7 must-read environment books like Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas by Sandra Neil Wallace

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Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas

By: Sandra Neil Wallace

4.28

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

The little-known story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the journalist who saved the Florida Everglades…

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1. The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

By: Jeanette Winter

4.17

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammad was 'Read.'"* --Alia Muhammad Baker Alia Muh… read more

Similar categories in Jeanette Winter's The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq book and Sandra Neil Wallace's Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
"Her library is a meeting place for all who love books. They discuss matters of the world and matters of the spirit."

-Jeanette Winter, The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

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2. Muhammad

By: Demi

3.95

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Muhammad is the messenger of Islam. Born in Mecca in the year 570, Muhammad grew into a sensitive … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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3. The Witch of Blackbird Pond

By: Elizabeth George Speare

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Newbery Medal Winner (1959) Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the col… read more

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  • childrens
"People are afraid of things they don’t understand."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"Hannah's magic cure for every ill," he teased. "Blueberry cake and a kitten."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"She and Prudence sat on a cool grassy carpet. A pale green curtain of branches just brushed the grasses and threw a filigree of shadows, as delicate as the wrought silver, on the child’s face."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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4. Malala's Magic Pencil

By: Malala Yousafzai , Kerascoët

4.00

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

Nobel Peace Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Malala Yousafzai's first picture boo… read more

Similar categories in Malala Yousafzai's Malala's Magic Pencil book and Sandra Neil Wallace's Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • biography
  • childrens
Cover of America the Beautiful: Together We Stand by Bryan Collier, Jon J. Muth, Mary GrandPré, Raúl Colón, LeUyen Pham, John  Hendrix, Diane Goode, Chris K. Soentpiet, Katharine Lee Bates, Yuyi Morales, Sonia Lynn Sadler

5. America the Beautiful: Together We Stand

By: Bryan Collier , Jon J. Muth , Mary GrandPré , Raúl Colón , LeUyen Pham , John Hendrix , Diane Goode , Chris K. Soentpiet , Katharine Lee Bates , Yuyi Morales , Sonia Lynn Sadler

3.72

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

A moving celebration of "America the Beautiful" featuring artwork from ten distinguished artists an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens

6. Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code

By: Laurie Wallmark , None

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"If you've got a good idea, and you know it's going to work, go ahead and do it."The picture book b… read more

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7. I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

By: Debbie Levy , None

4.07

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Get to know celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg--in the first picture book about h… read more

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8. A Ticket Around the World

By: Kim Smith , None , Melissa Owens

4.04

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

Join a young boy as he hops around the globe, visiting friends in 13 different countries spanning a… read more

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9. Berry Song

By: Michaela Goade

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade's first self-authored picture book is a celebration of the land s… read more

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  • environment
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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10. Finding My Dance

By: Ria Thundercloud

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In her debut picture book, professional Indigenous dancer Ria Thundercloud tells the true story of … read more

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  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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11. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon

By: Melissa L. Sevigny

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, acc… read more

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  • nature
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
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12. A Library

By: Nikki Giovanni

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this lyrical picture book, world-renowned poet, New York Times bestselling author, and Coretta S… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Giovanni's A Library book and Sandra Neil Wallace's Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness by Kristen Radtke

13. Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

By: Kristen Radtke

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Imagine Wanting Only This--a timely and moving meditation on isolation… read more

Similar categories in Kristen Radtke's Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness book and Sandra Neil Wallace's Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas

  • nonfiction
  • history
"Perhaps we see loneliness in others simply to feel less lonely ourselves."

-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

"Or the times I've watched the people I love so unsatisfied, clawing toward connection that surpasses what I'm able to give them."

-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

"To arm ourselves is the most extreme form of separation I can imagine. To move through life without weapons is another way to remain open to the world, and at its mercy."

