{"id":744,"date":"2021-04-01T18:31:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T18:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/?p=744"},"modified":"2021-04-01T18:33:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T18:33:02","slug":"picture-book-picks-for-earth-month-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/2021\/04\/01\/picture-book-picks-for-earth-month-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Picture Book Picks for Earth Month and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Whether for sharing at Storytime, reading at home, or even discussing with a group of grown-ups, check out these fantastic and thought-provoking picture books about our world:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Picture-Book-Picks-for-Earth-Month-and-Beyond-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Picture-Book-Picks-for-Earth-Month-and-Beyond-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Picture-Book-Picks-for-Earth-Month-and-Beyond-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Picture-Book-Picks-for-Earth-Month-and-Beyond-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Picture-Book-Picks-for-Earth-Month-and-Beyond-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Picture-Book-Picks-for-Earth-Month-and-Beyond.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We Are Water Protectors <\/em>by Carole Lindstrom \u2014 An Indigenous child reflects on the importance of water, the threats that water faces, and the activism her community is undertaking to protect their local water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If We Were Gone: Imagining the World Without People<\/em> by John Coy \u2014 Examines what might happen to Earth if people were no longer there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>One Boy\u2019s Choice: A Tale of the<\/em> Amazons by Sueli Menezes \u2014 A boy must choose between impressing his friends and helping to protect an important part of the ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Old Truck<\/em> by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey \u2014 After growing up on a farm where a trusty pickup truck helps complete many tasks, a Black girl becomes a farmer in her own right, and repairs the truck for many more years of use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Does Earth Feel? <\/em>by Marc Majewski \u2014 Fourteen questions inspire consideration of and empathy for the Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Thing About Bees Bees: A Love Letter <\/em>by Shabazz Larkin \u2014 A Black father shares an ode to bees with his children, reflecting on how he once feared bees but has come to love their importance to the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rock by Rock: The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand<\/em> by Jennifer Bradbury \u2014 This picture book biography of Indian artist Nek Chand celebrates the transformation of discarded materials into new and beautiful purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether for sharing at Storytime, reading at home, or even discussing with a group of grown-ups, check out these fantastic and thought-provoking picture books about our world: We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom \u2014 An Indigenous child reflects on the importance of water, the threats that water faces, and the activism her community is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/2021\/04\/01\/picture-book-picks-for-earth-month-and-beyond\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Picture Book Picks for Earth Month and Beyond<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[68],"class_list":["post-744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library-resources","tag-bookreview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":747,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions\/747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}