapmaking with Children: Sense of Place Education for the Elementary Years. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1998.
• Van Allsburg, Chris. Just a Dream. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990.
• Seuss, Dr. The Lorax. New York, NY: Random House, 1971.
• Baker, Jeannie. Home. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2004.
• Siberell, Anne. Whale in the Sky. New York, NY: Dutton Children’s Books, 1982.
• Steiner, Jorg. Rabbit Island. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977.