Environmental Reads for World Water Day

By Jamie Huang | March 23 2026 | AdultChildren's

Earlier this year, the United Nations reported a global water bankruptcy. These conditions are defined by insolvency and irreversibility, but that does not mean we should give up. It means the opposite: we need to work harder to rectify this crisis. Today is World Water Day, and it’s the perfect opportunity to learn more about this crisis and what we can do. Below are titles for all ages that not only explore the changes our planet is experiencing, but also concrete changes we can make to work towards a cleaner, healthier future.

9780593428115
World-renowned conservationist Bindi Irwin has a message for animal-loving kids: you can help protect the planet and all who call it home! Featuring exclusive Irwin family photos and animal fun facts.
$19.99 US
Feb 04, 2025
Hardcover
32 Pages
Random House Books for Young Readers
World

9780593432112
Inspire kids to ask the big questions about Earth and the cosmos with this stunningly illustrated version of Professor Stephen Hawking's final message to humankind.
$19.99 US
Mar 26, 2024
Hardcover
40 Pages
Random House Books for Young Readers
US, Canada, Open Mkt

9780593531525
By the bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, this is Michael Pollan's ingenious companion book about the surprising and close relationship between people and plants.
$18.99 US
May 09, 2023
Hardcover
208 Pages
Rocky Pond Books
World

9780593483572
An exploration of the devastating effects of global warming—current and future—adapted for young adults from the #1 New York Times bestseller. This is not only an assessment on how the future will look to those living through it, but also a dire overview and an impassioned and hopeful call to action to change the trajectory while there is still time.
$11.99 US
Oct 10, 2023
Paperback
176 Pages
Delacorte Press
US, Canada, Open Mkt

9780593242728
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* We are living on the wrong clock, and it is destroying us. The author of How to Do Nothing offers us different ways to experience time in this dazzling, subversive, and deeply hopeful book. “[Saving Time] humbly suggests: Rather than try to beat the clock and then punish yourself when you inevitably fail, [ask] yourself why our society’s conception of time – and our obsession with mastering it – exists in the first place?” –San Francisco Chronicle “Paradigm-destroying”–New York Times Book Review “Saving Time is the rare book that does more than meet the current moment, it defines it.” –Booklist, STARRED REVIEW
$20.00 US
Jan 02, 2024
Paperback
416 Pages
Random House Trade Paperbacks
US, Canada, Open Mkt

9780525427445
A journey into the world of carbon, the most versatile element on the planet, by the New York Times bestselling author Paul Hawken
$28.00 US
Mar 18, 2025
Hardcover
256 Pages
Viking
US, Canada, Open Mkt

9780593728574
Eye-opening essays about searching for peace in the cacophony of birds and discovering a world of meaning in small moments—from award-winning actor Lili Taylor.
$30.00 US
Apr 29, 2025
Hardcover
208 Pages
Crown
US, Canada, Open Mkt

9781623179021
An intersectional primer for saving the planet: place-based perspectives and community-led tools for fighting climate change—for readers of The Intersectional Environmentalist and All We Can Save"An essential, inspired chorus of voices echoing the urgency of action in the fight against climate change." —Kirkus Reviews
$19.95 US
Aug 01, 2023
Paperback
352 Pages
North Atlantic Books
World