Sustainability Round Table announces Top 10 Sustainability Themed Children's Book List for 2019

CHICAGO — In celebration of Earth Day, the American Library Association’s Sustainability Round Table (SustainRT) is pleased to release its first annual Top 10 Sustainability Themed Children's Book List for 2019 (http://www.ala.org/rt/sustainrt/resources). Covering books published in 2018, the SustainRT list highlights five picture books and five nonfiction books for children (K-3) about the environment, playing in nature, gardening and so much more.

The Picture Book list includes:

• "Ocean Meets Sky" by Terry Fan and Eric Fan/Simon Schuster Books
• "The Patchwork Bike" by Maxine Beneba Clarke/Hachette Australia
• "Run Wild" by David Covell/Viking Books
• "Sometimes Rain" by Meg Fleming/Beach Lane Books
• "Under the Same Sky" by Britta Teckentrup/Caterpillar Books

The Nonfiction Book list includes:

• "All That Trash" by Meghan McCarthy/Simon Schuster Books
• "Dig In!: 12 Easy Gardening Projects Using Kitchen Scraps" by Kari A. Cornell/Millbrook Press
• "Going Wild" by Michelle Mulder/Orca Book Publishers
• "If Polar Bears Disappeared" by Lily Williams/Roaring Brook Press
• "Turtle Pond" by James Gladstone/Groundwood Books

  About the Sustainability Round Table
  SustainRT's mission is to provide:

• A professional forum for ALA members to exchange ideas and opportunities regarding sustainability in order to move toward a more equitable, healthy, and economically viable society.
• Resources for the library community to support sustainability through curriculum development; collections; exhibits; events; advocacy; communication; library buildings and space design.

For more information about SustainRT, visit http://www.ala.org/rt/sustainrt or contact sustainrt.ala@gmail.com