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2) Little land
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An environmental tale of land evolving over the millennia up to present day environmental changes, as well as the role one can take in caring for it.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Did you know that wild boar originally from Europe have taken over parts of the United States? Or that thousands of Burmese pythons from Southeast Asia slither all around the Everglades in South Florida? These animals, taken from their homes and brought to new areas, might not be the best neighbors, but they make it work!
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A . . . picture book about a family's connection to their land, their home, and each other . . . Long ago, Grandfather came to a new land. Fish swam in the water, birds chirped in the sky, monkeys played in the trees. And in this wilderness, with his own two hands, Grandfather built a house. It wasn't easy. But the land gave him what he needed. And it became his home. Decades later, his grandson will have all he needs: a head full of memories, two...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pop!
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Natural Disasters introduces readers to a variety of natural disasters and the impact they have on the world. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning.
11) The water cycle
Author
Series
Publisher
Cody Koala, an imprint of Pop!
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to water in its various states and to the water cycle.
12) In the clouds
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A picture book about a young girl who dreams about traveling though--and learning about--clouds.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Icelandic
Formats
Description
The struggle between the strictures of religion and humankind's brute animal nature plays out amid the beautifully forbidding landscapes of remote Iceland in this stunning psychological epic from director Hlynur Pl̀mason. In the late nineteenth century, Danish priest Lucas made the perilous trek to Iceland's Southeastern coast to establish a church. There, the arrogant man of God finds his resolve tested as he confronts the harsh terrain, temptations...
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Dombrowski begins the highly anticipated The River You Touch with a question as timely as it is profound: "What does a meaningful, mindful, sustainable inhabitance on this small planet look like in the Anthropocene?" He answers this fundamental question of our time initially by listening lovingly to rivers and the land they pulse through in his adopted home of Montana. Transplants from the post-industrial Midwest, he and his partner, Mary, assemble...
19) Desert jungle
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In a desert valley, surrounded by mountains of rock and cactus, is the tiny village the boy calls home. He never wanders far, frightened of coyotes and the dusty wilds beyond. On a visit to Grandpa's ranch, he resists the invitation to explore an area where his grandfather grew up, far from any village. The boy would rather play it safe on his tablet. But one of the creatures he fears has other plans for him, and soon the vast desert "jungle" begins...
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
I am an Asafo, and today I do make a solemn promise for Mother Earth's sake. Ato and his best friends Dzifa and Leslie are finally heading to Nnoma, the sanctuary that Ato's father helped build. They are eager to become Asafo, protectors of the natural world, but Ato also hopes to find a valuable plan hidden by his father to defend Nnoma against "enemy storms." When the trio arrives--along with dozens of childrens from across West Africa--they meet...
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