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Books mentioned in AEOE Newsletters | Children's Read-aloud Environmental Literature

Here you will find information about environmental education books mentioned in newsletters and web pages. Book titles are linked to Powell's Books or Alibris, AEOE affiliate program partners*, or to the publishers' sites. Acorn Naturalists is another great website to buy books and OE materials from. The book linked was in-stock at the time of linking, but may be out-of-stock at any time. Use the searches at the bottom of the page to find used copies in case of books going out of print. Please alert the

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Acting for Nature: What Young People Around the World Are Doing to Protect the Environment, Sneed B Collard, Heyday Books, 1999. ISBN: 1890771244.

Southern Winter 2006-07

• Hands-On Nature, from the Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Edited by Jenepher Lingelback and Lisa Purcell
• The Mountain that Loved a Bird, by Alice McClerran and Pictures by Eric Carle

Southern Fall 2006

• Introduction to Water in California, by David Carle, UC Press, Book review by Brett Tillman
• Weslandia by Paul Fleischman

Summer 2006

Spring 2006

• Last Child in the Woods

Winter 2006

Fall 2005

Northern Summer 2005

• Picturing California's Other Landscape: The Great Central Valley, by Heath Schenker, Heyday Books, 1999, ISBN 1890771252, Book review by Dan Webster

Winter 2004-05 (both Northern and Southern)

• Lifetimes, by David Rice, Illustrated by Michael S. Maydak, Dawn Publications, 1997, ISBN 1-883220-59-9, Book review by Lacey Moore
• Smart Moves: Why Learning is Not All in Your Head, Hannaford, C. (1995), Great Ocean Pub.
  Brain Compatible Strategies, Jensen, E. (1997), The Brain Store, Inc.
  Brain-based Learning, Jensen, E. (2000), The Brain Store, Inc.
  Designing Brain Compatible Learning, Parry, T., and Gregory, G. (1998), Skylight Professional Development.
  How the Brain Learns (2nd ed.), Sousa, D. (2001), Corwin Press, Inc.
  How the Special Needs Brain Learns, Sousa, D. (2001), Corwin Press, Inc.
  A Celebration of Neurons: An Educator's Guide to the Human Brain, Sylwester, R. (1995), Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
  Brain Matters: Translating Research into Classroom Practice, Wolfe, P. (2001), Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Southern Winter 2003-04 (pdf-684K), and Northern and Southern Spring 2004 (1.1MB pdf)

• The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-Human World by David Abram (Pantheon /Vintage) 1997, ISBN: 0679776397

Southern and Northern Summer 2003 (pdfs - 400+K)

• Seeing Nature, by Paul Krafel, Chelsea Green Publishers, 1999, ISBN: 189013242X

Southern Spring 2003 Newsletter (pdf - 916K)

• Seeing Nature: Deliberate Encounters With the Visible World, Paul Krafel, Chelsea Green Publishers, 1999, ISBN: 189013242X

Southern Fall 2002 Newsletter (pdf - 1 MB)

• Adventures of a Nature Guide, Enos Mills, Doubleday, Page & Company, New York; (1920) ISBN: 8272816708. or 8293785015 - not currently in print - do a search on Powell's Books or Alibris for used copies
• Interpreting our Heritage, Freeman Tilden, Univ of North Carolina Press; 1977, ISBN: 0807840165

Southern Spring 2002 Newsletter (pdf - 1 MB)

• The Way to Start a Day, Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (ill.), Aladdin Paperbacks, 1986. ISBN: 0689710542.
• Dr. Art's Guide to Planet Earth, Art Sussman, Chelsea Green Pub, 2000. ISBN: 189013273X. Book Review

Southern Winter 2001 Newsletter (pdf - 5.3 MB)

• The Laughing Classroom, Diane Loomans and Karen Kolberg, HJ Kramer; 2002, ISBN: 0915811995
• The Funniest Moments in School, Bruce Weber, M Evans & Co; 1974, ASIN: 0871311348
• The Healing Power of Humor: Techniques for Getting Through Loss, Setbacks, Upsets, Disappointments, Difficulties, Trials, Tribulations, and All That, Alan Klein, J. P. Tarcher; 1989, ISBN: 0874775191
• How To Be Funny: Discovering the Comic You, Steve Allen, Prometheus Books; 1998, ISBN: 1573922064

