You can find the instructions for downloading a printable version of this list of Bee Research Questions below.

A bee research project would be a great way to raise awareness about World Bee Day with school age children. It would also tie in nicely with Earth Day celebrations, or an Environmental Science unit.

What is World Bee Day?

With more than 20,000 identified bee species in the world, and the importance of bees to the world’s environment – not least to the production of both food and oxygen – bees are kind of a big deal! World Bee Day was initiated on May 20th, 2017 by the United Nations as a means of raising awareness of the significant contribution that bees make to the world. It is now celebrated on May 20 each year.

What’s the big deal about bees?
In one word – pollination. Bees collect nectar and pollen from flowers. Nectar and pollen are food sources for bees. As bees move from flower to flower collecting the nectar and pollen that they need, they transfer pollen from plant to plant and enable pollination.

When animals and insects pick up the pollen of flowers and spread them to other flowers, they enable the plant to reproduce. Importantly to humans, this includes many food crops and trees for oxygen production. When pollination occurs, the fertilized flowers of the plant enable it to reproduce or form fruit. Whilst other animals, including birds and rodents, can act as pollinators, the most common (and important) pollinators are insects, especially bees.

Bees also produce food for humans directly in the form of honey. And there is a lot of interest in the medicinal properties of honey and the many other products bees make.

Unfortunately, many bee species are at risk. Their habitats are disappearing as green spaces are cleared and replaced with buildings, and the use of pesticides on crops and flowers is harmful to them.

Bee Research Questions for Kids

The printable includes the following questions about bees to be used as prompts to get students researching these wonderful, essential insects;

1. Honey bees are not the only bees in the world. How many other bee species are in your local area?
2. Not all bees sting, what sting-less bees do you have in your local area?
3. Can all honey bees sting? Or only males? Or only females?
4. Can bumblebees sting once or multiple times?
5. What makes honey bees so noisy when they fly? Are all bees noisy when they fly?
6. Do all bees live in a beehive? If they don’t, where do they live?
7. Do all bees make honey and honeycomb?
8. Does a bee have two eyes or more?
9. How fast do bees fly and do all bees fly as fast as each other?
10. Do all bees have a queen bee or only the honey bee?
11. Why are honey bees so important that they are now found all round the world?
12. Do all bees swam?
13. Can honey be used as an antiseptic?
14. Does a honey bee have more than one stomach? What about other bees?
15. What threats are facing honey bee populations?
16. How can we help bees survive?
17. Are all species of bee the same size? If not, what is the smallest and what is the largest?
18. How long is a honey bees life span? Do other bees live for longer?
19. Do bees sleep at night?
20. Can bees see at night?
21. Can bees see in colors or do they see in black and white?

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What is World Bee Day?

With more than 20,000 identified bee species in the world, and the importance of bees to the world’s environment – not least to the production of both food and oxygen – bees are kind of a big deal! World Bee Day was initiated on May 20th, 2017 by the United Nations as a means of raising awareness of the significant contribution that bees make to the world. It is now recognized as a day of awareness and action on May 20 each year.

And you can add a little humor to World Bee Day activities in your classroom with this Bee Jokes Fortune Teller!

Bee Jokes for Kids Fortune Teller

The free printable file includes two versions of the Bee Jokes fortune teller – one created for printing on US letter paper and the other on A4. The fortune teller includes four perfectly corny bee jokes for kids (download instructions can be found at the bottom of this post).

Instructions for Making a Bee Jokes Fortune Teller

1. Cut out the fortune teller square. Turn the square over to the non-printed side.
2. Fold one corner over to meet the opposite corner, fold on the diagonal and then unfold.
3. Repeat with the two remaining corners. Lay the creased paper flat.
4. Fold each of the four corners to meet in the middle of the square.
5. Flip the fortune teller over.
6. Again, fold each of the four corners so that their points meet in the middle.
7. Flip the fortune teller again.
8. Fold the fortune teller in half (the numbered flaps should be on the inside).
9. Insert your thumbs and pointer fingers, one into each of the four folded pockets on the outside of the fortune teller. Work your fingers into the four corners and, using the creases, push the corners together to form four points in the middle of the fortune teller. Now you are ready to play.

