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1) Earth Day
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""Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to Earth Day through simple, predictable text and related photos"--Provided by publisher"--
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"WILL THIS CASE ROLL AWAY? The Earth Day Fair is days away, but Nate's classroom project-a robot named Mr. Butler-has disappeared. Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, take on the unusual case, and they are soon searching high and low in and around the school. Will Nate find the robot in time for the fair?"--
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Fancy Nancy fans of all ages will love this sweet story about learning to respect both the Earth and your family, in this I Can Read story from New York Times bestselling team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser!
Learning to respect the environment is no small task, especially if you want to celebrate Earth Day every day of the week! Luckily, Nancy is on hand to make sure Mom, Dad, and her little sister do their part in
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Our earth home is in trouble: plastic pollution, acid rain, the greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, and hazardous waste all affect many processes that shape global climate and ecosystems. However, we don't have to go out with a whimper. We can fight back. Even better, we can win. The battlegrounds are our homes, schools, workplaces, and vacation spots. By changing our actions, we can stop the downward spiral. Here are more than 365 ways to be environmentally...
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Gappah's powerful novel of exploration and adventure in 19th-century Africa is the captivating story of the loyal men and women who carried explorer and missionary Dr. Livingstone's body, his papers, and maps, 1,500 miles across the continent of Africa, so his remains could be returned home to England and his work preserved there.
"This is how we carried out of Africa the poor broken body of Bwana Daudi, the Doctor, David Livingstone, so that he...
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2016]
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English
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Fancy Nancy: Poison Ivy Expert: When Nancy picks flowers for Ms. Glass's surprise party, she is overjoyed--until she discovers an unpleasant surprise of her own! How could Nancy, practically a poison ivy expert, come down with something so unfancy?
Fancy Nancy: Every Day Is Earth Day: After learning about being green at school, Nancy decides to teach her family all about respecting the environment. On a trip to the supermarket, she reminds her dad,...
9) Cronkite
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English
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Douglas Brinkley presents the definitive, revealing biography of an American legend: renowned news anchor Walter Cronkite.
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Everyone has an inner nerd just waiting to be awakened by the right passion. Bill Nye will help you find yours. Here Bill shows you how to develop critical thinking skills and create change, using his "everything all at once" approach that leaves no stone unturned. Whether addressing climate change, the future of our society as a whole, personal success, or stripping away the mystery of fire walking, there are certain strategies that get results:...
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Jason's class agrees that his Grass Patch Project is the best idea for the school's Earth Day contest. They get to work sowing the grass seeds in a patch of dirt near the school. But some classmates start to doubt Jason's big idea when the grass doesn't appear. Will blades of grass ever shoot through the soil?
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[2022]
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English
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"Chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon"--
14) Sylvie
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Aspiring activist Sylvie Schwartz dreams of saving the world. If only the world would cooperate. This series will appeal to kids who want to make a difference, dream big, and want to do great things (it will also appeal to anyone who loves ice cream sundaes or sweet slobbery puppies). No matter what gets in Sylvie's way, young readers will root for Sylvie to succeed, project after project.
Full contents:
“Sea View Star”: Book 1
“Save the Beach”:...
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Listen and relive the exciting tales from Highlights, now on audio! Learn about the sound of raindrops and how forest animals prepare for the onset of winter, along with other stories about nature.
Stories include:
• A Walk in the Popcorn Rain by Beverly Capozzoli
• Beach Day by Dianne Moritz
• Celebrating Earth Day by John A. Foster
• Duck Pins by Kerry R. McGee
• Green Thumb by Diana R. Jenkins
• Hiding in the Snow by Marianne Mitchell
•...
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The Green Mister Rogers: Environmentalism in "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" centers on the show's environmentalism, primarily expressed through his themed week "Caring for the Environment," produced in 1990 in coordination with the twentieth anniversary of Earth Day. Unfolding against a trash catastrophe in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Rogers advances an environmentalism for children that secures children in their family homes while extending...
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The American Adrenaline Narrative considers the nature of perilous outdoor adventure tales, their gendered biases, and how they simultaneously promote and hinder ecological sustainability. To explore these themes, Kristin J. Jacobson defines and compares adrenaline narratives by a range of American authors published after the first Earth Day in 1970, a time frame selected as a watershed moment for the contemporary American environmental movement....
18) Reckless Yes
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What kind of Reckless Yes would you embrace if you knew for certain your yes could change the eternal destiny of people all around you? We're all on the brink of eternity-what are you waiting for?
Humans live an average of 26,703 days on planet earth, but we will live an infinite number of days in our chosen eternal destination. Many of our earthly days are marked with the ups and downs of joy and pain, sometimes leaving us to wonder if there...
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New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties, telling a highly charged story of an indomitable generation that quite literally saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.
With the detonation of an atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert in 1945, humans took control of the earth for the first time....
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From the coauthor of The Second Machine Age, a compelling argument-masterfully researched and brilliantly articulated-that we have at last learned how to increase human prosperity while treading more lightly on our planet.
Throughout history, the only way for humanity to grow was by degrading the Earth: chopping down forests, fouling the air and water, and endlessly digging out resources. Since the first Earth Day in 1970, the reigning argument...
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