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Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xii, 390 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Accompany famed British nature writer Deakin through the woods of Britain, Europe, Kazakhstan, and Australia in search of what lies behind man's profound and enduring connection with trees. Deakin lives in forest shacks, goes "coppicing" in Suffolk, swims beneath the walnut trees of the Haut-Languedoc, and hunts bushplums with Aboriginal women in the outback. Along the way, he ferrets out the mysteries of woods, detailing the life stories of the timber...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
23 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Hop Bunny! uses simple vocabulary and fun pictures to capture the interest and help develop the skills of beginning readers. The cuteness, humor, and fun information make this new reading experience a treat.
Author
Series
Wilde (Harlan Coben) volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"The man known as Wilde is a mystery to everyone, including himself. Decades ago, he was found as a boy living feral in the woods, with no memory of his past. After the police concluded an exhaustive hunt for the child's family, which was never found, he was turned over to the foster system. Now, thirty years later, Wilde still doesn't know where he comes from, and he's back living in the woods on the outskirts of town, content to be an outcast, comfortable...
7) Seasons
Publisher
Music Box Films
Formats
Description
After traveling the world alongside migrating birds and diving the oceans with whales and manta rays, Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud return to more familiar ground: the lush green forests and megafauna that emerged across Europe following the last Ice Age.
8) The finisher
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Series
Vega Jane volume 1
Description
Vega Jane has never left the village of Wormwood. But this isn't unusual, nobody has ever left the village of Wormwood. At least not until Quentin Herms vanishes into the unknown. Vega knows Quentin didn't just leave, but that he was chased. And he's left behind a very dangerous trail of clues that only she can decode. The Quag is a dark forest filled with terrifying beasts and bloodthirsty Outliers. But just as deadly are the threats that exist...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
It's the summer of 1994 in Claypot, Wisconsin, and the lives of ten-year-old Fischer “Fish” Branson and Dale “Bread” Breadwin are shaped by the two fathers they don't talk about. One night, tired of seeing his best friend bruised and terrorized by his no-good dad, Fish takes action. A gunshot rings out and the two boys flee the scene, believing themselves murderers. They head for the woods, where they find their way onto a raft, but the natural...
Author
Series
Bear books (Karma Wilson) volume 4
Formats
Description
Bear and his friends persuade a bashful owl to play with them.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Description
"Five stunningly large, unbroken forests remain on Earth: the Taiga, extending from the Pacific Ocean across all of Russia and far-northern Europe; the North American boreal, ranging from Alaska's Bering seacoast to Canada's Atlantic coast; the Amazon, covering almost the entirety of South America's bulge; the Congo, occupying Africa's wet equatorial middle and parts of six nations; and the island forest of New Guinea, twice the size of California....
13) Little Owl's day
Author
Publisher
Viking, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
Little Owl explores the forest at daytime after being woken up by a noisy squirrel.
16) Jinx's magic
Author
Series
Jinx trilogy (Sage Blackwood) volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"A young wizard's apprentice, Jinx, learns that his forest home, the Urwald, is under threat, and to save it he must travel to a new land"--
18) Life in a forest
Author
Formats
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to forests. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author
Series
Sticky Burr volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Sticky Burr is on the verge of being kicked out of his village in Burrwood Forest because he is not prickly enough to suit some of the other burrs, but when the village is attacked by wild dogs, Sticky Burr and his friends come to the rescue.
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
592 pages ; 24 cm
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Description
"This master guide is the result of a collaboration between leading scientists, scholars, taxonomic and field experts, photo editors, and designers. An indispensable reference, it covers more than 700 species, with nearly 3,500 full-color photographs--including images of leaf shape, bark, flowers, fruit, and fall leaves. For ease of use, the book includes a glossary and a robust index, and is arranged according to the latest Angiosperm Phylogeny Group...
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