The Lending Library is a compilation of teaching resources for use by city residents. Contact Judy Hagen for further information jhagen@ci.perrysburg.oh.us
ANTS
Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros
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BIRDS
Backyard Bird Watching for Kids by George H. Harrison
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BUGS/INSECTS
Insects and Crawly Creatures by Aladdin Books
What is an Insect? by Jenifer Day
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COMPOSTING
All About Composting by Ohio EPA
Compost! Growing Garden From Your Garbage by Linda Glaser
The Magic School Bus Meets the Rot Squad by Scholastic
Compost by Gosh by Michelle Eva Portman
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COMPOSTING - ADULT LEVEL
Backyard Composting by the Earth Machine Company
Easy Composter You Can Build by Nick Noyes
Let It Rot! by Stu Campbell
The Rodale Book of Composting
Compost by Smith & Hawkins
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EARTH DAY
Celebrating Earth Day by Robert Gardner
Children of the Earth...Remember by Schim Schimmel
Common Ground by Molly Bang
Dear Children of the Earth by Schim Schimmel
Earth's Endangered by Virginia Kroll
Earth & Me: Our Family Tree by J. Patrick Lewis
Earth Day: Let's Meet by Barbara deRubertis
Earth: Where Would We Be Without It? by Kathleen W. Kranking
Earth Day Story by Linda Lowery
Every Day is Earth Day by Kathy Ross
For the Love of the Earth by P.K. Hallinan
Grover's 10 Terrific Ways to Help Our Wonderful World by Sesame Street
On the Day You Were Born by Debra Frasier
Taking Care of the Earth by Billy Goodman
The Berenstain Bears - Don't Pollute Anymore by Stan & Jan Berenstain
The Day the Earth Was Silent by Michael McGuffee
The Earth and I by Frank Asch
This is Our Earth by Laura Lee Benson
What Planet Are You From Clarice Beans? by Lauren Child
Wonderful Earth by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen
Wonderful Earth Grades K-3
Wump World by Bill Peet
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GARBAGE
Aunt Ippy's Museum of Junk by Rodney A. Greenblatt
Cartons, Cans and Orange Peels. Where Does Your Garbage Go? by Joanna Foster
Dear Garbage Man by Gene Zion
Garbage by Robert Maass
Garbage and Recycling by Sally Morgan and Rosie Harlow
Garbage Monster by Joni Sense
In My Neighborhood - Garbage Collectors by Paulette Bourgeois and Kim LaFave
"It's Not My Job" by Ted Lish and Charles Jordan
Oscar's Book by Jeffrey Moss
Pigsty by Mark Teague
The Great Trash Bash by Loreen Leedy
The Littles and the Trash Tinies by John Peterson
The Tin Forest by Helen Ward and Wayne Anderson
Too Much Garbage by Fulvio Tesla
Trash Trucks by Daniel Kirk
Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha
Where Does theGarbage Go? by Paul Showers
Where Does the Garbage Go? by Soar to Success
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GLOBAL WARMING
The Difference a Day Makes by Karen M. Jones
How to Make a Difference--One Day at a Time by Michael Norton
The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming by Laurie David and Cambria Gordon
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LITTER
Dennis and the Big Cleanup by Adrian Raeside
Lassie and the Big Cleanup Day by Golden Book
Michael Recycle Meets LItterbug Doug by Ellie Bethel
Our Park by Mercer Mayer
Trash Trouble by Larry Dane Brimmer
Wartville Wizard by Don Madden
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PLANTING
City Green by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan
Garden Crafts for Kids by Diane Rhoades
Garden Wizardry for Kids by L. Patricia Kite
Grow Again by Elizabeth Macleod
How a Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan
Kids Garden! by Avery Hart and Paul Mantell
Miss Rumphies by Barbara Cooney
My First Garden Book
Oh Say Can You Seed? Dr. Seuss by Bonnie Worth
One Bean by Anne Rockwell
The Berenstain Bears Grow It! by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Plant a Garden in Your Sneakers by Diane Burns and Jill A. Burns
Roots, Shoots, Bucket and Boots by Sharon Lovejoy
The Plant and Grow Project Book by Ulla Dietl
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POEMS
Creatures of Earth, Sea and Sky by Georgia Heard
Earth Care by Margaret Read McDonald
Earth Dance by Norman Gorbaty
Old Elm Speaks by Kristine O'Connell George
Our Big Home by Linda Glaser
Sing of the Earth and Sky by Aileen Fisher
The Earth is Painted Green by Barbara Brenner
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PROJECT BOOKS
175 Amazing Nature Experiments by Harlow & Morgan
200 Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird & Fun Experiments by Janice VanCleaver
365 Outdoor Activities
Berenstain Bears Science Fair
Bottle Biology
Discovering the Naturalist Intelligence
Earthways by Carol Petrash
