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Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
vii, 359 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"The Laskarises' relocation to Wilford Island, Florida, is a big key change for Mimi...Then her science teacher, Ms. Miller, shows her class a TED Talk by Melati and Isabel Wijsen. At ages twelve and ten, they lobbied to ban single-use plastic bags on their home island of Bali--and won.Their story strikes a chord for Mimi. She's twelve. Could a kid like her make such a big change in a place that she's not yet sure feels like home?"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
"Water. The single most necessary element to sustain life. Brockovich warns that America's water crisis isn't looming on the horizon--it's already here. Superman Isn't Coming makes clear that the most precious resource on planet Earth is alarmingly polluted by toxins, hazardous waste, lead, fracking chemicals, and more. In the 20 years since her eponymous film, Brockovich has kept up the fight for clean water one town at a time. She receives thousands...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Introduces readers to air, looking at what it is, why all living things need a clean supply of it, the problems that can happen when it becomes polluted, and how people can keep the air clean.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
A whale takes a child on adventure across the ocean, and together they explore the wonders of the ocean world, but also the sad state of plastic pollution--and the child returns home to try and help the whale to save his marine home.
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Told in alternating voices, twelve-year-olds JB Barnes and Sidney Miller meet aboard a scientific research ship after JB is tasked to invite a renowned scientist named Sidney Miller and mistakenly invites a girl with the same name who will do anything toget out of going to summer camp.
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without clean water and describes how people access water and the importance of making sure that water is not polluted or wasted.
7) The lorax
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (25 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The award-winning tale of The Lorax tells the story of the greedy, tree-chopping Once-lers and the brave little Lorax who speaks up for the vanishing forest. Includes an all-new featurette and two special features: Pontoffel Pock & His Magical Piano and Butter Battle Book.
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Series
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Obe Devlin spends a lot of his time cleaning up the creek that runs through what little is left of his family's once extensive farmland, and worrying about what the developers are doing nearby, and the pollution it is causing--but one day he finds a strange creature by his creek that eats plastic, and soon the animal he calls Marvin Gardens becomes his personal secret, which he believes needs to be protected from pretty much everybody.
9) Dark waters
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2020.
Formats
Description
Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything, his future, his family, and his own life to expose the truth.
Author
Series
Max Einstein volume 1
Publisher
JIMMY Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
320 pages cm.
Description
Max and her CMI friends attempt to use their smarts to find solutions to a water crisis, while a greedy corporation with an eye on capturing Max seems to know their every move.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 157
Formats
Description
Jessie wants her science fair project to make a difference. So when she gets the chance to test a local creek for pollution, she can't wait to get started. But when things start going wrong with her experiment, Jessie and her siblings don't just have an experiment to investigate, they have a mystery to solve!
12) The host
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Seoul, an American army doctor forces his assistant to dump bottle after bottle of formaldehyde into the drain. The drain runs into the Han River, the major river running through the middle of Seoul. His only reason is that the bottles are covered with a layer of dust. Six years later, a food cart operator, Gang-du falls asleep every time his dad, Hie-bong, is away from the stand for more than a few minutes. Soon, his daughter, Hyun-Seo returns...
13) Safe
Series
Criterion collection volume 739
Formats
Description
Carol White is an L.A. housewife in the late 1980s who comes down with a debilitating illness. After the doctors she sees can give her no clear diagnosis, she comes to believe that she has frighteningly extreme environmental allergies. A prescient commentary on self-help culture, as a metaphor for the AIDS crisis, as a drama about class and social estrangement, and as a horror film about what cannot be seen.
Author
Series
Rainbow magic. Earth fairies volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
65 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Description
Isabella the air fairy needs Rachel and Kirsty's help to find her missing magic wand in order to rid Rainspell Island of hazardous smog.
16) The day the river caught fire: how the Cuyahoga River exploded and ignited the Earth Day movement
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 29 cm
Description
"The true story of how a 1969 fire in one of the most polluted rivers in America helped foster awareness of water pollution and how the river's fate contributed to the environmental movement"--
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
249 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Description
"After Lares, her brother Angel, and their friends Tome and Tyler gain magical abilities, they find themselves pulled into a secret war. The animal kingdom is ramping up to save earth--Planeta Blu--by taking on the global climate crisis and fighting pollution at the source: humanity. One billionaire oil tycoon has sinister machinations at work; to stop him, the globe's animals and a young team of humans will need to work together if they want to have...
19) Poisoned water
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this special report, NOVA investigates the water disaster in Flint and unravels a disturbing truth about the vulnerabilities of water systems across the country. Discover the delicate intricacies of water chemistry, the biology of lead poisoning, and the engineering challenge of replacing this ravaged infrastructure.
20) Want
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Jason Zhou is trying to survive in Taipei, a city plagued by pollution and viruses, but when he discovers the elite are using their wealth to evade the deadly effects, he knows he must do whatever is necessary to fight the corruption and save his city.
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