Go Green Heroes collection

Books to help:

• raise awareness about the environment
• children feel connected to nature
• encourage families to make greener choices
• inspire young readers to become eco-heroes!

How to borrow books

• you can visit any of our libraries
• you can request the books to collect from a library by making a library request
• you can also borrow ebooks and talking books online by downloading them from Borrowbox

Please note that we are still adding titles in the Go Green Heroes collection to Borrowbox. 

If you're not a library member:

• visit your local library to apply for a full membership
• to borrow ebooks and talking books only set up an online library membership

To find the Go Green Heroes selection on Borrowbox or library request sites:

• In the libraries catalogue, either type the book title in the search option or go to advanced search in the header and select Go Green Heroes
• in Borrowbox, type the title of the book you’re looking for in the search bar

Go Green Heroes - book list

Junior fiction books

• A girl called Joy by Jenny Valentine
• By ash, oak and thorn by Melissa Harrison
• Future hopes edited by Lauren James
• Melt by Ele Fountain
• The dangerous life of Ophelia Bottom by Susie Bower
• The last bear by Hannah Gold
• The map of leaves by Yarrow Townsend
• The whale watchers by Dougie Poynter

Junior poetry

• My heart was a tree by Michael Morpurgo

Older picture books

• A song of gladness by Michael Morpurgo and Emily Gravett

Junior non-fiction books

• 101 ways to be an eco-hero by Kait Eaton
• 21 things to do with a tree by Jane Wilsher
• Can we really help the polar bears? by Katie Daynes
• Climate change for beginners by Andy Prentice
• Don't panic! by James Campbell
• Eco craft book by Laura Minter
• Guardians of the planet by Clive Gifford
• It's a wonderful world by Jess French
• Kids fight climate change by Martin Dorey
• Looking after our planet by Katie Daynes
• Nature needs you! by Liz Gogerly
• On the move by Florence Urquhart
• Recycle and remake: creative projects for eco kids by DK
• Save the seas! by Liz Gogerly
• Stuff by Maddie Moate
• Sustainable planet by Anna Claybourne
• The food we eat by Katie Woolley
• The story of conservation by Catherine Barr
• The things we recycle by Katie Woolley
• Why do we need trees? by Katie Daynes

Board books

• Green home by Pintachan
• Please help planet earth by Ladybird

Younger picture books

• Dear Earth by Isabel Otter
• Eco girl by Ken Wilson-Max
• Elephant in my kitchen! by Smriti Halls
• Footprint by Phil Cummings
• King of the swamp by Catherine Emmett
• The tree next door by Charlie Moyle
• There's a rang-tan in my bedroom by James Sellick
• Tiny crab is a tidy crab by Paula Bowles