Compost Books for Kids!

Title: Garbage Helps Our Garden Grow: A Compost Story
By: Linda Glaser
Published: 2010

What can you do to help the environment? Make less garbage. How can you do that? Compost! Composting is an easy way to turn food scraps and yard waste into rich, useful soil. Follow one family through the year as they tend to the compost bin in their backyard and use the newly created soil in their garden. Age Range: 4-8 years

Call Number: x631.875 Glase.L

Title: Fridge-opolis!
By: Melissa Coffey
Published: 2022

In the jam-packed city of Fridge-opolis, Swiss cheese has turned moldy and bleu. The broccoli is in a bad mood downtown in the crispers. And the Eastside high-rises are full of dressings cloudy with gloom. With the city in chaos, Mayor Mayonnaise calls on Doctor Baking Soda at Undersink Labs for help. Will they be able to save Fridge-opolis from utter rancid ruin? A lovely introduction to reducing food waste for kids! Age Range: 4-8 years

Call Number: J Picture Coffe. M

Title: Your Planet Needs You! A Kids Guide to Reducing Waste & Recycling
By: Philip Bunting
Published: 2022

Each year, a single person can create up to a ton of garbage. That's the weight of a small hippo! Where does all that waste come from? Where does it end up? How does composting work? And what else can we do to help our planet? With easy-to-read infographics and a light, accessible tone, Your Planet Needs You! shows that taking care of our environment can be both fun and rewarding.A Blueberry Changemaker Book! Age Range: ‎5 - 8 years

Call Number:x640.286 Bunti.P

Title: What's Sprouting in my Trash? A Book About Composting
By: Esther Porter
Published: 2013

You can't recycle a banana peel . . . can you? Learn about how composting your food scraps, egg cartons, and other wastes helps make Earth a greener place.
Age Range: 5-8 years

Call Number: x631.875 Porte.E

Title: Composting: Decomposition (a Do It Yourself book)
By: Buffy Silverman
Published: 2008

How does compost help plants grow? What types of food do worms like best? How can using a worm farm help the Earth? Do It Yourself offers an exciting new approach to understanding and investigation. Each book helps you to conduct your own experiments and activities, and to learn more about the world around us.
Age Range: 8-12 years

Call Number: x631.875 Silve.B

Title: The Good Garden: How One Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough (CitizenKid)
By: Katie Smith Milway , Sylvie Daigneault (Illustrator)
Published: 2020

Eleven-year-old Maria Luz and her family have a small farm in Honduras, but may not have enough food to sustain them for the year, so Maria's father must leave home to find work, leaving her in charge of the garden. Learn about the change in her family's life her new teacher's compost information makes! Age Range: 8-12 years

Call Number: x363.883 Milwa.K

Title: Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth
By: Mary McKenna Siddals
Published: 2010

Not only is composting becoming more common in households and residential gardens, but many school gardens feature compost piles, too. But how do you start a compost pile? What’s safe to include? Perfect for an Earth Day focus or year-round reference, this inviting book provides all the answers for kids and families looking for simple, child-friendly ways to help the planet.Age Range: 3-7 years

Title: Composting (Way to Grow Gardening)
By: Rebecca Pettiford?
Published: 2015

In Composting, early fluent readers learn how organic matter breaks down to create a nutritious soil additive. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about how compost can be used to help their garden thrive. Age Range: 5 - 7 years

Call Number: : x631.875 Petti.R

Title: You Wouldn't Want to Live without Dirt! (new edition says Soil instead of Dirt)
By: Ian Graham, Mark Bergin (illustrator)
Published: 2016

Starting with the history of soil from four billion years ago, this illustrated book is a fun way to understand how our soil came to be, how we should take care of it, and the myriad ways it’s important to us today. Even though it’s a funny introduction, it’s a great way to share with our kids and teens why we need to take good care of our soil and what actions we can take to protect this precious resource. Age Range:

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Title: Farmer Will Allen and the growing table
By: Jaqueline Briggs Martin, Eric-Shabazz Larkin (Illustrations)
Published: 2013

Will Allen is no ordinary farmer. A former basketball star, he's as tall as his truck, and he can hold a cabbage--or a basketball--in one hand. But what is most special about Farmer Will is that he can see what others can't see. When he looked at an abandoned city lot in Milwaukee he saw a huge table, big enough to feed the whole world. And composting helps grow the plants AND heat the greenhouses in winter! Age Range: 6 - 10 years

Call Number: x630.92 Marti.J