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This set of resources offers a range of titles and activities for children's books about food waste reduction. Click on any resource to launch.

Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World

From urban gardens to farms under the sea, discover the many different sustainable ways people have been growing food for centuries, and new innovations that are battling the effects of climate change on farming
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Food for the Future: Discussion Guide

Discussion guide for using before, during and after reading
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Food for the Future: Frayer Model

Printable graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
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See, Think, Wonder Graphic Organizer

Use this See, Think, Wonder graphic organizer to support students' observations and interpretations about a text
Sydney & Simon: Go Green!
Sydney & Simon: Go Green!

On a surprising field trip, Sydney and Simon learn the harms of trash. Can they use science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics to get the whole town to go green?
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Sydney & Simon: Go Green!: Discussion Guide

Discussion guide for using before, during and after reading
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Sydney & Simon: Go Green!: Frayer Model

Printable graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
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Main Idea and Key Details Graphic Organizer

Use this graphic organizer to help students analyze the main idea and key details of a text
The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation
The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation

All it takes is one: one coral gamete to start a colony in the ocean, one person to make a difference in the world, one idea to help us heal the earth
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The Brilliant Deep: Discussion Guide

Discussion guide for using before, during and after reading
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The Brilliant Deep: Frayer Model

Printable graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
The Brilliant Deep: Vocabulary Guide

Use this Vocabulary Guide to identify Tier 2 vocabulary words in the book
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Historic Figures Activity Guide for Grades PK-2

This activity guide supports books on historic figures for grades PK-2
The Earth Book
The Earth Book

With his signature blend of playfulness and sensitivity, Todd Parr explores the important, timely subject of environmental protection and conservation in this eco-friendly picture book
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The Earth Book: Discussion Guide

Discussion guide for using before, during and after reading
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The Earth Book: Frayer Model

Printable graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
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KWL Chart

Use this KWL chart individually or as a class to activate students’ thinking as they begin reading a new book
Planet Power: Explore the World's Renewable Energy
Planet Power: Explore the World's Renewable Energy

Explore six renewable energy technologies that are used around the world!
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Planet Power: Discussion Guide

Discussion guide for using before, during and after reading
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Planet Power: Frayer Model

Printable graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
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Venn Diagram

Use this Venn diagram to compare and contrast two renewable energy technologies
Anywhere Farm
Anywhere Farm

You might think a farm means fields, tractors, and a barnyard full of animals. But you can plant a farm anywhere you like!
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Anywhere Farm: Discussion Guide

Discussion guide for using before, during and after reading
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Anywhere Farm: Frayer Model

Printable graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
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Anywhere Farm: Memory Match

Printable and interactive memory match puzzle
Farmer Will Allen and his Growing Table
Farmer Will Allen and his Growing Table

Will Allen is no ordinary farmer. He is a former basketball star, but what is most special about Farmer Will is that he can see what others can't see
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Farmer Will Allen and his Growing Table: Guide for Educators

Printable guide for educators with suggestions for activating student thinking before, during, and after reading

 
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Farmer Will Allen and his Growing Table: Extension Activities for Educators

Printable extension activities for educators with interdisciplinary-themed project-based lessons

 
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Farmer Will Allen and his Growing Table: Guide for Families

Printable guide with hands-on activities and ideas for projects using materials found at home

 
Farmer Will Allen and his Growing Table: Vocabulary Scaffold

Printable vocabulary guide to pique students’ interests, put words into context, and aid reading comprehension

 
Sylvia's Spinach
Sylvia's Spinach

Sylvia does not like spinach. One day, her class plants a garden and Sylvia is in charge of planting—ew!—the spinach seeds
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Sylvia's Spinach: Guide for Educators

Printable guide for educators with suggestions for activating student thinking before, during and after reading
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Sylvia's Spinach: Extension Activities for Educators

Printable extension activities for educators with interdisciplinary-themed, project-based lessons
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Sylvia's Spinach: Guide for Families

Printable guide with hands-on activities and ideas for projects using materials found at home
Sylvia's Spinach: Vocabulary Scaffold

Printable vocabulary guide to pique students’ interests, put words into context, and aid reading comprehension
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

Fry Bread is a description of a modern Native American family, around the concept of fry bread as food, shape, sound, color, flavor, time, art, history, place, and nations
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Fry Bread: Discussion Guide

