Read About
Our Earth!
Below is a listing of the new books and videos donated to the
Library by the Oldham County Conservation District
Children’s Titles (Picture Books)
Around the pond: who's been here? / Lindsay Barrett George
Dear Children of the Earth / Schim Schimmel
For the love of our Earth / written and illustrated by P.K. Hallinan.
The Giving Tree / Shel Silverstein
The Grandpa Tree / Mike Donahue
Just a dream / Chris Van Allsburg
One duck / story by Hazel Hutchins
Someday a Tree / Eve Bunting
Fiction Titles for Elementary School Ages
The earth is my mother / Bev Doolittle
Are trees alive? / Debbie S. Miller
Can we save them? :endangered species of North America / David Dobson
Common Ground: The Water, Earth and Air We Share /
Earth & me, our family tree /J. Patrick Lewis
Earth & you, a closer view / by J. Patrick Lewis
How a Plant Grows / Bobbie Kalman
Lonesome George the Giant Tortoise / Francine Jacobs
The New York Public Library incredible Earth:
a book of answers for kids / Ann-Jeanette Campbell
Pick, pull, snap: where once a flower bloomed / by Lola M. Schaefer
Plants and Art Activities / Rosie McCormick
Plants that never ever bloom / written and illustrated by Ruth Heller
Projects for a healthy planet: simple environmental
experiments for kids / Shar Levine
A river ran wild: an environmental history / Lynne Cherry.
The tree of time: a story of a special sequoia / by Kathy Baron
Walking With Henry: Based on the Life and
Works of Henry David Thoreau / Thomas Locker
Middle School, High School and Adult Non-Fiction Titles
Earth / written by Susanna Van Rose
The essential agrarian reader: the future of culture,
community, and the land / edited by Norman Wirzba
Farm / written by Ned Halley
Fish / written by Steve Parker
A fishing guide to Kentucky's major lakes / Arthur B. Lander, Jr.
Food watch / written by Martyn Bramwell
Gardening for the birds / Thomas G. Barnes
Harvest of hope: family farming/farming families / Lorraine Garkovich
How to create and nurture a nature center in your community / by Brent Evans
How to make the world a better place: 116 ways you can make a difference / Jeffrey Hollender
Kentucky's last great places / Thomas G. Barnes
Noah's children: restoring the ecology of childhood / Sara Stein.
Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide / Patricia Dalton Haragan.
Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist / Edward T. Browne
Saving America's countryside: a guide to rural conservation / Samuel N. Stokes
Wildflowers and Ferns of Kentucky / Thomas G. Barnes
Video and DVD Titles
Animals on the farm. Dairy cows [children’s vhs]
Learn all about dairy cows and life on a dairy farm:
the milking parlor, the chores of a dairy farmer, the cow's tails, tongues,
hooves and udders, and why dairy cows are so docile and content.
Bats [videorecording] : the true story
Clean water [vhs]
Discusses maintaining a clean water supply, and other
environmental issues concerning water.
will ultimately change its face again.
Attracting butterflies to your backyard [vhs] / Nature Science Network
Presents a look at the plants and flowers that will attract
butterflies to an area and visits butterfly centers
and gardens all across America.
Did you ever wonder --about conservation? [vhs]/ Oakleaf Productions.
Degradation of the land [vhs]
Explores land degradation through erosion and deforestation and the environmental impact
Green means 1 & 2 [vhs] / hosted by Susan Stamberg
Part of a series of short video programs about ordinary
people who are making positive contributions to the health of the planet.
Kentucky [dvd] / produced by Bennett Watt HD Productions.
The Rivers [vhs] / Produced by WQED-Pittsburgh
in association with the National Wildlife Federation.
Documentary on America's rivers, and the efforts
that are being made by both concerned citizens, children,
and National groups to conserve them.
The wetlands [vhs] / Produced by WQED-Pittsburgh.
Documentary on America's swamps and marshes,
and the efforts that are being made by both concerned citizens
and national groups to conserve them.