Reading About: Recycling, Trash, and Landfills

Kindergarten – Grade 3

A brand-new day with Mouse and Mole (Easy Reader) K-3

by Yee, Wong Herbert. Houghton Mifflin, p2008

Garbage Cans and Landfills K-3

by Katz Cooper, Sharon.  Read Me, c2010

Making less trash K-3

by Hock, Peggy. Children's Press, p2009

Michael Recycle K-3

by Bethel, Ellie. IDW & Jonas Pub. , p2008

Michael Recycle meets Litterbug Doug

by Bethel, Ellie. Worthwhile Books, p2009

Recycle every day! K-3

by Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth Marshall Cavendish Children, p2006

Smash! mash! crash! there goes the trash! K-3

by Odanaka, Barbara. Margaret K. McElderry Books, p2006

Trashy town K-3

by Zimmerman, Andrea Griffing. HarperCollins, p1999

Recycling Materials  (K-3)

by Barraclough, Sue. Sea-to-Sea, p2008

Grades 3 - 6

One well : the story of water on Earth Grades 3-6

by Strauss, Rochelle  Kids Can Press, p2007 (multiple starred reviews)

Trash crisis on earth! (Graphic Novel) 3-6

by Stadler, Alexander. Scholastic, p2009

Waste and recycling  3-6    

by Hewitt, Sally. Crabtree Pub., p2009

What can we do about trash and recycling? / (Protecting Our Planet Series) 3-6

by Metz, Lorijo. PowerKids Press, c2010

Grades 5 – 8

Earth's garbage crisis (series) 5-8

by Dorion, Christiane. World Almanac Library, p2007

Garbage, waste, dumps, and you : the disgusting story behind what we leave behind 5-8

by Miller, Connie Colwell. Capstone Press, p2009

Tracking trash : flotsam, jetsam, and the science of ocean motion 5-8

by Burns, Loree Griffin. Houghton Mifflin, p2007

High School/Adult

Garbage land : on the secret trail of trash High School

by Royte, Elizabeth. Little, Brown, p2006

Mongo : adventures in trash High School

by Botha, Ted. Bloomsbury , p2004

Web Resources

Recycling Facts 4 Kids http://bit.ly/dKJsy

Energy & Waste – Landfilling http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/saving/recycling/solidwaste/landfiller.html

Cool How a Landfill Works section view http://www.metrokc.gov/DNR/Kidsweb/landfill.htm

Fun Factoids http://www.browncountylandfill.com/kid.html

The Shrinking Landfill maze with facts http://lancaster.ne.gov/city/pworks/waste/sldwaste/recycle/kids/activity/pdf/landfill.pdf

Lots of activities for secondary students…very boring web interface…very useful PDFs http://www.erefdn.org/activities.htm