Wildfires Book List For Kids & Teens

An interactive books for families who are looking for support in talking to their kids & teens about wildfires — whether they are survivors of an incident like the recent LA fires (January 2025) or are curious because of information they’ve been hearing in the world.
Please Note: If your location doesn’t auto-populate correctly when you click the ‘Check Your Library’ link, you can set it manually by tapping the location name in the blue menu bar that appears below the search box on the book information page.

If you need additional assistance or find any errors on this page, please feel free to contact me @ miztanyadawn@gmail.com & for more information on why I made this list, please see this blog post. #ILoveYouLa♥️
CoverTitle, Author, IllustratorAge RangeCheck Your Library on WorldCat
Wildfire by Breena Bard9-12Check Your Library
I survived the California wildfires, 2018 by Lauren Tarshis ; illustrated by Scott Dawson9-12Check Your Library
What to bring by Lorna Schultz Nicholson ; illustrated by Ellen Rooney0-8Check Your Library
Dear wild child : you carry your home inside you by Wallace J. Nichols & Wallace Grayce Nichols ; illustrated by Drew Beckmeyer4-8Check Your Library
They hold the line : wildfires, wildlands, and the firefighters who brave them by Dan Paley ; illustrated by Molly Mendoza7-10Check Your Library
Evacuation Order by Jane B. Mason and Sarah Hines Stephens9-12Check Your Library
Missing Mike by Shari Green9-12Check Your Library
Speaking for Fire by James BlueWolf ; illustrated by Carolyn Wing Greenlee8-10Check Your Library
Out of the woods : a true story of an unforgettable event by Rebecca Bond5-9Check Your Library
Simone by Viet Thanh Nguyen ; illustrated by Minnie Phan0-8Check Your Library
Lies like wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez9-12Check Your Library
Wildfires by Kathy Furgang6-8Check Your Library
Where’s My House? : Sierra National Forest by Junior Authors Worldwide & Susie Harder ; illustrated by Lily LiuAll agesCheck Your Library
The fox and the forest fire’ by Danny Popovici0-8Check Your Library
Paradise on fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes ; illustrated by Serena Malyon9-12Check Your Library
Wildfire! by Ashley Wolff0-8Check Your Library
Sources
January 9, 2025 – Originally published by the University of Wisconsin Murphy Library
January 10, 2025 – personally discovered via post on librarian Mychal Threets Facebook page