Children
Bogan, C. (2021). Where’s Rodney?. United States: Yosemite Conservancy.
Carrillo, G., Reynoso, N. (2022). Courageous Camila: A Story about Finding Your Inner Warrior. United States: Con Todo Press.
Contreras, Kathleen. Cosechando Amigos. United States, Arté Publico Press, 2018.
Cumpiano, I., Herrera, J. F. (2002). Los meros meros remateros. United States: Children’s Book Press.
de la Peña, M. (2018). Carmela Full of Wishes. United States: Penguin Young Readers Group.
Engle, M. (2021). The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist. United States: Amazon Publishing.
Farrell, A. (2019). The Hike. United States: Chronicle Books LLC.
Flett, J. (2013). Wild Berries. Canada: Simply Read Books.
Gerlach, E. (2018). Ben’s Adventures: A Day at the Beach. United States: Storybook Genius, LLC.
Gonzalez, Jose G., Thornbrugh., S. (2023). Pepe Plantasemillas. United States: Latino Outdoors.
Gonzalez, X. (2017). All Around Us. United States: Cinco Puntos Press.
Gonzalez, X. (2022). Where Wonder Grows. United States: Cinco Puntos Press.
Gonzalez, M. C. (2009). I Know the River Loves Me. United States: Children’s Book Press.
Gorman, Amanda (2023). Something, Someday. United States: Penguin Young Readers Group.
Herrera, J. F. (2020). Imagine. United States: Candlewick Press.
Hunt, D. (2019). Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock. Canada: Portage & Main Press.
Keats, E. J. (2012). The Snowy Day. United States: Viking Press.
Kloepper, M. (2019). The Not-So Great Outdoors. United States: Tundra.
Krishnaswami, U. (2017). Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh. United States: Lee & Low Books.
Kuefler, J. (2015). Beyond the Pond. United States: HarperCollins.
Lindstrom, C. (2020). We Are Water Protectors. United States: Roaring Brook Press
Luciani, B. (2003). How Will We Get to the Beach?. United Kingdom: NorthSouth Books.
Luján, J. (2012). With the Sun in My Eyes. United States: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press.
Nikola-Lisa, W. (2005). Summer Sun Risin‘. United Kingdom: Lee & Low Books, Incorporated.
Oswald, P. (2020). Hike. United States: Candlewick Press.
Pham, L. (2021). Outside, Inside. United States: Roaring Brook Press.
Pierce, T. (2021). Eat Up, Bear!. United States: Yosemite Conservancy.
Pinkney, J. B. (2009). Max Found Two Sticks. (n.p.): Paw Prints.
Quintero, I. (2019). My Papi Has a Motorcycle. United States: Penguin Random House LLC.
Rockwell, L. (2020). Hiking Day. United Kingdom: Aladdin.
Ryan, P. M. (2008). Our California. United States: Charlesbridge.
Shiraishi, A. (2020). How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion. United States: Random House Children’s Books.
Spurr, E. (2012). In the Woods. United States: Peachtree Pub.
Stier, C. (2019). If I Were a Park Ranger. United States: Albert Whitman.
Tariq, A. (2021). Fatima’s Great Outdoors. United States: Penguin Young Readers Group.
Thompson, L. A. (2015). Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah. United States: Schwartz & Wade Books
Underwood, D. (2020). Outside In. United States: HMH Books
Ventura, G. B., De Anda, D. (2013). Huerto de Retazos. United States: Arte Publico Press.
Zachariah, A. (2019). The Night Is Yours. United States: Penguin Young Readers Group.
Young Adults
Alvarez, N. (2020). Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America’s Stolen Land. United States: Catapult.
Kimmerer, R. W. (2013). Braiding Sweetgrass. United States: Milkweed Editions.
Lanham, J. D. (2016). The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature. United States: Milkweed Editions.
Lee, J. J. (2020). Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My Family’s Past Among Taiwan’s Mountains and Coasts. United States: Catapult.
Lugo, D. (2019). The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey. United States: Appalachian Mountain Club Books.
Mills, J. E. (2014). The Adventure Gap: Changing the Face of the Outdoors. United States: Mountaineers Books
Savoy, L. (2015). Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape. United States: Counterpoint.
Tabei, J. (2017). Honouring High Places: The Mountain Life of Junko Tabei. Australia: RMB Rocky Mountain Books.
The Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity, and the Natural World. (2011). United States: Milkweed Editions.
Vela, R.D. (2022) Hola Ranger, My Journey Through The National Parks. United State: Raymond David Vela.
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