Southern Fall 2001 Newsletter (pdf - 2.9 MB)

• Byrd Baylor (these books have been reprinted in paperback and hardback, so you will find a number of copyright dates, publishers and ISBNs as you search for the books)
  • When Clay Sings, Byrd Baylor, Tom Bahti (ill.), Aladdin Paperbacks, 1987. ISBN: 0689711069.
  • The Desert Is Theirs, Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (ill.), Scott Foresman, 1987. ISBN: 0689711050.
  • Desert Voices, Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (ill.), Aladdin Paperbacks, 1993. ISBN: 0689716915.
  • If You Are A Hunter of Fossils, Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (ill.), Scott Foresman, 1984. ISBN: 0689707738.
  • The Best Town in the World, Byrd Baylor, Ronald Himler (ill.), Atheneum, 1983. ISBN: 0684180359.

Southern Summer 2001 Newsletter (pdf - 2/74 MB)

• Byrd Baylor (these books have been reprinted in paperback and hardback, so you will find a number of copyright dates, publishers and ISBNs as you search for the books)
  • Everybody Needs a Rock, Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (ill.), Scott Foresman, 1985. ISBN: 0689710518.
  • The Other Way to Listen, Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (ill.), Atheneum, 1978. ISBN: 068416017X.
  • I'm in Charge of Celebrations, Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (ill.), Aladdin Paperbacks, 1995. ISBN: 0689806205. Review
  • The Table Where Rich People Sit, Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (ill.), Aladdin Paperbacks, 1998. ISBN: 0689820089. Review
  • Hawk, I'm Your Brother, Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (ill.), Aladdin Paperbacks, 1986. ISBN: 0689711026.
  • The Way to Start a Day, Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (ill.), Aladdin Paperbacks, 1986. ISBN: 0689710542.
  • Your Own Best Secret Place , Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (ill.), Atheneum, 1991. ISBN: 0684161117 - not currently in print - do a search on Powell's Books or Alibris for used copies.
• Dr. Art's Guide to Planet Earth, Art Sussman, Chelsea Green Pub, 2000. ISBN: 189013273X. Book Review
• Beyond Ecophobia: reclaiming the heart in nature education, David Sobel, Orion Society, 1996. ISBN: 0913098507.
• Fly Fishing for Sharks, Richard Louv, Simon & Schuster, 2000. ISBN: 068483698X.
• Bears Barge In, Joni Sensel, Chris Bivins (ill.), Dream Factory Books, 2000. ISBN: 097011950X. Book Review

Northern Summer 2001 Newsletter

• Ishi Rediscovered, Richard Burrill, Anthro Company, 2001. ISBN: 1878464515. Book Review - not currently in print - do a search on Powell's Books or Alibris for used copies

State Spring 2001 Newsletter (pdf - 876 K)

• A Man Called Raven, Richard Van Camp, ill. George Littlechild, Children's Book Press, 1997. ISBN: 0892391448.
• John Muir: My Life with Nature, Joseph Bharat Cornell, Dawn Publications, 2000. ISBN: 1584690097.
• With Beauty Before Me: An Inspirational Guide for Nature Walks, Joseph Bharat Cornell, Dawn Publications, 2000. ISBN: 1584690127.

Southern Winter 2000 Newsletter (pdf - 1.2 MB)

• Seeing Through Native Eyes (six tapes), Jon Young, Wilderness Awareness School.
• Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity, Gregory Bateson, E.P. Dutton, 1979. ISBN: 0525155902.
• Environmental Design Primer, Tom Bender, Schocken Books, 1976. ISBN: 0805205136.
• Crossing Open Ground, Barry Lopez, Vintage Books, 1989. ISBN: 0679721835.
• Ecological Literacy: Education and Transition to a Postmodern World, David Orr, State University of New York Press, 1992. ISBN: 0791408744.
• Pedagogy of Place: What Our Campuses Teach, Rocky Rohwedder, in Proceedings of the Symposium on Academic Planning in College and University Environmental Programs, North American Association for Environmental Education, 1998.