How to Play With Your Fortune Teller

1. Place your thumbs and first fingers not the bottom sections of the teller. Present to a friend and ask them to choose a word.
2. Spell out the word aloud while opening and closing the fortune teller, working it by making pinching and pulling motions with your fingers to making it open once for each letter said aloud.
3. Hold the teller open and have your friend choose a number from the inner flaps displayed.
4. Count aloud as you work the teller back and forth that many times.
5. Ask your friend to choose another number from the inner flaps now displayed.
6. Lift the flap that corresponds with the number chosen and read aloud the bee joke displayed for your friend to answer.

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Bee Word Search

Great for engaging students with World Bee Day, Earth Day or your classroom science program, this teacher-made series of Bee Word Searches engages children with relevant vocabulary related to these valuable insects. And, the challenge level word searches provide an additional layer of learning.

These puzzles can be used as research prompts to learn more about bees (at the beginning of your unit of study) or as an opportunity for children to show what they have learned about bees (if used at the conclusion of the unit study).

What is World Bee Day?

With more than 20,000 identified bee species in the world, and the importance of bees to the world’s environment – not least to the production of both food and oxygen – bees are kind of a big deal! World Bee Day was initiated on May 20th, 2017 by the United Nations as a means of raising awareness of the significant contribution that bees make to the world. It is now celebrated on May 20 each year.

These bee word search puzzles are a fun activity to include in your plans for World Bee Day with school age children. They also tie in nicely with Earth Day celebrations, or an Environmental Science unit.

What’s the big deal about bees?
In one word – pollination. Bees collect nectar and pollen from flowers. Nectar and pollen are food sources for bees. As bees move from flower to flower collecting the nectar and pollen that they need, they transfer pollen from plant to plant and enable pollination.

When animals and insects pick up the pollen of flowers and spread them to other flowers, they enable the plant to reproduce. Importantly to humans, this includes many food crops and trees for oxygen production. When pollination occurs, the fertilized flowers of the plant enable it to reproduce or form fruit. Whilst other animals, including birds and rodents, can act as pollinators, the most common (and important) pollinators are insects, especially bees.

Bees also produce food for humans directly in the form of honey. And there is a lot of interest in the medicinal properties of honey and the many other products bees make.

Unfortunately, many bee species are at risk. Their habitats are disappearing as green spaces are cleared and replaced with buildings, and the use of pesticides on crops and flowers is harmful to them.

Help a Bee Out
The best way to help bees is by raising awareness of their important work.

You can also help by planting a range of flowers in your garden so that bees have access to nectar and pollen, by choosing sustainable, organic food sources, and buying local honey and other bee products.

Which Bee Word Search to Use
There are three levels of word search included in the printable Bee Word Search document (see full download and print instructions below). I have not included an age or grade level on the puzzles as you know best which will challenge your students appropriately.

The first follows the more traditional word search format with a list of bee words to find within the word search letter grid. This puzzle includes 18 bee words to find.

The second word search page provides a series of fill-the-word statements for children to solve. These statements are all facts about bees. This version includes a bee word bank for students to use. The solutions to the quiz questions are the words to find within the bee word search grid.

The third puzzle again uses the word bee related quiz questions for the students to solve however, this time there is no word bank provided. Students can research, or draw on prior knowledge at the conclusion of a unit of study about bees to find the answers. The solutions to these questions are the words to find within the bee word search grid. There is also a bonus challenge – find 5 bonus bee words hidden within the puzzle.

How to Use Word Search Puzzles in the Classroom
Download the file and print your chosen word search page. Add pencils and invite children to start solving the puzzle. Word searches make a great activity for spelling or word study time and can be used as a resource for early finishers. The challenge word searches provide a handy learning extension activity too.

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The Importance of Time in Nature

Time in nature is important for a child’s sense of connection, both to the natural world and to their own developing sense of self. Time spent playing and learning in nature can help a child to develop resilience, confidence, imagination, curiosity, sensory skills and physical understanding of one’s own body and its limitations.

50+ Nature Play & Learning Ideas

Taking hands-on, open ended opportunities for learning outdoors is a wonderful way to enhance a child’s time in nature. Here are some simple ways to get started.

