Minni's Favorite Books - Earth Day 🌳 ♻️ 🌎
Our favorite books in honor of Earth Day!
This month we can’t help but celebrate mother nature in all its glory! At Minni we strive to be sustainable in everything we do. We often up-cycle materials in our classes and vacation programs, and partner with like minded artists and local businesses.
We love our planet and all the critters and creatures within it! For this month’s theme we wanted to extend that mentality to the books you can read together at home with your little one(s), and share in the wondrous thing our world has to offer. From colorful florals, to busy bees, and the wild African plains … we have lots treasure!
Interested in reading some of these books that we’ve recommended? Come join our Art Book Club, where we rotate books every week based on a corresponding art project.
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Celebrate Earth Day, vibrant florals, and learn the basics of gardening in this brilliant and bright story. Little readers learn the colors of the rainbow as they watch a plants grow in a beautifully vibrant garden. Follow along as a mother and daughter plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings and nurture their growth into flowers.
Why Does the Sun Shine? Christine Pym
Science made fun and accessible. Lifting the flaps to find the answers to the questions is perfect for inquisitive young children. A Playful, informative look at the importance of the sun to life on Earth, this book offers quirky scenes, simple text and friendly flaps answer charming questions such as 'How does the sun help us?', 'Why are some places hotter than others?' and 'Where does the sun go at night?'
Serengeti Plains of Grass by Leslie Bulion
Serengeti Plain, offers young readers a compelling look at an ecosystem in motion. In this lyrical salute to one of Africa, Bulion's cadences and rhythmic lines mimic the web of life in the Serengeti, following the great migration of wildebeest, zebras, and other animals into and then out of the vast short-grass plain.
Thank you, Bees by Toni Yuly
Clouds bring the rain that makes puddles to splash in. Sheep give us wool for our sweaters and hats. The honey that sweetens our bread comes from bees (thank you, bees). With spare, repetitive text and bright, torn-paper collage artwork, this picture book gives even the youngest readers a subtle sense of how everyday things are related -- and inspires an appreciation for life's simple gifts.
