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Multicultural Literature and Nature Education
No Child Left Inside
Picture Book Month: Staff Favorites
No Child Left Inside
Picture Book Month: Staff Favorites
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A grieving son follows a treasure map his late father left him through the woods they used to explore together.
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"¿Estás listo para un paseo maravilloso? Entonces sal afuera. Deja volar tu imaginación y tu curiosidad ... y pronto verás el mundo desde una perspectiva completamente nueva. Los collages increíblement detallados de Micha Archer dan vida a las maravillas del mundo natural y demuestran lo divertido que puede ser explorarlas."--
"Two curious children go for a walk, asking imaginative questions about the natural beauty that surrounds them"--...
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"When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths a mass grave--only to discover that the...
5) Eye spy
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In this twist on the favorite childhood game, the reader must solve a riddle to guess which animal is hiding, and then search for it in the beautifully detailed illustrations. Come on a playful journey through the day from dawn to dusk.
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Look around and discover patterns in the natural world! You might see them in leaf veins, in coral reefs, in sand dunes, and in many other places. Rhyming verse is accompanied by stunning photographs and brief sidebars that explain how these different patterns form"--From the publisher's web site.
7) Willodeen
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When the annual migration of hummingbears, a source of local pride and income, dwindles and no one knows why, Willodeen, armed with a magical birthday gift, speaks up for the animals she loves and vows to uncover this mystery.
8) Sun house
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"A random bolt from a DC-8 falls from the sky, killing a child and throwing the faith of a young Jesuit into crisis. A boy's mother dies on his fifth birthday, sparking a lifetime of repressed anger that he unleashes once a year in reckless duels with the Fate, God, or Power who let the coincidence happen. A young woman on a run in Seattle experiences a shooting star moment that pierces her with a love that will eventually help heal the Jesuit, the...
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"A writer and mom with decades of experience working in Silicon Valley, Jessica Carew Kraft grew fed up with her life filled with digital screens and deep anxieties about the future of humanity and nature. She quit her job and set out to learn about "rewilding" from people who reject the comforts and convenience of civilization to live in nature using Stone Age tools and skills. A suburbanite with a husband, kids, and a mortgage, she learned to turn...
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From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a "howling love letter to the world" (Ann Patchett): a luminous book that traces the passing of seasons, personal and natural. In The Comfort of Crows, Margaret Renkl presents a literary devotional: fifty-two chapters that follow the creatures and plants in her backyard over the course of a year. As we move through the seasons from a crow spied on New Year's...
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Have you ever wondered if you could grow your own mushrooms right in your own home and depend less on grocery-bought mushrooms? Are you looking for a reliable resource guide to help you grow different varieties of mushrooms without fuss or guesswork?
If your answer is yes to any of these questions, then this book is for you.
Mushroom is a culinary staple in many traditions across the world. They are also proven to have numerous benefits, from skin...
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¿Qué es lo primero que pensamos si escuchamos la palabra tiburón? Si bien es cierto que existen tiburones enormes, impredecibles y feroces, muchos son pequeños e inofensivos para las personas, y todos cumplen una función ecológica importante. La presente "biografía" nos muestra el papel que estos magníficos peces han desempeñado durante siglos en los mares del mundo.
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Los murciélagos resultan imprescindibles en los ecosistemas, pues controlan plagas e insectos, dispersan semillas, fertilizan flores, entre otras aportaciones. Esta "biografía" busca compartir conocimiento y pasión por los únicos mamíferos voladores del orbe, así como los peligros a los que se enfrentan –murciélagos y ecosistemas– debido al uso de pesticidas y herbicidas que los envenenan.
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"Joy Callaway returns with a captivating story of a strong woman in a striking setting, examining the life-changing effects of the beauty of nature and how that splendor is restricted to the rich and privileged in the Gilded Age. From the moment she was born, the transforming beauty of her family's nurseries has arrested her heart. From the moment she knew love, her heart belonged with his. Now she's at risk of losing them both. Rye, New York, 1893....
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In the aftermath of a cyclone, scientist Beauty finds the key to restoring power in a nearby pond.
Beauty is a scientist who is never without her beaker. When a beast of a storm hits her island home, Beauty discovers a type of green energy that will restore power to the community, and help many others, too.
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Can you grow mushrooms at home? Does it require expensive equipment and special know how?
How do you get started? What equipment do you need? Is it difficult? What if you don't have a green thumb?
It's a lot easier to grow mushrooms today than it ever has been. For decades, most of the mushrooms we ate came from giant farms using lab-based cultivation practices that required expensive equipment and demanding degrees of precision.
If you are a mushrooms...
18) Colony
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An eye-opening account of a little-known, yet essential, subculture in America. COLONY brings to life the fascinating world of bees - and the frightening possibility of their disappearance.
19) Raising Goats
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Discover the best-kept homesteading secrets to raising robust, healthy goats and learn how to leverage your little herd for fresh dairy products
Are you thinking about raising your own goats right in your backyard, but don't know how to begin or are unsure what supplies and daily care they will need? Have you recently started a goat herd and everything seems to be going wrong?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is for you.
Raising...
20) From the East
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Chantal Akerman retraces a journey from the end of summer to deepest winter, from East Germany, across Poland and the Baltics, to Moscow. ** One of the 10 Best Films of the 1990s - J. Hoberman, Artforum.