Health & Wellness

Public libraries work with groups from health departments to community-based organizations and provide access to everything from cooking classes to safe walking routes.

Help kids understand the vital role forests play in absorbing greenhouse gas emissions and how they can protect trees. 

Books and online resources about trees and forest conservation, including Indigenous-authored titles and narratives about marine forests.

These librarians convey the rules with a light touch.

Activities, books, and online tools address issues including the impact of pet waste on water systems, measuring water footprints, and how activists raise awareness about conservation.

For the past two summers, school librarian Sheila Michaels has led a program that gives out bags with books, hygiene items, and snacks—all for free.

Verse lends itself to conveying big feelings around disability, as these powerful works for middle grade readers show.

One public library's creative initiatives to get young people away from screens and into nature, with tips and best practices for excursions from kayaking and camping to open-air yoga.

Characters in these books, including a few classics, are comfortable being different from others and engage with their world in nontraditional ways.