A Green List- Introducing pre-schoolers to the natural world.
from Christchurch City Libraries

It’s a cliché to say that children are the hope of the future. In the case of environmental issues, however, it seems particularly apt. How can we introduce young children to thinking about the environment in a positive and thoughtful way? Perhaps the first step is to introduce them to the natural world using picture books. We have listed some picture books which inform and entertain.

• All kinds of animals by Andrew Crowe (New Zealand)
• Amazon alphabet by Martin Jordan
• Commotion in the ocean by Giles Andreae
• Booby hatch by Betsy Lewin
• Little bat by Tania Cox
• The night owls by Kevin Pattrick
• Rangi me te whenua: The sky and the earth by Amanda Jackson
• Whale song by Tony Johnston
• What’s for lunch by David Miller
• Who is the world for by Tom Pow

Picture books are located in book bins in the children’s section of your local library.