The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan
Resources for Further Exploration
Organizations and Online Resources
- Blanchard River Watershed Partnership blanchardriver.org
- BRWP Education Resources blanchardriver.org/tools-for-educators
- Alliance for the Great Lakes greatlakes.org
- The National Wildlife Federation: “Protecting the Great Lakes” bit.ly/2WR4CzL
- The Nature Conservancy: “Priority Landscapes: Great Lakes” bit.ly/3DIjvoX
- Audubon Great Lakes resources for kids bit.ly/3BTlqp5
- Science Friday Great Lakes Book Club bit.ly/3BSCUl9
Books (asterisk * indicates book is also available as book on CD)
- No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg bit.ly/3DKga8Y
- *What the Eyes Don’t See by Mona Hanna-Attisha bit.ly/3yHCTP8
- Still Waters: The Secret World of Lakes by Curt Stager bit.ly/3zUQiEN
- On the Brink: The Great Lakes in the 21st Century by Dave Dempsey bit.ly/3ttkV1Y
- Pandora’s Locks: The Opening of the Great Lakes by Jeff Alexander bit.ly/3ndw71q
Documentaries, Docuseries, and Videos
- PBS special: The Death and Life of the Great Lakes to.pbs.org/3trvhPy
- Dan Egan discusses his books at the 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Books bit.ly/2YDLYfz
- Going to Green. Volume 1 (2020) bit.ly/2WTqKcs
- The Great Lakes: An Overview (2004) bit.ly/2YqkIRD
Elementary Level Books
- No More Plastic by Alma Fullerton bit.ly/38H6Sfz
- One Earth by Eileen Spinelli; illustrated by Rogério Coelho bit.ly/3tgZiBF
- We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom; illustrated by Michaela Goade bit.ly/3DMdTdp
- Pond by Jim LaMarche bit.ly/3hjd7en
- When We Went Wild by Isabella Tree & Allira Tee bit.ly/3BDYeuz
Middle Grade Books
- Heroes of the Environment by Harriet Rohmer; illustrated by Julie McLaughlin bit.ly/2WPzmkm
- Hello from Renn Lake by Michele Weber Hurwitz bit.ly/3jGYAuj
- Rescue at Lake Wild by Terry Lynn Johnson bit.ly/3yI07o8
- The Leak by Kate Reed Petty; art by Andrea Bell bit.ly/3tb4Hud
- Eco Kids : Self-Sufficiency Handbook by Alan & Gill Bridgewater bit.ly/3h25hFD
Teen Books
- Planet SOS : 22 Modern Monsters Threatening Our Environment (And What You Can Do To Defeat Them!) by Marie G. Rohde bit.ly/3BBdmJe
- Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines by Paul Fleischman bit.ly/3yF7e0F
- The Plastic Problem by Rachel Salt bit.ly/3gWdeMw
- Breathe by Sarah Crossan bit.ly/38BkrwW
- Solstice by P. J. Hoover bit.ly/38AljSC