Although Clifford is too large to help with some spring clean-up jobs, he is a great help outdoors on Earth Day.

Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Earth Day. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade.

When Mrs. Connor's class celebrates Earth Day, Emma decides to start small by recycling, using only what she needs, and picking up trash when she goes for a walk.

When Lily invites her friends to volunteer at the community garden, they learn how to dig, plant seeds, and patiently wait for their plants to grow. Includes instructions for growing snap peas at home.

Introduces gardens and gardening, including how a seed grows into a plant, how fruits and vegetables form, and what animals and insects also live in a garden.

Provides suggestions for different outdoor activities, including bug hunting, counting stars, planting a garden, and building a woodland hideout.

It's springtime on Bradford Street and twins Jada and Jamal Perkins are helping their parents with yard work as they look for signs of spring, When their teacher tells them about the town's plans to plant new trees at school in celebration of Earth Day, Jada and Jamal and their best friends, Carlita and Josh, come up with a school beautification project of their own.

Up in the garden, the world is full of green—leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden between the stalks, under the shade of leaves...and down in the dirt.