In honor of Earth Week, here are some new books about the planet and how we affect it.

What the Animals Taught Me, by Stephanie Marohn: “Stories of love and healing from a farm animal sanctuary.”

The Routes of Man, by Ted Conover: “How roads are changing the world and how we live today.”

Kraken, by Wendy Williams: “The curious, exciting, and slightly disturbing science of squid.”

Oil and Water, by Steve Duin and Shannon Wheeler: “a powerful graphic novel about [the authors’] 2010 pilgrimage to the Gulf Coast in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill”