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1) Starfish
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JF FIP
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[2021] | Nancy Paulsen Books | 244 pages ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction 1 available JF FIP |
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2021 | Penguin Young Readers Group | English | Available Online
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LARGE PRINT JF FIP
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2021. | Large print edition. | Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company | 369 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. | English | On Shelf
Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction 1 available LARGE PRINT JF FIP |
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Told in verse, Ellie lives by Fat Girl Rules to avoid being bullied, but with the support of her dad, her therapist and her neighbor Catalina, can Ellie set aside these rules and just be herself?
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[2020] | Pacific Street Publishing | 42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm | English | Available from another library
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"This is a place that hums with life. all the world's living things depend on healthy forests. They are home to so many amazing plants and animals, all depending on each other. Open this book and dive into the strange interwoven lifecycles of fig trees, the wasps that live inside them, and the beautiful creatures that eat them. Everything is connected" --
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E305.42 SIN
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[2020] | Kids Can Press | 36 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
Villa Park Public Library - Easy Non-Fiction 1 available E305.42 SIN |
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"A boy grows up to bring positive change to his village in India. This story is true, and it started with a boy named Sundar. After the deaths of his mother, and later his daughter, Sundar Paliwal knows what he has to do. He is determined to live in a place where girls and boys are treated equally and where the surrounding countryside is not ravaged by irresponsible mining. And so he comes up with a plan. In rural India, where many people cling to...
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E566.733 ISA
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[2020] | Kids Can Press | 39 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm | English | On Shelf
Villa Park Public Library - Easy Non-Fiction 1 available E566.733 ISA |
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"In 1995, the gray wolf was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park after a seventy-year absence. All these years later, we can clearly see the cascading effects this has had on the park's ecosystem. This is a spectacular example of a trophic cascade, the term used when an important member of an ecosystem goes missing and many other living things are indirectly affected, causing a chain reaction of events. In the case of the reintroduced wolves...
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2014. | Orca Book Publishers | 48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. | English | Available from another library
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★ "An excellent resource on the topic." —School Library Journal, starred review
In the developed world, if you want a drink of water you just turn on a tap or open a bottle. But for millions of families worldwide, finding clean water is a daily challenge, and kids are often the ones responsible for carrying water to their homes. Every Last Drop looks at why the world's water resources are at risk
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[2014] | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | ix, 260 pages ; 21 cm | English | Available from another library
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Fourteen-year-old Mateo and other Caribbean islanders face discrimination, segregation, and harsh working conditions when American recruiters lure them to the Panamanian rain forest in 1906 to build the great canal.
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Non-Fiction 1 available
J577.0981 MON
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[2017] | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 65 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Non-Fiction 1 available J577.0981 MON |
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"Part science, part carnival--this winding adventure down the Amazon River with award-winning author Sy Montgomery and photographer Keith Ellenbogen explores how tiny fish, called piabas, can help preserve not only the rainforest and it's often misunderstood inhabitants, but the fate of our entire environment."--
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YF LIT
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2021 | Levine Querido | 372 pages ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction 1 available YF LIT |
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2021 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Recorded Books, Inc | English | Checked Out
1 copy, 5 people are on the wait list.
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2021 | Levine Querido | English | Available Online
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2022. | Large print edition. | Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company | 557 pages (large print) ; 22 cm. | English | Available from another library
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[2022] | Unabridged. | Findaway World, LLC | 1 audio media player (approximately 630 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | Available from another library
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"Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he's been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake. Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend, will drive their...
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2013. | First edition. | Henry Holt and Company | 230 pages ; 20 cm | Available from another library
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2014. | First Square Fish edition: 2014. | Square Fish/Henry Holt and Company | 230 pages ; 21 cm | Available from another library
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[2013] | Unabridged. | Brilliance Audio | 5 audio discs (300 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available from another library
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[2013] | Unabridged. | Findaway World, LLC | 1 audio media player (5 hr., 26 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | Available from another library
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After a devastating earthquake destroys the West Coast, causing seventeen-year-old Penelope to lose her home, her parents, and her ten-year-old brother, she navigates a dark world, holding hope and love in her hands and refusing to be defeated.
