Green Options » reference works http://greenoptions.com/tag/reference-works Posts tagged 'reference works' Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:16:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Good Books for Good Kids: The Earth is Our Mother http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/31/good-books-for-good-kids-the-earth-is-our-mother/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/31/good-books-for-good-kids-the-earth-is-our-mother/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:16:41 +0000 Julie Finn http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/31/good-books-for-good-kids-the-earth-is-our-mother/ Author's photograph of a stack of library booksI have been known to hide my children’s books from them. My girls have a preference for doggerel, and each child has at one point fallen in love with an insipid, poorly-rhymed, awkwardly-rhythmed book that I have then had to read to them approximately 1,000 times an hour–”I’m Sally the Cow/I eat grass and hay/I sit in a field almost all day,” etc.

Fortunately, my kiddos have a voracious appetite for books, and there’s room for me to intersperse my own choices. Children’s literature is also terrific for introducing and reinforcing a value system to children, and so I’m always on the lookout for pro-breastfeeding, pro-babywearing, handicraft-oriented, environmentally sound books to positively reflect the same values that I try to model and teach. Here’s a set that encourages respect for the Earth as a nurturing entity:

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