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Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"One activist's story shows how indigenous communities can fight to protect their sacred lands-and win"--
Esta emotiva historia, de narrativa poética y bellas ilustraciones, recordará a los lectores la importancia de conservar la naturaleza, ser perseverantes y alzarse en defensa de uno mismo y de la comunidad.
Author
Series
John Treehorn mystery volume 8
Publisher
New York Productions
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Who's the sheriff? Who's the bank robber? FBI Special Agent John Treehorn hunts for a killer who murdered an ex-Pinkerton Detective and his Wells Fargo clint on the Navajo Indian Reservation while transporting a valuable briefcase. The investigation takes a turn when Treehorn's ex-sister-in-law, Simi Bear, General Counsel for the United States Marshall Service, arrives to work the investigation. The bodies begin to pile up as a man in the Witness...
Author
Publisher
Seahorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Do you wonder about the planet we call home? Do you know what resources are found in Earth's crust? Can you explain the differences between the geosphere and the hydrosphere? In this book, learn all about the complex and interconnecting systems that sustain life on Earth. Includes a support page of teaching tips for caregivers and teachers. Downloadable Teacher's Notes available.
Author
Publisher
Paw Prints Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After Marina throws away the plastic wrapper on her sandwich, the plastic goes on a journey to disturb a series of sea creatures before, later, washing up on a beach where Marina and her family are playing. This experience is Marina's introduction to the harmfulness of single-use plastics, lighting a spark within her to learn more and do more to help the planet" --
5) Heartbeat
Author
Series
Jubilee Kentucky volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Sean Pope already lost Amalie Lincoln once. This time, he will risk everything to never have to say goodbye to her again. Amalie Lincoln moved to Jubilee, Kentucky, to start fresh, build her business, and heal the scars of her past. Little did she know she'd run into Sean Pope, a beloved childhood friend she hasn't seen in decades. But on the day she moves to town, a helicopter explodes under suspicious circumstances, wreaking havoc on the families...
Author
Publisher
Harper Alley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The climate crisis is reaching a critical tipping point -- and you might have heard of the countless amazing young people who are taking action and speaking up for change. Emma Reynolds shines a spotlight on sixteen incredible youth activists from around the world who are fighting to protect the planet and all life on Earth. From Autumn Peltier campaigning for clean water to Edgar Edmund Tarimo turning plastic waste into building materials -- and...
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Our children's and grandchildren's generation will face a different world, one affected by climate instability, mass uncertainty, and breathtaking extinction. In fact, the next generation will face the reality that human activity is changing the planet from one geological epoch to another. From this vantage point--two generations across two geological epochs facing a fundamentally changing planet--Larry Rasmussen writes to his grandchildren. As a...
8) Biogeology
Author
Publisher
Seahorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Do you wonder about the planet we call home? Do you understand how plants and animals change Earth as they live and grow? In this book, learn all about biogeology and the study of how living and nonliving things affect each other. Includes a support page of teaching tips for caregivers and teachers. Downloadable Teacher's Notes available.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A personal evocation of the glory of nature, our vexed position in the animal kingdom, and the difficulty of adoring what we destroy. Acclaimed novelist Lydia Millet's first work of nonfiction, We Loved It All, is a genre-defying tour de force that makes an impassioned argument for people to see their emotional and spiritual lives as infinitely dependent on the lives of nonhuman beings. Drawing on a quarter-century of experience as an advocate for...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A unique and artful blend of poetry, science, and activism, this picture book shows how city dwellers can intervene so that nature can work her magic. Perfect for fans of The Curious Garden and Harlem Grown . In Oslo, citizens create a honey-bee highway that stretches from one side of the city to the other, offering flowerpots, resting spots, bee boxes and beehives—even water fountains—every 800 feet. In the Bronx, New a community rallies to...
11) Fatal witness
Author
Series
Pearl River volume 2
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"As a child, artist and potter Dani Bennett witnessed the brutal murder of her parents. With no memory of the incident or her true identity, she was forced to take on a new name and a new life, hidden away in Montana for the past 25 years. Mae Richmond has spent the same stretch of time searching for her granddaughter, who went missing the night her daughter and son-in-law were murdered. Convinced the woman she saw in a pottery magazine feature is...
12) Frogs matter
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"What can we learn about the health of an ecosystem through frogs? This title takes readers to our freshwater sources to see how pollution is disrupting the reproduction and lives of frogs, how humans are to blame, and what we can do to fix it"--Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Shotgun Conservationist doesn’t teach us how to hunt, it explores why we should hunt. As public lands remain imperiled, factory farms pollute the earth and subject animals to inhumane conditions, and global uncertainty presses us all to be more self-sufficient, there has never been a better time to take up hunting. Writer, natural historian, and public speaker Brant MacDuff has done just that. An avid animal lover and raised as a non-hunter,...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In Brave and Loyal, Cat Urbigkit tracks her journeys from a Wyoming sheep ranch to learn about working livestock protection dogs around the globe. Using historic accounts, published research, personal interviews on four continents, and her own experience on western rangelands, she provides the reader an intimate look into the everyday lives of working livestock protection dogs. Brave and Loyal includes details on raising successful guardians, their...
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"What can we do to stop climate change? It's time to call in some superheroes! We have elephants protecting our forests by trampling trees. Whales contributing to ocean health with their massive poo-nados. Sea otters fighting climate change by guarding kelp forests. And spiny anteaters moving 8 tons of soil each year, feeding plants as it goes. So when we protect the habitats of our climate heroes? We're protecting our planet. Get ready to learn all...
17) The wild
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An environmental fable about protecting our planet, in which Earth is imagined as a beautiful, precious, and vulnerable creature called the Wild"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
North Carolina's black bears were once a threatened species, but now their numbers are rising in and around Asheville. But what happens when conservation efforts for a species are so successful that there's a boom in the population? Can humans and bears live compatibly? What are the long-term effects for the bears? Author Amy Cherrix follows the scientists who, in cooperation with local citizen scientists, are trying to answer to these questions and...
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Yoshi's Big Swim chronicles the impressive true story of Yoshi, a loggerhead turtle who was rescued by fishermen, then rehabilitated and cared for by scientists for many years. The scientists adored her, and Yoshi was happy in her aquarium home. But then, many years later, Yoshi let them know that it was time for her to move on. Would Yoshi be safe? Would she know what to do? After lots of preparation-and plenty of friendly back scratches for Yoshi-the...