Independent Reading Suggested Books for Plastic Pollution
See our Independent Reading for Elementary Students Teacher Tool for guidance on how to use the suggested texts below.
Fiction Texts with Connecting Topics and Themes
- Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
- Me and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig King
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer (1000L) *
- The First Rule of Climate Club by Carrie Firestone
- World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky (1160L) **
Informational Texts to Build Content Knowledge
- Can I Recycle This? A Kid's Guide to Better Recycling and How to Reduce Single-Use Plastics by Jennie Romer
- Climate is Just the Start by Mikaela Loach
- Endangered Oceans: Investigating Oceans in Crisis (Endangered Earth) by Jody S. Rake (830L) *
- One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul (570L)
- Plastic, Ahoy!: Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by Patricia Newman (900L) *
- Recycle this Book by Dan Gutman
- Taking on the Plastics Crisis by Hannah Testa
- Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Scientists in the Field Series) by Loree Griffin Burns
- What a Waste by Jess French (IG920L) *
* lower Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
** higher Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
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