Nature Play & Literacy Learning

10 Outdoor Literacy Activities: 10 great ideas for taking literacy learning outdoors with children ages 5 to 10 years.

Tips for Using Nature Journals with Beginning Writers: Keeping a nature journal is an engaging way for young children to develop early writing skills. Use this collection of tips for using nature journals with beginning writers to encourage your preschool, kindergarten or first grade students to get writing.

Best Field Guides for Kids: Our pick of the best field guides for kids and tips for using nature guides to make reading fun.

Make a Tin Can Telephone: Did you ever make a tin can telephone as a child? Taking turns with a friend to share very important messages. Fascinated with how you could possibly hear those secret messages traveling down a simple length of string!

35 Earth Day Picture Books: A great big list of the best Earth Day picture books for kids – includes fiction and non-fiction titles.

21 Scientist Biographies for Kids – Nature Scientists: A great big list of fabulous picture book scientist biographies for kids celebrating a diverse range of famous nature scientists.

Stories to Inspire Nature Play – Fort Building: A collection of books that are perfect for inspiring or extending fort building play – inside and out.

Science in Nature Ideas

DIY Mini Microscope: This simple DIY microscope project is perfect for examining all of the teeny tiny living things you find outdoors.

How to Make an Air Rocket: Learn how to make your very own DIY stomp rocket!

How to Make a Worm Farm: This eco-friendly DIY project is super simple and perfect for introducing children to the superpowers of worms!

Bubble Blower Experiment: Blowing bubbles is a fabulous outdoor activity and this fun experiment will engage children with finding the perfect bubble blower from a range of household objects.

Outdoor Rainbow Scavenger Hunt: This Rainbow Outdoor Scavenger Hunt is simple to prepare and super versatile – easily adapted for a range of outdoor environments.

Planning a Playful Garden: Suggestions for what plants to choose for creating a playful garden for children to explore.

How to Make a Compost Bin: Tips for getting started with composting with children.

Build a Bird Bath: Create a simple bird bath for the garden from a terracotta pot.

Math Learning Ideas in Nature

Nature Counting Picture Game: A fun idea for taking math outdoors, this Nature Counting Picture Game is great for working on counting or assessing counting ability.

Hands On Number Game: Buried Treasure: A fun, hands-on number game, revise counting, numeral recognition and simple addition whilst digging for buried treasure!

Making Treasure Hunt Soup: A fun challenge for preschool aged nature lovers.

Creative Nature Play: Making Art Outdoors

10 Easy Ideas for Making Art Outdoors: 10 fun and simple ideas for making art outdoors with children.

Crayon Resist Leaf Rubbing: A wonderful exploration of crayon rubbing and watercolor resist techniques.

Flower Fairies Collage: Natural materials are combined with drawing to create these lovely colorful collages.

Bubble Blower Painting: POP! There is something just so magical about bubbles, especially when they make beautiful artworks!

Rock Painting Ideas – Emoji Rocks: A fun rock painting idea for kids.

Lavender Scented Softies: Instructions for stitching a sweet lavender scented softie with children.

20 Ways to Make Art Outdoors: More fun ideas for making art outdoors with children of all ages.

Creating with Recycled Materials

Recycled Bottle Koinobori: A very cool recycled interpretation of a Japanese koinobori wind sock.

Paper Mache Pots: A great first project for trying paper mache.

DIY Sewing Cards from Recycled Lids: Make a set of reusable sewing cards from recycled takeaway lids. 

Paper Roll Wreath: A modern twist on a Christmas wreath made entirely from recycled cardboard tubes.

DIY Milk Jug Catcher: Make your own milk jug catcher and have a laugh trying each of the three game ideas.

Threading Mobiles: Take a scavenger hunt and make wonderfully sparkly mobiles from all manner of found materials.

Nature Based Sensory Play

10 Fun Ways to Extend Water Play: Here are 10 simple water play ideas that are sure to extend playtime next time the kids are ready to splish and splash!

10 Super Sandpit Play Ideas: 10 super sandpit play ideas for toddlers, preschool and kindergarten.

Water Play for Babies: Simple tips for starting out with water play for babies.

15 Mud Play Ideas: Fifteen ideas for mud play that kids will love!

Homemade Lemon & Rosemary Playdough Recipe: An all natural homemade playdough recipe that smells SO good!

5 Senses Nature Scavenger Hunt: A nature scavenger hunt with a fun twist – it encourages children to use each of their five senses to find the treasures on their hunt.

