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"As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise.""--
3) White Fang
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Follows the adventures of a dog who is part wolf as he eventually makes his peace with man in the wilderness of northern Canada.
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The great outdoors is calling! Explore science in your own backyard through this wild collection of projects. Make your own compass, learn to tell the temperature from crickets, count the stars, and more! Simple instructions and clear photos ensure projects will be successful, and QR codes lead to supplemental content. This book was created in partnership with Science Buddies®, an organization focused on fostering STEM discovery through hands-on...
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Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
2014,©2014.
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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A lyrical ode to the planet poses a riddle that invites children to identify an enormous object that is green everywhere it is not blue and is covered with green plants and creatures.
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This educational and interactive picture book immerses the reader in the strange and interwoven lifecycles of the rainforest. The beautifully illustrated pages follow the journey of a fig seedling making its own roots and leaves, growing strong, and eventually replacing the giant tree that was its host. As it produces flowers and fruit, it attracts pollinators. A delectable fig is hungrily eaten by a passing toucan who, upon flight, aimlessly drops...
10) Plants and seeds
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Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2003
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32 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
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Step-by-step instructions show how to use items found in nature, such as leaves, flowers, and coffee beans to create original craft projects.
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2020.
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"Science educator, TV host, and New York Times bestselling author Bill Nye is on a mission to help kids understand and appreciate the science that makes our world work. Featuring a range of subjects-physics, chemistry, geology, biology, astronomy, globalwarming, and more-this profusely illustrated book covers the basic principles of each science, key discoveries, recent revolutionary advances, and the problems that science still needs to solve for...
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Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2005
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1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 22 cm.
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A rhyming story about planting some seeds. After putting on her red shoes, a girl and her shaggy dog set out to plant the whole world. During the course of their imaginary journey they have many helpers - birds, insects, and sun among them - and then return home to wait for the magic of spring. A catchy and rhythmic poem and collages infused with a riot of detail and color make this the perfect book for those who cherish all the things that beautify...
13) It's spring!
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A child observes the arrival of spring and its effects on plants and animals. Includes suggestions for nature study projects.
16) Age of nature
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PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2020]
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1 DVD (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Explore humanity's relationship with nature and wildlife, as scientists and conservationists from all over the world examine ways that can restore the planet? The documentary series asks whether newfound awareness of nature could bring about a new chapter in the human story.
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Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2014]
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30 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 29 cm
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Nature's repeating patterns, better known as fractals, are beautiful, universal, and explain much about how things grow. Fractals can also be quantified mathematically. Here is an elegant introduction to fractals through examples that can be seen in parks, rivers, and our very own backyards. Readers will be fascinated to learn that broccoli florets are fractals --just like mountain ranges, river systems, and trees--and will share in the wonder of...
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