Reading List Kids’ Books About Redwoods Author
Title
Date
APPROXIMATE Ages
Baker, Laura Nelson
A Tree Called Moses
1966
4 and up
Buff, Mary and Conrad
Big Tree
1946, 2001
4 and up
Bosveld, Jane
While a Tree Was Growing
1997
4 to 8
Prevost, John
Redwood Trees
1996
4 to 8
Vieira, Linda
The Ever-Living Tree: The Life and Times of a Coast Redwood
1994
4 to 8
Wadsworth, Ginger
Giant Sequoia Trees (Early Bird Nature Books)
1995
4 to 9
Baron, Kathy
The Tree of Time: A Story of a Special Sequoia
1994
5 and up
Beals, Kevin and Gina Cervetti
Walk in the Woods
2007
7 to 8
Purslow, Neil
Redwood National Park: Forest of Giants
2006
8 to 12
Anderson, Margaret, et. al.
Ancient Forests: Discovering Nature
1996
8 to 13
Collard, Sneed B.
Green Giants
1994
9 to 12
Cosson, M.J.
Welcome to Redwood National and State Parks
2006
9 to 12
Fitzgerald, Dawn
Julia Butterfly Hill: Saving the Redwoods
2002
9 to 12
George, Michael
Sequoias
1992
9 to 12
Jackson, Donna M.
Extreme scientists: Exploring nature's mysteries from perilous places
2009
9 to 12
Nonfiction
Includes a chapter on scientists who climb redwoods
Lynette, Rachel
Julia Butterfly Hill: Saving the Ancient Redwoods
2007
9 to 12
Schneider, Bill
The Tree Giants: The Story of the Redwoods, the World's Largest Trees
1988
9 to 12
Hill, Julia Butterfly
Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods
2001
Young Adult
2008
Young Adult
Best for late high school and college
Preston, Richard
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring Best for late high school and college
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Reading List Kids’ Books About Redwoods Author
Title
Date
APPROXIMATE Ages
Lieber, Robert
The Tallest Tree
2001
2 to 5
Donahue, Mike
The Grandpa Tree
2007
3 and up
Reed-Jones, Carol
The Tree in the Ancient Forest
1995
4 to 10
Chin, Jason
Redwoods
2009
4 to 8
Donahue, Mike
The Fire That Saved the Forest
2002
4 to 8
Robson, Gary D.
Who Pooped in the Park? Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park
2006
4 to 8
French, S. Terrell
Operation Redwood
2009
8 to 12
Halter, Loretta
A Voice for the Redwoods
2002
9 to 11
Hassman, Mina
Little Bigfoot Meets a Person: A Modern Tale About Bigfoot, a Legendary Animal of the Redwood Wilderness
2008
9 to 12
Levi, Dror Shai
The Sacred Redwood Forest
1999
9 to 12
Schwarzkopf, Chet
Heart of the Wild: Animal Stories of the California Redwood Coast
2000
10 and up
Barron, T.A.
The Ancient One
1992
10 to 14
Pfitsch, Patricia Curtis
Riding the Flume
2004
12 and up
Leiterman, Robert
The Bigfoot Mystery: The Adventure begins
2000
Young Adult
Leiterman, Robert
Operation Redwood Quest: Search for Answers
2003
Young Adult
Leiterman, Robert
Yeti or not, Here we come!: Bigfoot in the Redwoods
2003
Young Adult
Fiction
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