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The Earth and I
by Frank Asch
A full-color, environmental picture book tells of the friendship one boy feels for Earth--and what he does to make his sad friend happy.
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A quiet girl
by Peter Carnavas
A quiet girl who enjoys savoring the small things in her life struggles with the loud noises in a family home where she goes initially unnoticed, until her absence prompts a search that helps her family see the world through her eyes. By the award-winning author of Blue Whale Blues. Illustrations.
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Zonia's rain forest
by Juana Martinez-Neal
Enjoying days spent with animal friends near her home in the Amazon, young Zonia wonders what to do on a day when the rainforest calls out to her for help, in a lushly illustrated story that is complemented by back matter about the Asháninka community. Illustrations.
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The Other Way to Listen
by Byrd Baylor
With the help of a lot of practice, a young boy learns from his old teacher how to listen to the sounds and songs of the natural world, from a wildflower seed bursting open to the voice of the corn in a cornfield.
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A quiet girl
by Peter Carnavas
A quiet girl who enjoys savoring the small things in her life struggles with the loud noises in a family home where she goes initially unnoticed, until her absence prompts a search that helps her family see the world through her eyes. By the award-winning author of Blue Whale Blues. Illustrations.
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Everybody Needs a Rock
by Byrd Baylor
Describes the qualities to consider in selecting the perfect rock for play and pleasure.
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The Curious Garden
by Peter Brown
Liam discovers a hidden garden and, with careful tending, spreads color throughout the dark, gray city, in this imaginative picture book with an environmental theme.
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Secret place
by Eve Bunting
Having discovered a secret place by the river that crosses the city where he lives, a small boy visits frequently and sees such wildlife as a white egret and mallard ducklings and decides not to tell anyone about his findings.
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Rain forest
by Helen Cowcher
A dramatic confrontation between the many exotic animal inhabitants of a rain forest and man and his machines is depicted through a simple text and vivid boldly colored illustrations capturing the lush beauty of a primeval rain forest.
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Leaf
by Sandra Dieckmann
The forest animals are afraid of a strange new creature that washed up on their shore, but the crows think they should talk to the creature
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Chirri & Chirra in the tall grass
by Kaya Doi
While on their bicycles, sisters Chirri and Chirra notice that the meadow in front of their house has grown, and cycle into the long grass to discover such activity as bees making honey and flower chafers making mixed-leaf juice
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Round like a ball!
by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Everyone tries to guess what is round and warm and cold and strong and fragile, until they finally realize it is Earth.
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In the tall, tall grass
by Denise Fleming
A backyard tour through the tall, tall grass provides a caterpillar's-eye-view of a sunny afternoon, beginning when the sun rises in the sky and ending as fireflies begin to blink.
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Cactus hotel
by Brenda Z. Guiberson
A big book version of a nonfiction best-seller describes the life cycle of the giant saguaro cactus, with an emphasis on its role as a home for other desert dwellers.
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Emeraldalicious
by Victoria Kann
Dismayed to find that their favorite park is not as clean and green as it used to be, Pinkalicious and her brother, Peter, use a pinkerrific magic wand to transform piles of trash into castles, thrones and other magical objects.
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Once upon a Jungle by Laura KnowlesEnter the jungle with this striking book that animates the food chain through saturated color illustrations and simple poetic language.
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Swimming with sharks : the daring discoveries of Eugenie Clark
by Heather Lang
A picture book introduction to the Japanese-American scientist, researcher and diver who became famously known as "The Shark Lady" because of her groundbreaking discoveries about shark behavior describes how in childhood she disregarded scary stories and admired sharks as graceful and clever sea creatures.
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Rachel Carson and her book that changed the world
by Laurie Lawlor
Retells the story of Rachel Carson, a pioneering environmentalist who wrote and published "Silent Spring," the revolutionary book pointing out the dangerous effects of chemicals on the living world.
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Finding wild
by Megan Wagner Lloyd
"All the ways and places that wild exists in our world and where you can find it"
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Creekfinding : a true story
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
"Once upon a time a creek burbled up and tumbled across a prairie valley. It was filled with insects and brook trout that ate them, frogs that chirruped and birds watching for bugs and fish. This is a true story about a man named Mike who went looking for that creek long after it was buried under fields of corn. It is the story of how a creek can be brought back to life, and with it a whole world of nature.