Southern Fall 2000 Newsletter (pdf - 324 K)

• Dr. Art's Guide to Planet Earth, Art Sussman, Chelsea Green Pub, 2000. ISBN: 189013273X. Book Review
• The Culture of Denial: Why the Environmental Movement Needs a Strategy for Reforming Universities & Public Schools, C. A. Bower, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994. ISBN: 0791434648
• The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places, Gary Paul Nabhan and Stephen Trimble, Boston: Beacon Press, 1994. ISBN: 0807085251.
• Virgin Forest: Meditations on History, Ecology, and Culture, Eric Zencey, Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2000. ISBN: 0820322008.
• What Good is a Cactus?, Peter J Marchand, Roberts Rinehart Pub, 1994; ISBN: 1879373831. Book Review / lesson ideas

Southern Summer 2000 Newsletter (pdf - 228K)

• Beyond Ecophobia: reclaiming the heart in nature education, David Sobel, Orion Society, 1996. ISBN: 0913098507.
• Dear Children of the Earth : a letter from home, Schim Schimmel, North Word Press, 1994. ISBN: 1559712252. Review
• Children of the Earth... Remember, Schim Schimmel, North Word Press, 1997. ISBN: 1559716401. Review

Southern Spring 2000 Newsletter (pdf - 198 K)

• The Gift of the Tree, Alvin Tresselt, Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1992. ISBN: 0688106846. Book Review
• The Life of an Oak: an intimate portrait, Glenn Keator, California Oak Foundation, 1998. ISBN: 0930588983.
• The Passionate Fact, Storytelling in Natural History and Cultural Interpretation, Susan Strauss, 1996, ISBN: 1555919251.

Southern Winter 1999 Newsletter (pdf - 145K)

• In Accord With Nature : Helping Students Form an Environmental Ethic Using Outdoor Experience and Reflection, Clifford E. Knapp, Eric Clearinghouse/Rural Education and Small Schools, 1998; ISBN: 188078520X.

Northern Winter 1999 Newsletter (pdf - 424K)

• Encounters with the Archdruid, John McPhee, Ferrar Straus Giroux, 1990. ISBN: 0374514313.
• Raising Cain :protecting the emotional life of boys, Dan Kindlon, Ballantine Books, 1999. ISBN: 0345424573.
• Rocks of Ages :science and religion in the fullness of life, Stephen Jay Gould, Ballantine Pub, 1999. ISBN: 0345430093.

Southern Fall 1999 Newsletter (pdf - 220K)

• A Log's Life, E. Wendy Pfeffer (Author), Robin Brickman (Illustrator), Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; 1997. ISBN: 0689806361 Book Review
• There's a Hair in my Dirt!: A Worm's Story, Gary Larson, HarperCollins;1998, ISBN: 006019104X

Southern Summer 1999 Newsletter (pdf - 88K)

• Places of Power, Michael DeMunn, Dawn Publications, 1997, Noah Buchanan (Illustrator), ISBN: 1883220645 Review
• California Forests and Woodlands: A Natural History (California Natural History Guides , No 58), Verna R. Johnston (Photographer), Carla J. Simmons (Illustrator), University of California Press; 1996, ISBN: 0520202481

Southern Spring 1999 Newsletter (pdf - 154K)

• Wonderful Nature, Wonderful You, Karin Ireland ,Christopher Canyon (Illustrator), Dawn Publications; 1996. ISBN: 1883220475 Review
• The Great Kapok Tree, Lynne Cherry; Gulliver Books 1990. ISBN: 015200520X Book Review

Southern Winter 1998 Newsletter (pdf - 110K)

• I'm in Charge of Celebrations, Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (ill.), Aladdin Paperbacks, 1995. ISBN: 0689806205. Review
• The Table Where Rich People Sit, Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (ill.), Aladdin Paperbacks, 1998. ISBN: 0689820089. Review
• National Audubon Society Field Guide to California, National Audubon Society, Peter Alden (Editor), Knopf;1998, ISBN: 0679446788
• Shifting - now called Seeing Nature: Deliberate Encounters With the Visible World, Paul Krafel, Chelsea Green Publishers, 1999, ISBN: 189013242X

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