-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

"But loneliness isn’t necessarily tied to whether you have a partner or a best friend or an aspirational active social life in which you’re laughing all the time. It’s a variance that rests in the spa…"

-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

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14. What's in Your Pocket?: Collecting Nature's Treasures

By: Heather L. Montgomery

4.44

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Charles Darwin, George Washington Carver, and Jane Goodall were once curious kids with pockets full… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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15. Wonder Walkers

By: Micha Archer

4.19

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Micha Archer's detailed collages give readers an outlook on the splendors of nature. When two cu… read more

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  • environment
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
"Is rain the day's tears? Is the moon the world's night light? I wonder. Me too."

-Micha Archer, Wonder Walkers

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16. Outside In

By: Deborah Underwood

4.24

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Outside is waiting, the most patient playmate of all. The most generous friend. The most miraculous… read more

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  • environment
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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17. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Sandra Neil Wallace's Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas

  • childrens
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18. With Lots of Love

By: Jenny Torres Sanchez

4.21

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful, lyrical story about a girl who moves from her home in Central America to the United St… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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19. Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story

By: Danielle Greendeer

4.36

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this Wampanoag story told in a Native tradition, two kids from the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe learn… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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20. The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague (Amazing Scientists, 3)

By: Julia Finley Mosca

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Meet Raye Montague--the hidden mastermind who made waves in the U.S. Navy! After touring a Germa… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • science
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21. Books by Horseback: A Librarian's Brave Journey to Deliver Books to Children

By: Emma Carlson Berne

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"Capturing one librarian's breathtaking fictional journey is a riveting way to showcase and honor t… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carlson Berne's Books by Horseback: A Librarian's Brave Journey to Deliver Books to Children book and Sandra Neil Wallace's Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (A Big Words Book, 11) by Doreen Rappaport

22. Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (A Big Words Book, 11)

By: Doreen Rappaport

4.32

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a trailblazer. A fighter. And a public servant who has dedicated her life to… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Voice for the Everglades: Marjory Stoneman Douglas (She Made History) by Vicki Conrad

23. A Voice for the Everglades: Marjory Stoneman Douglas (She Made History)

By: Vicki Conrad

4.28

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Marjory spoke up for the Everglades―and saved an entire ecosystem. The Florida Everglades are made… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
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24. A Hundred Thousand Welcomes

By: Mary Lee Donovan

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Welcome, come in! You are invited to travel to homes around the world in this beautifully illustrat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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25. The First Blade of Sweetgrass

By: Suzanne Greenlaw

4.14

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Musquon must overcome her impatience while learning to distinguish sweetgrass from other salt marsh… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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26. One World, Many Colors

By: Ben Lerwill

3.79

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

We share one world, we share many colors. One World, Many Colors is a lyrical celebration of the v… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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27. Not a Monster

By: Claudia Guadalupe Martinez

4.18

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

With Spanish vocabulary and a clever color concept, this poetic picture book shares the life cycle … read more

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  • nature
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • environment
Cover of Story Quilts: Appalachian Women Speak by Shannon Hitchcock

28. Story Quilts: Appalachian Women Speak

By: Shannon Hitchcock

4.34

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

History books have forgotten most Appalachian women, many of whom were poor or lacked formal educat… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Before Colors: Where Pigments and Dyes Come From by Annette Bay Pimentel

29. Before Colors: Where Pigments and Dyes Come From

By: Annette Bay Pimentel

4.25

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

Colors don’t come out of nothing. They always start somewhere . . . with something . . . with some… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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30. Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas

By: Sandra Neil Wallace

4.28

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

The little-known story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the journalist who saved the Florida Everglades… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • activism
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
Cover of The Bicycle: How an Act of Kindness Changed a Young Refugee's Life by Patricia McCormick

31. The Bicycle: How an Act of Kindness Changed a Young Refugee's Life

By: Patricia McCormick

4.45

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

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  • history
  • picture books
  • biography
  • nonfiction

13 Top history books like Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas by Sandra Neil Wallace

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4.38

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Zoe Thorogood

4.21

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4.50

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