RAINFOREST-SAFE KIDS' BOOKS

RAINFOREST-SAFE KIDS’ BOOKS A POCKET GUIDE

Recommended publishers are committed to the protection of Indonesia’s forests and forests worldwide. They have committed to phasing out controversial Indonesian fiber and suppliers APP and APRIL until reforms are achieved and have a comprehensive environmental paper policy or a commitment to create one.

CAN DO BETTER

These publishers have made commitments to improve their paper practices and to phase out controversial Indonesian fiber until reforms are achieved but have not committed to avoiding controversial suppliers.

AVOID

These publishers have made no commitment to protecting Indonesia’s or other endangered rainforests. They do not have public, environmental paper policies.

Make Way for Ducklings

Corduroy

MAJOR BRANDS: Dial; Dutton; Firebird; Frederick Warne; G.P. Putnam’s Sons; Grosset & Dunlap; Philomel; Price Stern Sloan; Puffin Books; Razorbill; Speak; Viking

The Odious Ogre

The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Caveman from the Future

MAJOR BRANDS: Arthur A. Levine Books; Cartwheel Books; Chicken House; Graphix; Little Scholastic; Little Shepherd; Michael di Capua Books; Orchard Books; Point; PUSH; The Blue Sky Press

CAN DO BETTER

RECOMMENDED

Mockingjay

This Isn’t What it Looks Like

MAJOR BRANDS: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; LB Kids; Poppy

ART & MAX

Wangari’s Trees Complete Adventures of Peace of Curious George (70th Anniversary Edition)

MAJOR BRANDS: Clarion; Graphia; Harcourt Children’s Books; HMH Franchise Publishing; Houghton Mifflin Books for Children; Sandpiper

Disney Publishing Worldwide

Generation Green

I Can Save the Earth

All Revved Up

The Secret to Teen Power

MAJOR BRANDS: Aladdin; Atheneum; Beach Lane Books; Little Simon; Little Simon Inspirations; Margaret K. McElderry Books; Paula Wiseman Books; Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Simon Pulse; Simon Spotlight

Enchanting Moments

Toy Story 3 Mix & Match

MAJOR BRANDS: Disney Editions; Disney Press; Hyperion Books for Children; Jump at the Sun

AVOID

HarperCollins

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

The Lorax Big Book of the Berenstain Bears

MAJOR BRANDS: Disney Books for Young Readers; Dragonfly; First Time Books; Golden Books; Random House Books for Young Readers; Sesame Workshop; Step into Reading; Yearling

Sterling Publishing

Scholastic

Hug Time

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Random House CAN DO BETTER

RECOMMENDED

Penguin Group (Pearson)

The Earth Book

AVOID

RECOMMENDED

RECOMMENDED

Planting the It’s a Book Wherever You Are Trees of Kenya MAJOR BRANDS: Farrar, Straus & Giroux for Young Readers; Feiwel & Friends; First Second Book; Henry Holt Books for Young Readers; Roaring Brook Press; Square Fish

Where’s Waldo? Stop and Go, Maisy! The Christmas Giant MAJOR BRANDS: Templar; Toon Books

Hachette Book Group

Simon & Schuster

Macmillan

Madeline

RECOMMENDED

RECOMMENDED

RECOMMENDED

Use our guide to choose books from publishers who are committed to rainforest protection.

Candlewick Press

RECOMMENDED

Did you know that some of the books you buy could be contributing to Indonesian rainforest destruction?

Puff, the Magic Dragon Pop-Up Book

Ten on the Sled

Man Gave Names to All the Animals

MAJOR BRANDS: Flashkids; Pinwheel; Sandy Creek; Sterling Children’s

Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas

Where the Wild Things Are

Pinkalicious

MAJOR BRANDS: Amistad Press; Balzer & Bray; Collins; Greenwillow Books; HarperFestival; HarperTeen; Rayo; Katherine Tegen Books; Walden Pond Press

For more information on each of these publishers, see www.ran.org/bookguide For a list of rainforestsafe books, see www.ran.org/readinglist.