Discussion guide for using before, during and after reading
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Fry Bread: Frayer Model

Printable graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
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KWL Chart

Use this KWL chart individually or as a class to activate students’ thinking as they begin reading a new book
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed A Neighborhood
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed A Neighborhood

Discover the incredible true story of Harlem Grown, a lush garden in New York City that grew out of an abandoned lot and now feeds a neighborhood
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Harlem Grown: Discussion Guide

Discussion guide for using before, during and after reading
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Harlem Grown: Frayer Model

Printable graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
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KWL Chart

Use this KWL chart individually or as a class to activate students’ thinking as they begin reading a new book
Zero Waste Kids: Hands-On Projects & Activities to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
Zero Waste Kids: Hands-On Projects & Activities to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

Zero Waste Kids helps children to understand the world they live in and inspire them to start living in a more sustainable way
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Zero Waste Kids: Discussion Guide

Discussion guide for using before, during and after reading
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Zero Waste Kids: Frayer Model

Printable graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
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KWL Chart

Use this KWL chart individually or as a class to activate students’ thinking as they begin reading a new book
The Farm That Feeds Us: A Year in the Life of an Organic Farm
The Farm That Feeds Us: A Year in the Life of an Organic Farm

Explore the workings of a small-scale, organic family farm and experience the rhythm of farm life through four seasons
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The Farm That Feeds Us: Discussion Guide

Discussion guide for using before, during and after reading
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The Farm That Feeds Us: Frayer Model

Printable graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
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KWL Chart

Use this KWL chart individually or as a class to activate students’ thinking as they begin reading a new book
Don't Waste Your Food
Don't Waste Your Food

Amara's dad says they shouldn't waste food. But why is this such a big problem? Follow their story and find out what happens to food waste!
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Don't Waste Your Food: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
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KWL Chart

Use this KWL chart individually or as a class to activate students’ thinking as they begin reading a new book
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Don't Waste Your Food: Criss Cross

This printable and interactive crisscross puzzle aligns with Don't Waste Your Food by Deborah Chancellor
You Are What You Eat
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You Are What You Eat

Everything you always wanted to know about health – from head to toe! 
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You Are What You Eat: Frayer Model

Printable graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
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You Are What You Eat: Teacher's Guide

Printable Teacher's Guide with suggestions for activating student thinking before, during and after reading
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KWL Chart

Use this KWL chart individually or as a class to activate students’ thinking as they begin reading a new book
Rooftop Garden
Rooftop Garden

A group of city friends work diligently together to grow herbs and vegetables in a rooftop garden
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Rooftop Garden: Frayer Model

Printable graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
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KWL Chart

Use this KWL chart individually or as a class to activate students’ thinking as they begin reading a new book
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Food and Nutrition Activity Guide for PK-2

This activity guide supports books on food and nutrition for grades PK-2
Way to Grow! Gardening: Composting
Way to Grow! Gardening: Composting

In Composting, early fluent readers learn how organic matter breaks down to create a nutritious soil additive
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Way to Grow! Gardening: Composting: Frayer Model

Printable graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
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KWL Chart

Use this KWL chart individually or as a class to activate students’ thinking as they begin reading a new book
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STEM Exploration Activity Guide for 3-5

This activity guide supports STEM-related topics for grades 3-5
Don't Throw That Away!: A Lift-the-Flap Book about Recycling and Reusing
Don't Throw That Away!: A Lift-the-Flap Book about Recycling and Reusing

Follow an eco-conscious super hero as he teaches kids how to recycle and reuse common household items
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Don't Throw That Away!: Frayer Model

Printable graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
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KWL Chart

Use this KWL Chart individually or as a class to activate students’ thinking as they begin reading a new book
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STEM Exploration Activity Guide for PK-2

This activity guide supports STEM-related topics for grades PK-2
Plants Feed Me
Plants Feed Me

Where their food comes from? Smiling children pick fruits and vegetables, and learn how plants grow from seeds, stretching toward the sky for sun and into the earth for nutrients
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Plants Feed Me: Frayer Model

Printable graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge
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KWL Chart

Use this KWL Chart individually or as a class to activate students’ thinking as they begin reading a new book
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Food and Nutrition Activity Guide for PK-2

This activity guide supports books on food and nutrition for grades PK-2

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