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Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
So much of nature functions faster or slower, lighter or darker, larger or smaller than can be appreciated with the naked eye. The subtle nuances and hidden majesty of the natural world will now be revealed by using all of modern technology to manipulate time, light, and size in order to analyze the speed of life.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Language
English
Description
A novel of activism and natural-world power presents interlocking fables about nine remarkable strangers who are summoned in different ways by trees for an ultimate, brutal stand to save the continent's few remaining acres of virgin forest.
5) Outside in
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal ways nature affects our everyday lives, such as providing food and clothing, and showing when to go to bed and when to get up.
11) All the world
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Follow a circle of family and friends through the course of a day from morning till night as they discover the importance of all things great and small in our world, from the tiniest shell on the beach, to warm family connections, to the widest sunse
12) Wonder walkers
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Two curious children go for a walk, asking imaginative questions about the natural beauty that surrounds them--
13) Thank you bees
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This gentle message of gratitude and connection, enhanced by beautifully simple collage illustrations, makes for a charming gift. Sun gives us light. Thank you, sun. Clouds bring the rain that makes puddles to splash in. Sheep give us wool for our sweaters and hats. The honey that sweetens our bread comes from bees (thank you, bees). With spare, repetitive text and bright, torn-paper collage artwork, this picture book gives even the youngest readers...
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Upon moving to a new house, young Caroline and her parents encourage wildflowers to grow and birds and animals to stay in their yard, which soon has the whole suburban street living up to its name.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
What can you spot in the woods? This book guides readers on a walk in the woods, gradually introducing clues such as hoof marks and leaf litter on a woodland floor to help them learn more about the diversity of woodland habitats. This title includes stunning photographs, a simple guide on what to wear and take on a walk in the woods, and a detailed glossary.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In her second poetry collection, Barbara Kingsolver offers reflections on the practical, the spiritual, and the wild. She begins with how to poems addressing everyday matters such as being hopeful, married, divorced; shearing a sheep; praying to unreliable gods; doing nothing at all; and of course, flying. Next come rafts of poems about making peace (or not) with the complicated bonds of friendship and family, and making peace (or not) with death,...
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