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E333.72 BETSCH
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[2021] | G.P. Putnam's Sons | 40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm | English | On Shelf
Villa Park Public Library - Easy Non-Fiction 1 available E333.72 BETSCH |
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"A biography of MaVynee Betsch, an African American opera singer turned environmentalist who worked to preserve American Beach, Florida as a historical landmark"--
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Non-Fiction 1 available
Y363.73874 KLE
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[2021] | First edition. | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Non-Fiction 1 available Y363.73874 KLE |
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"An empowering, engaging young readers guide to understanding and battling climate change from the expert and bestselling author of This Changes Everything and On Fire, Naomi Klein. Warmer temperatures. Fires in the Amazon. Superstorms. These are just some of the effects of climate change that we are already experiencing. The good news is that we can all do something about it. A movement is already underway to combat not only the environmental effects...
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[2016] | Kids Can Press | 30 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm. | English | Available from another library
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"Mr. King likes pretty things. He also likes machines. So when he discovers a flower that has been nibbled by a caterpillar, he builds himself a Caterpillar-Catcher. Off he zooms--unaware that his machine is filling the sky with smoke and that his friends are calling him to stop! When he finally does, his friends are not happy. But with some imagination, Mr. King figures out a way to green his machine--and the world around him!"--
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Graphic Novels 1 available
ILLUS. NOVEL LEA
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2021. | First edition. | First Second | 231 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm | English | On Shelf
Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Graphic Novels 1 available ILLUS. NOVEL LEA |
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"Ruth Keller is brash and precocious; she argues with her dentist, her parents, and her teachers. So, when she discovers a strange black slime in the man-made lake of her suburban neighborhood, she decides to investigate. Fortified by the encouragement of those around her, Ruth seeks the truth at all costs, even if it means taking on the rich local country club owner, who she believes is responsible for the pollution. Between the teasing of former...
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. | Available from another library
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. + 1 poster. | Available from another library
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"Poison Ivy wants to stop anyone who would dare destroy her beloved forest. Luckily, Wonder Woman is there to teach her that working together to help gets greener results than fighting"--
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JF CAV
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[2017] | Sourcebooks Jabberwocky | 301 pages ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction 1 available JF CAV |
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2017 | Sourcebooks | English | Available Online
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[2017] | Findaway World, LLC | 1 audio media player (approximately 6 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | Available from another library
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With a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt and unexpected help from her Hallelujah-spouting cousin, Henry James, Elsie Mae tries to prevent a company from building a canal through the Okefenokee Swamp.
16) Just a dream
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1990. | Houghton Mifflin | 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm | On Shelf
Villa Park Public Library - Picture Books 1 available EF VAN | ||
[2015] | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm | Available from another library
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[2011] | Sandpiper / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm | Available from another library
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[1990] | Book Club edition. | Scholastic Inc | 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm | Available from another library
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When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment.
17) Cobblestone
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1980 | [Cobblestone Pub.] | volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm | English | Available from another library
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Includes articles, games, poems, and suggestions for projects based on American history.
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E811 WAL
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2018. | First edition. | Candlewick Press | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm | English | On Shelf
Villa Park Public Library - Easy Non-Fiction 1 available E811 WAL |
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A collection of haiku poems celebrates the planet Earth, including such topics as rocks, earthquakes, fossils, volcanoes, and the water cycle. Includes Earth sciences fact pages.
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2010. | Scholastic Press | 37 pages : color illustrations, map ; 22 x 27 cm | On Shelf
Villa Park Public Library - Easy Non-Fiction 1 available E363.738 COL | |
[2014] | Scholastic Inc | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm | Available from another library
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[2011] | Scholastic Audio | 1 audio disc : digita, 1.4 m/s, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (37 pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 25 in.) | English | Available from another library
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Ms. Frizzle takes her kids on a whirlwind tour, from the Arctic to the equator so they can see telltale signs of climate change.
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2009. | Children's Press | 24 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm. | English | Available from another library
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"Do you walk to school? That's just one thing you can do to reduce pollution and help keep our world clean/ Look inside to learn more about what you can do to keep Earth clean"--Publisher's description.