Ideas for Outdoor Play Spaces

How to Make a Fairy Garden: A cute fairy garden play space that will fit into just about any outdoor space.

Creating a Mud Garden in a Small Space: Mud play can happen just about anywhere with this teensy tiny mud garden idea.

7 Tips for Creating an Outdoor Space Kids Will Adore: Tips for creating an outdoor play area kids will fall in love with.

Making Space for Outdoor Play When Space is Tight: Do your kids plan in an urban setting, or in a not-so-natural-feeling space or smallish backyard? Then these tips for outdoor play in small spaces is perfect for you!

Building a Backyard Sandpit: Want to add a sand box to your outdoor play space? Here are some cool ideas to get you started!

Nature Play without Limits

101 Ways to Play Outdoors Poster: 101 simple ideas for outdoor play presented in a handy printable.

20 Ways to Play with Sticks: 20 super ways to play, create and explore with one of the oldest toys in the world – the humble stick!

35 Fun Things to Do at the Beach: There are plenty of fun things to do at the beach – most of which don’t require much more than your imagination and a willingness to get a little wet and sandy!

Nature Based Play Ideas for Active Kids: Fun ideas for getting into nature when children are full of energy!

15 Old Fashioned Outdoor Games: These are the games that have been enjoyed by generations of families.

6 Ways to Play with a Hula Hoop: Add a hula hoop to outdoor time and try one of these game ideas.

7 Best Open-ended Outdoor Toys: These simple open-ended outdoor toys encourage kids to use their imagination. Some of them would not even really be considered toys, more un-toys!

Family Fun: Geocaching: Geocaching is a huge global treasure hunt that is great for getting older kids outdoor – get started with this handy guide.

Tips for Nature Play In Bad Weather

Outdoor Play Ideas For When It’s Raining or Dark: These quick and easy outdoor play ideas are ideal for any weather, especially those times when it’s wet or dark.

Getting Outside When It’s Cold: Even plain old cold weather can make time in nature feel hard. These tips for managing outdoor play when it’s cold will help you to make more of your time outside when it’s chilly. 

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Why have a worm farm?

A worm farm is a bit like a compost bin for food waste.

They are great for recycling food scraps. Worms break down this waste to create fertilizer full of the nutrients plants need to grow.

Recycling food scraps using a worm farm also helps to reduce the amount of waste sent to land fill, and it helps to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that food waste emits as it rots in landfill.

How does it work?

Earthworms eat your food scraps and convert the waste into worm manure – making worm wee and worm castings. When collected, this worm wee and castings can be used to fertilize gardens.

Making a worm farm using free and recycled materials is easy – easy enough that children can do it themselves, with just a little help! It is a wonderful eco-friendly project for school or home.

All it takes is a couple of recycled styrofoam boxes, a handful of compost worms and some worm bedding. Within weeks you will be reducing your household waste and producing the BEST fertilizer for your garden!

How to Make a Worm Farm For Kids

Find a printable version of the following instructions, along with some cool worm facts and worm research prompts for kids at the bottom of this post.

You will need:

• Two styrofoam produce boxes. You can often find these at a greengrocer. Make sure at least one has a lid
• A knitting needle, chop stick, screwdriver or other sharp tool for making holes in the box
• Worm bedding – a bucket of compost is ideal worm bedding. You can also use shredded paper, leaves or old straw
• A big handful of compost worms. You can buy compost worms online or, better still, get your worms from a friend or neighbor who already has a worm farm. An easy way to collect worms from an existing worm farm is to crack an egg in one corner of the worm farm. Return a day later and that corner will be full of worms ready to collect
• A newspaper

Instructions

1. Poke holes in the bottom of one of your boxes. This box will become the ‘feeder box’ – where the worms live and feed.

2. Half fill the feeder box with worm bedding. Make sure your bedding is moist but not wet. If you are using dry materials like straw or shredded paper, wet them first but be sure to fully squeeze out any excess water.

3. Carefully scatter the worms on top of the worm bedding. A handful of worms will contain around 1,000 worms.

4. Soak the newspaper in water and lay it on top of the worm bedding. This will help keep the worms’ home dark and moist. Place the lid onto the feeder box.

