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Suggested Reading for Earth Day American Environmental Heroes, by Phyllis M. Stanley -- Enslow Publishers (1996) A collective biography of ten American environmentalists, including Henry David Thoreau, Rachel Carson, Sylvia Earle, and George Washington Carver. Earth Keepers, by Stuart A. Kallen -- Rockbottom Books (1993) Examines the lives of three people who were pioneer naturalists and ecologists. Environmental Pioneers, by Patricia Byrnes -- Oliver Press (1988) Profiles people who have been influential in the environmental movement: John Muir, Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling, Rosalie Edge, Aldo Leopold, Olaus and Margaret Murie, Rachel Carson, David Brower, and Gaylord Nelson. Gaylord Nelson: A Day for the Earth, by Jeffrey Shulman, Teresa Rogers and Larry Raymond (illus.)- 21st Century Books (1992) Examines the life and work of the politician who worked on the state and national level to protect the environment and was responsible for the first Earth Day in 1970. Margaret Murie: A Wilderness Life, by Jennifer Bryant and Antonio Castro (illus.) - 21st Century Books (1993) A biography of the conservationist, known as the "godmother" of the environmental movement, who grew up in the Alaska territory and became a major force behind the preservation of the Alaskan wilderness. Rachel Carson: Friend of Nature, by Carol Greene -- Children's Press (1992) A biography of the biologist whose writings helped initiate the environmental movement. Women and Nature: Saving the "Wild" West, by Glenda Riley - University of Nebraska (1999) A look at several women who have worked as environmentalists and conservationists to protect Western wilderness areas. Books by the Environmental Heroes America's Last Chance, by Gaylord Nelson and the editors of Country Beautiful -- Rand McNally (1970) Island Between, by Margaret Murie - University of Alaska Press (1977) Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson -- Houghton Mifflin (1962) The Sea Around Us, by Rachel Carson - Oxford University Press (1977) Two in the Far North, by Margaret Murie and Olaus Murie (illus.) - Alaska Northwest Books (1997) What are me and you gonna do? Children's Letters to Senator Gaylord Nelson about the Environment, by Gaylord Nelson - Ballantine Books (1971) |
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