Eco-Fun by David Suzucki
Ecology (4th - 8th grade)
Ecology Crafts for Kids by Bobbe Needham
Ecology for Every Kid by Janice VanCleaver
Kid Style Nature Crafts by Gwen Diehn and Terry Krautwurst
Nature Crafts for Kids by Gwen Diehn and Terry Krautwurst
Nature for Fun Projects
Nature Watch by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom
Project Seasons by Deborah Parella
Science Fair Projects - The Environment
The Earth Science Book by Dinah Zike
The Mad Scientist Handbook and The Mad Scientist Handbook 2 by Joey Green
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QUILTS
Eight Hands Round - A Patchwork Alphabet by Ann Whitford Paul
Quilting Now & Then by Karen Bates Willing & Julie Bates Dock
Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt by Barbara Smucker
The Boy and the Quilt by Shirley Kurtz
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
The Quilt by Ann Jonas
The Quilt Story by Tony Johnston & Tomie dePaola
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RECYCLING
Barn Savers by Linda Oatman High
Bob the Builder - Bob's Recycling Day by Annie Averbach
Crashed, Smashed and Mashed by Joyce Slayton Mitchell
It's a Dream by Chris VanAllsburg
Johnny & the Old Oak Tree by Rachael Peterpaul Paulson
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
Junk, Sweet Junk by Molly Wigand
Maebelle's Suitcase by Tricia Tusa
My Bag and Me by Karen Farmer
My Big Green Teacher by MIchelle Y. Glennon
Re-Cycle by Michael Elsohn Ross
Recycle by Gail Gibbons
Sir Johnny's Recycling Adventure by Rachael Peterpaul Paulson
Something From Nothing by Phoebe Gilman
Stay Away From the Junkyard by Tricia Tusa
Stuff by Steven Kroll
The Adventures of an Aluminum Can by Little Green Books
The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle by Little Green Book
The Dumpster Diver by Janet S. Wong
The Great Recycling Adventure by Jan McHarry
The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills
The Three R's by Nuris Roca
We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers by Lauren Child
Young Discoverers - Garbage and Recycling by Kingfisher
Trash! Trash! Trash! by Shelley Nielsen
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STORM WATER MANAGEMENT
A Drop Around the World by Barbara Shaw McKinney
A Drop of Water by Walter Wick
A Guide to Ohio Streams - Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, edited by Randall E. Sanders
A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry
And Still the Turtle Watched by Shelia MacGill-Callahan
Comes the Rain Down by Franklyn M. Branley
The Day the Trash Came Out to Play by David Beathe
Drinking Water Quality - Taking Responsibility by Susan L. Connor & Lloyd A. Freeman
Fishing Fun for Kids by The Future Fisherman Foundation
Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean by Arthur Dorros
Jack the Seal and the Sea by Gerald Aschenbrenne
Oil Spill by Melvin Berger
The Drop in My Drink by Meredith Hooper & Chris Coady
The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks by Joanna Cole
The Water Cycle by Helen Frost
Water As a Liquid by Helen Frost
Water Dance by Thomas Locker
The Water Hole by Graeme Base
We Need Water by Helen Frost
Wet All Over the Book About the Water Cycle by Magic School Bus
Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker
Where the River Begins by Thomas Locker
William the Curious: Knight of the Water Lilies by Charles Santore
Wonders of Rivers by Rae Bains
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STORM WATER MANAGEMENT - ADULT LEVEL
How to Save a River by David M. Bolling
Saving America's Countryside by Samuel N. Stoker
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TREES
A Tree Is Our Home by Dr. Allen Kelley
A Tree in the Ancient Forest by Carol Reed-Jones
B is for Buckeye by Marcia Schonberg
Be a Friend to Trees by Patricia Lauber
Franklin Plants a Tree by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clarks
I Heard the Willow by Toni Albert
It Zuibble and the Hunt for the Rain Forest Treasure by WereRoss and WerEnko
Johnny Appleseed Story
How Trees Help Me by Bobbie Kalman and Janine Schaub
Look What I Did With a Leaf by Morteza E. Sohi
Lorax (Book and Video) by Dr. Seuss
Nothing Here but Trees by Jan Leeuwen
The Big Tree by Bruce Hiscock
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynn Cherry
The Tremendous Tree Book by Barbara Brenner and May Gorelick
Where Once There Was a Wood by Denise Fleming
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WORMS
An Earthworm's Life by John Himmelman
Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi
Squirmy Wormy Composters by Bobbie Kolman
There's a Hair in my Dirt by Gary Larson
Wonderful Worms by Linda Glaser
Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof
As the Worm Turns by Roy and Dianne Fewell
The Worm Book by Loren Nanearrow
The Worm Cafe by Binet Payne