5. Place the feeder box on top of the second box, the one that doesn’t have any holes. This lower box is where you will collect the worm wee. Place your worm farm in a cool, shady spot in Summer and a sunny spot in Winter.

Remember to place it somewhere easy to access so that it is simple to regularly add food scraps to (be sure to read the further information about adding food scraps to your worm farm below).

You can now decorate the outside of the worm farm using permanent markers.

Printing Your Worm Farm Instruction Sheet
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Kids love to create, experiment, explore, engineer, imagine and share their great ideas. With our latest fun, hands-on learning pack, Rainbows & Kaleidoscopes, they can do all this and more…it’s packed with 25 fabulous STEM inspired color activities for kids.

These ideas are simple to do but super engaging and lots of fun – have you ever tried jello printmaking? Or making your very own kaleidoscope? Or a rainbow inspired xylophone??!!

25 Hands-On STEM Color Activities for Kids

The printable Rainbows and Kaleidoscopes project pack includes 25 awe-inspiring color activities that integrate learning across subject areas including the STEM topics of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, as well as art, literacy and cooking.

These activities are easily adaptable for children in preschool right through elementary school – and the activity pages include ideas for extending and modifying the activity to suit the age and ability levels of each child or group.

Take a look inside…

Kids color activities with simple materials…

Each of the 25 color activities included in Rainbows & Kaleidoscopes includes a supplies list, step by step instructions, full colour photographs and ideas for extending learning. Plus we’ve made sure that the activities only require materials that you likely already have in your home or classroom (or that are readily available at the grocery store!)

….that are so much FUN…it’s LEARNING in ACTION!

Projects include jello printmaking, art making inspired by renowned artists Klee, Kandinsky, Warhol and Giacometti, DIY spinning tops, instructions for making your own rainbow (yes, a real rainbow!), colorful code breaking, writing and poetry prompts, a photography hunt and DIY kaleidoscope instructions…and that is just a snippet of the great value ideas included.

Each and everyone has been chosen for it’s unique approach to the study of, and experimentation with, COLOR!

Available to download right now for only $6(USD).

To summarize, inside Rainbows and Kaleidoscopes you’ll find;

• 60 pages of full instructions for completing 25 awe-inspiring color activities
• Printable activity pages that support your child’s learning
• 7 BONUS printable art and writing color activity prompts
• A list of colorful field trip ideas
• A list of colorful picture book selections
• Activities suitable for children aged 5 to 12 years
• Both US and UK spelling versions of all printable materials for use by children are provided
• Available now to download and print for just $6USD

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Whether you currently have a frog-obsessed kid, or are simply looking for a collection of frog books for kids to go with a unit study about frogs… you’re sure to find some new titles to love!

25+ Fascinating Frog Books for Kids

Each title is linked to Amazon (these are affiliate links) where you can find reviews and age recommendations for those you are not personally familiar with.

Fiction: Picture Books About Frogs

1. I Don’t Want to Be a Frog by Dev Petty: This frog learns to love the skin he is in by the end of this very silly story. Kids will be laughing to tears by the end! Available: Amazon

2. Oi Frog! by Kes Gray: One of the funniest picture book series we have ever read! “It’s very simple, really. Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs, mules sit on stools, gophers sit on sofas, and frogs sit on logs.” But Frog does not want to sit on a log! We love Oi Frog, as well as the other titles in the series: Oi Dog!, Oi Cat! and Oi Duck Billed Platypus! Available: Amazon

3. Lots of Frogs by Claudia Boldt: Tommy Fox has a box – a box full of frogs. And when they all jump out at school, that’s when the fun begins! There is chaos in the classroom and high jinks in the hall. Can Tommy get the frogs back in the box? Available: Amazon

4. Tuesday by David Wiesner: The whimsical account of a Tuesday when frogs journeyed airborne on their lily pads is positively enchanting for readers of all ages. Available: Amazon

5. 999 Frogs Wake Up by Ken Kimura: As Spring arrives 999 young frogs awaken, they panic to find that all of the other animals are still asleep. First they wake the biggest frog, then the tortoise, the lizard, and the ladybugs. But what happens when they awaken snake??! Available: Amazon

6. Grumpy Frog by Ed Vere: Grumpy Frog is not grumpy. He loves green, and he loves to hop, and he loves winning. But what happens when Grumpy Frog doesn’t win, or encounters a PINK rabbit?! A fabulous story about compromise and tolerance, friendship and the power of saying sorry. Available: Amazon

