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Lending Library

Ecology Center
The lending library is open to the general public, including teachers and educators.  It includes books and videos that focus on our natural environment both locally and globally.  All materials are available for check-out and are allowed out for three weeks.

Below is an updated list of children books available.

 

Title Author
50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth The Earth Works Group
A Cool Drink of Water (2) Barbara Kerley
A Drop of Water Walter Wick
A Freshwater Pond Adam Hibbert
A Frog in the Bog Karma Wilson & Joan Rankin
A River Ran Wild (3) Lynne Cherry
A Salmon for Simon Betty Waterton
A Swim through the Sea Kristin Joy Pratt
A Trail through Leaves  
A Tree is Nice Janice May Udry
Adventures with Freshwater Animals Richard Headstrom
Aliens from Earth Mary Batten
Animal Trackers by Lakes and Rivers Tessa Paul
Aquatic Plants: The underwater forests of lakes and rivers Florida Environmental Protection
Around the Pond Who's Been There Lindsay Barrett George
Bear Snores On Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman
Box Turtle at Long Pond William George
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Verna Aardema
Cloud Dance Thomas Locker
Come Back, Salmon Molly Cone
Common Grounds Molly Bang
Discovering Endangered Species Nancy Field/ Sally Machlis
Discovery Salmon: A Nature Activity Book (2) Nancy Field/ Sally Machlis
Don’t Wake Up the Bear! Marjorie Dennis Murray
Down Comes the Rain Franklyn M. Branley
Dragonfly Beetle Butterfly Bee Maryjo Koch
Drinking Water Helen Frost
Drops of Water Bob Reese
Ducks Don't Get Wet Augusta Goldin
Earthwatch: Earth cycles and ecosystems Beth Savan
Ecology Crafts for Kids: 40 Great Ways to Make Friends With Planet Earth Bobbe Needham
El ciclo del agua/The Water Cycle Helen Frost
Environmental Science 49 Science Fair Project (2) Robert Bonnet
Everglades Jean Geroge
Fairy Boat Tracy Kane
Fall is Not Easy Marty Kelley
Flower Garden Eve Bunting
Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean Arthur Dorros
Forest Bright, Forest Night Jennifer Ward
Frogs, Toads, and Turtles Diane Burns
Going Green: A Kids Handbook to Saving the Planet John Elkington
Good-Night, Owl! Pat Hutchins
Great Experiments with H2O Noel Fiarotta
Groundhog Stays Up Late Margery Cuyler
Here is the Wetland Madeleine Durphy
How Nature Works David Burnie, Readers's Digest
How the Earth Works John Farndon
How the Forest Grew William Jaspersohn
How to Cross a Pond Marilyn Singer
I am Water Jean Marzollo
I Can Save the Earth Anita Holmes
If The Water Could Talk… Stuart A. Kallen
In My World Lois Ehlert
In the Small, Small Pond Denise Fleming
In the Tall, Tall Grass Denise Fleming
Joyful Noise: Poems for two voices Paul Fleischman
Lake and Pond  
Leapfrogging Through Wetlands Margaret Anderson
Leo's Tree Debora Pearson
Little Beaver and the Echo Amy MacDonald 
Loon Magic (3) Tom Klein
Lost in the Woods Carl R. Sams II & Jean Stoick
Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey
Marshes & Swamps Gail Gibbons
Monarch Butterfly Gail Gibbons
Moon Loon Sandy Ferguson Fuller
Morning on the Lake Jan Bourdeau Waboose
My Friend Whale Simon James
My River Shari Halperin
My Water Comes from the Mountains Tiffany Fourment
Mysteries & Marvels of Bird Life Ian Wallace
Oceans Seymour Simon
Oceans & Seas Chris Arvetis
One Small Square Pond Donald Silver
One-Dog Canoe Mary Casanova
Our Endangered Planet Rivers/Lakes Mary Hoff
Over in the Meadow Ezra Jack Keats
Paddle-to-the-Sea Holling Clancy Holling
Peek at a Pond Neecy Twinem
Pond Lake River Sea Maryjo Koch
Pond Life (2) Barbara Taylor
Pond Water Zoo