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Wild
by Emily Hughes
Raised by animals, a little girl is happy in her home and with her family of animals, until a strange animal that looks like her arrives and takes her away.
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What forest knows
by George Ella Lyon
Combines poetic text with evocative illustrations of woodland animals in a celebration of nature that reflects the changing seasons of the year.
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Listen to our world
by Bill Martin
The creators of Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? team up with the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of A River of Words in a celebration of the animals of the world that features lively depictions of animals in exotic and local environments.
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Me-- Jane
by Patrick McDonnell
Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.
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Becoming a good creature
by Sy Montgomery
A picture book adaptation of the best-selling How to Be a Good Creature explores how the examples of animals can impart unexpected lessons about friendship, compassion and our role in making the world a better place. 75,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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The EARTH book
by Todd Parr
Printed with recycled materials and non-toxic soy inks, an eco-friendly introduction to environmental protection describes how young people can work together to support the planet.
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The lost forest
by Phyllis Root
Amazing story of a forest that surveyors forgot to put on the map. The forest remained safe from logging for over 70 years and remains safe to this day.
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Life
by Cynthia Rylant
A poignant meditation on finding beauty in the everyday world and strength in the face of adversity is presented from the viewpoints of a series of exotic animals from different world regions.
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Kate, who tamed the wind
by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon
A young girl finds a way to tame the winds besieging an old man who lives on a hill above her village.
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A way with wild things
by Larissa Theule
Preferring the company of fascinating insects to people, science-loving Poppy tries to blend into the background at a family member’s 100th birthday party, before a dragonfly draws her out by landing on the birthday cake. Illustrations.
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Miss Maple's seeds
by Eliza Wheeler
After gathering lost seeds during the summer, a kind woman tends them throughout the fall and winter before sending them out in the spring to find roots of their own.
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Faraway fox
by Jolene Thompson
A lonely fox roams the forest where he grew up, searching for his family and finding only strange creatures who stand on their hind legs, until, at last, he finds himself at home.
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Wangari's trees of peace : a true story from Africa
by Jeanette Winter
When she returns to her childhood home in Kenya and sees that the whole forest around her village is being cut down, courageous and determined Wangari starts planting trees in her own backyard and ends up in the midst of a movement that is respected around the world.
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Deer dancer
by Mary Lyn Ray
A child who loves to dance in a woodland clearing one day spies a deer and observes how it leaps and turns, in a luminous picture book that will capture the hearts of young dancers everywhere.
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Weeds find a way
by Cynthia L. Jenson-Elliott
A tribute to the beauty, tenacity and personalities of weeds celebrates how pesky plants ranging from yellow dandelions to purple loosestrife bring unexpected splashes of color and life to unlikely places.
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The Lorax
by Seuss
A greedy individual, the cantankerous Once-ler, thoughtlessly pollutes the air, land, and water of the Bar-ba-loots' paradise, Truffula Forest, in order to build his giant industry.
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The storm whale
by Benji Davies
"Every day, in a house by the sea, a little boy watches his father leave for a long day's work. One night, a great storm washes a small whale onto the beach. The boy discovers the whale is a good listener. The father discovers the boy is lonely. Together, they return the whale to the sea. And from that day on, the boy learns that the father can be a good listener too."
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I know a bear
by Mariana Ruiz Johnson
Befriending a bear at the zoo who describes his faraway homeland as a place of sweet foods, comfy rivers and months-long naps, a little girl listens carefully to his memories and imagines a vast world of freedom.
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More
by I. C. Springman
Combines evocative illustrations and spare text in the story of a team of well-intentioned mice who learn valuable lessons about friendship and conservation when their magpie friend hordes more than is needed.
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Earth Verse : Haiku from the Ground Up
by Sally M. Walker
Combines evocative haikus with impressionistic art in a playful introduction to the planet and its astonishing processes, from fossilization and volcanic eruptions to the enduring hydrologic cycle.
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