7. A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson: A hilarious, rhyming story with lots of repetitive verse that invites younger readers to join the story. Available: Amazon

8. Yoga Frog by Nora Shalaway Carpenter: Frog loves to practice yoga. And he will inspire kids to enjoy doing yoga, too as they follow Frog’s yoga flow all the way from warming up to cooling down. Available: Amazon

9. Frog is a Hero by Max Velthuisj: When the rains come and the river floods the area, Frog, Duck, Pig and Hare are stranded, Frog decides to swim across to the hills to find help for his friends. A title from the wonderful frog series by Max Velthuisj. Available: Amazon

Frog books list continues below.

10. Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel: From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other—just as best friends should be. Five adventure stories for early readers to enjoy. You can also find the complete Frog and Toad collection at Amazon. Available: Amazon

11. The Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner: The fabulous story and fun pop-up features of this titles is sure to catch the imagination of young readers! The wide-mouthed frog is super curious, talking to all the other animals about what they like to eat – before he meets one who likes to eat wide-mouthed frogs! Available: Amazon

12. Tiddalick, the Greedy Frog by Nicholas Wu: Kids will have so much fun learning all about sharing with this fun retelling of an Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime story! Tiddalick won’t give back the water until his friends team up together to finally get him to share. Available: Amazon

For more like this, check out our big list of fifty of the Best Australian Picture Books.

13. I’m a Frog by Mo Willems: Piggie has some ribbiting news! Can his best friend Gerald make the leap required to accept Piggie’s new identity? A fun lesson in imagination that will have your children hopping with laughter. Available: Amazon

14. Froggy Learns to Swim by Jonathan London: Froggy is back as he learns to swim! Kids will love this fun story as they watch Froggy go from scared of the water to a champion swimmer! Available: Amazon

15. It’s Mine! by Leo Lionni: A GREAT story for kids all about sharing – featuring bickering frogs who learn sharing is more fun. Available: Amazon

16. Too Many Frogs by Sandy Asher: A fun read-aloud story for kids, featuring colourful illustrations, a gentle message, and lots of kid friendly humor. This will become a new favorite with ease! Available: Amazon

17. There’s a Frog in My Throat! 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me by Loreen Leedy: Have fun introducing your child to the fascinating world of idioms with this cool book of more than 400 animal sayings and their meanings. Available: Amazon

For more fun with words and word play, check out our collections of Picture Books About Words and Alphabet Books That Teach More Than ABC.

18. By Mouse and Frog by Deborah Freedman: Fastidious Mouse has one idea about how to tell a story. Free-spirited Frog has another. What happens when Frog crashes into Mouse’s story with some wild ideas? Chaos! Available: Amazon

Frog books list continues below.

Non-Fiction Books About Frogs

These non-fiction frog books are great for kids with interesting informational text suitable for children, some shared in a story-like format.

19. From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy Pfeffer: Learn all about the lifecycle as a tadpole turns into frog in this fun picture book! This book also includes a guide about different species and where they are found. Available: Amazon

20. Fabulous Frogs by Martin Jenkins: Curious minds will jump through the pages in this book all about different frogs! This book even talks about a selection of more “unique” frogs in this fun adventure. Available: Amazon

21. Frog Song by Brenda Guiberson: Onomatopoeic text and stunning illustrations introduce young readers to these fascinating and important creatures and the unique noises they make, with frogs from Chile to Nepal to Australia. Available: Amazon

22. Tale of a Tadpole by Karen Wallace: Follow the life of a newborn tadpole as he hides from the dangers of the pond including hungry goldfish and beetles, and grows up into a frog. A DK Readers Level 1 book. Available: Amazon

For more informational texts about animals who lay eggs, check out our list of 21 Books About Eggs.

23. A Frog’s Life by Irene Kelly: This book will introduce more advanced information and concepts about frogs to kids. Learn all about different species, the foods they eat, their body types, and so much more. Available: Amazon

24. Growing Frogs by Vivian French: Great introduction for preschoolers to learn how an egg turns to a tadpole and how a tadpole turns to a frog. Fun illustrations included to get kids excited! Available: Amazon

25. Oscar and the Frog by Geoff Waring: This series is great at teaching kids about different science aspects in a fun way! Colorful illustrations are paired with a story about how things grow in this fun book! Available: Amazon

26. Tell Me the Difference Between a Frog and a Toad by Leigh Rockwood: Learn all the ways in which these two amphibians are alike and different. Available: Amazon

For children interested in learning more about saving the Earth, be sure to check out our list of 35 Earth Day Picture Books for Kids and 21 Scientist Biographies for Kids.

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Earth Day on April 22nd provides the perfect occasion for talking with children about all the different ways they can help contribute to caring for our planet. This list includes our pick of the best Earth Day picture books for kids, including both fictional stories and non-fiction informational texts that provide lots of interesting ideas for inspiring children to learn more about the earth.

These books cover a range of conservation themes – with everything from recycling to using alternative power sources to composting! There really are many ways children and families can have a positive impact upon the earth and our consumption of natural resources. I am sure you will find a new book to love on this list!

35 Best Earth Day Picture Books for Kids

Like all of the books in our Best Books for Kids collection, each book on this Earth Day picture book list is linked to both Amazon and The Book Depository (these are affiliate links) where you can find reviews and age recommendations for any titles you are not familiar with.

I Am Earth by Rebecca and James McDonald: A perfect introduction to Earth Day for kids! Kids will love learning about what makes the Earth special and how we can work together to take care of it. A great pick for little ones new to Earth Day. Available: Amazon

I Can Save the Earth! by Alison Inches: What’s more fun than a little green monster? A little green monster who wants to help save the Earth, of course! Follow along with this fun guy as he learns to recycle, reuse, and reduce waste to help the planet Earth. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Thank You, Earth by April Pulley Sayre: In this love letter to Earth, kids will learn to appreciate the beauty in our planet. It introduces concepts in science, nature, geography, biology, poetry, and community. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

The Earth Book by Todd Parr: In distinct Todd Parr style, The Earth Book inspires children with simple ideas for protecting the Earth, who in turn will protect us too! Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Heal the Earth by Julian Lennon: Help heal the Earth in this wonderful story about making the world a better place. The illustrations in this book are beautiful and captivating for kids of all ages. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

On Earth by G. Brian Karas: This book is beautifully illustrated, with facts shared in a way that is easy for children to understand and relate to. Kids will love learning about the Earth and all that it is capable of. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

The Tantrum That Saved the World by Megan Herbert & Michael E. Mann: Sophie is astounded as a series of endangered animals arrive at her home – but where else are they to go? As Sophia hears their stories, she learns that this is her fight, too and discovers the power of collective action, the strength of her own voice, and how all of us are stronger together. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Tidy by Emily Gravett: Pete the badger likes everything to be neat and tidy at all times, but what starts as the collecting of one fallen leaf escalates and ends with the complete destruction of the forest! Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Window by Jeannie Baker: A beautiful wordless picture book that shows changes through a window over a series of years as land is cleared to make way for housing. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Florette by Anna Walker: When Mae’s family moves to the city she wishes she could bring her garden with her. But there’s no room for a garden in the city. Or is there? Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Uno’s Garden by Graeme Base: A beautiful story for engaging children aged 5+ with the environmental impact of land development. Available: The Book Depository

The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree Loving Woman Changed a City Forever by H. Joseph Hopkins is the story of pioneer, scientist and activist, Kate Sessions, who helped San Diego grow from a dry desert town into a lush, leafy city. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

RELATED: For more fabulous biographies for kids, check out our big list of Nature Scientist Biographies for Kids.

A Forest by Marc Martin: A simple story with captivating pictures about a forest being destroyed by humans and their green, and then growing again through human care. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Captain Green and the Plastic Scene by Evelyn Bookless: Fresh from Superhero School, Captain Green gets a call – Dolphin is tangled up in plastic! When he rushes off to help, Captain Green finds himself on a major mission- saving sea creatures from plastic. Can Captain Green clean up this mess for good? Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

For more great books to inspire your children to learn more about the ocean, check out our list of over twenty five Ocean Books for Kids.

Not for Me, Please! I Choose to Act Green by Maria Godsey: Follow along with Luke as he takes us on his journey of making the environment cleaner! In this engaging book, kids will learn all about what it takes to clean up the world around them. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

10 Things I Can Do to Help My World by Melanie Walsh: Do you remember to turn off the tap while you brush your teeth? How about using both sides of the paper when writing and drawing? Bold illustrations and die-cut pages will draw in young listeners with easy, everyday ways to be kinder to the earth. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

The Great Big Green Book by Mary Hoffman: Interspersed with lots of interesting facts about life on our planet, The Great Big Green Book also includes action plans of ideas to help save the Earth, including ideas for saving water and energy, recycling, growing seasonal food, saving on packing and thinking of new inventions and big ideas! Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Earth Day Every Day by Lisa Bullard: In this very informative, beautiful, and engaging book, kids will learn all about Earth Day. Discover how to reduce, reuse, recycle, and more in this book encouraging kids to do their part on Earth Day. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

What Does It Mean To Be Green? by Rana DiOrio: A boy and girl explore all the different ways they can be green over the course of a day and realize there’s so much they can do to save our world, as well as discovering lots of amazing facts (like our food travels an average of 1,500 miles to be on our plate!) Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Go Easy on Energy by Lisa Bullard: Even adults will learn something new about electricity in this informative book. It teaches all kinds of interesting facts about electricity – including how it can make our Earth dirty. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed Their World by Allan Drummond: It’s windy on the Danish island of Samso, and it’s citizens have accomplished something quite extraordinary-in just ten years they have almost completely energy independent – thanks to the power of the wind. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Pedal Power: How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World by Allan Drummond: Fifty years ago, Amsterdam was so crowded with vehicles that bicyclists could hardly move but mums and kids relied on their bikes to get from place to place. What could they do? Their actions made Amsterdam the bicycle capital of the world! Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Green City: How One Community Survived a Tornado and Rebuilt for a Sustainable Future by Allan Drummond: In 2007, a tornado destroyed Greensburg, Kansas, and when it was time to rebuild the residents decided to build a very special town – one that could not only survive another storm, but was also built in an environmentally sustainable way. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

A Cool Drink of Water by Barbara Kerley: People all around the world need water. Through beautiful photographs and poetic prose children can learn how how people in a variety of cultures use and conserve the world’s most vital resource. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Clean Water by Roger Canavan: Imagine life without clean water! Describes how people access water and the importance of making sure that water is not polluted or wasted. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Why Should I Save Water? by Jen Green: It’s easy to take access to clean water for granted. In this book, kids will learn exactly why they should save water as well as how to be mindful of how much they use. It’s a great introduction to saving water where you can. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

The Water Princess by Susan Verde: Based on real life experiences of life in an African village, a young girl shares her daily struggle with collecting and boiling water for her family to drink, and her dream of a clean water source for her village. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Don’t Throw That Away by Lara Bergen: Follow an eco-conscious super hero as he teaches kids how to recycle and reuse common household items Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Where Does the Garbage Go? by Paul Showers: Another exploration of the journey our trash takes with lots of instructional diagrams and great illustrations, kids are sure to learn lots of new things about trash! Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

See Inside Recycling and Rubbish by Alex Frith: Follow rubbish on a journey from the bin to the sorting factories and recycling centres. Over 60 flaps to lift to find how glass, metal, plastics and paper are recycled and what happens to rubbish that can’t be recycled. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Why Should I Recycle? by Jen Green: Kids’ curious minds will love reading this story in response t the question of why we should recycle. By the end, kids will be rushing to find everything they can to recycle. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of Gambia by Miranda Paul: The inspiring story of how one African woman began a movement to recycle the broken plastic bags that were polluting her community. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

The Adventures of an Aluminum Can by Alison Inches: Follow along on this fun adventure as we watch an aluminum can go through many cycles before turning into a baseball bat. This story will engage and excite with such a unique twist on recycling. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle by Alison Inches: The diary of a plastic bottle as it goes on a journey from the refinery plant, to the manufacturing line, to the store shelf, to a garbage can, and finally to a recycling plant where it emerges with a brand new life. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Compost Stew by Mary McKenna Siddals: Composting is becoming more and more popular. Kids will love learning what it takes to start one, what to include, and why it’s so good for our Earth! Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

For more books like these Earth Day picture books, be sure to check out our big lists of Ocean Books for Kids and Frog Books for Kids.

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