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122) Fox song
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English
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After the death of her Indian great-grandmother, Jamie remembers the many speical things the old woman shared with her about the natural world.
123) The race to erase
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Fifth hero volume 1
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English
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Four kids with the power to speak to creatures, shake the earth, manipulate water, and control the wind, are on a mission to save the earth from the evil Calamity Corporation--and readers must make a choice in three scenarios that change the course of the adventure.
125) Poison town
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"Everything seems sick in Addie's town, even the crows have trouble flying. Now she's out to prove the local plant is covering up its polluting ways. Elyssa Campbell's debut novel Poison Town tells the story of a fourteen-year-old who becomes an environmental activist - in a company town built around a smelter. She faces a mystery - what is poisoning the town when there has been a successful clean-up."--
127) The family of earth
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All the creatures of the earth learn that though the world looks different to each of us, we are all part of the same earth.
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When her parents separate and she and her siblings move with their mother from the northwest coast to a midwest prairie farmhouse, fourteen-year-old Zoe, miserably unhappy to be away from the ocean and her father, begins to develop a deep attachment to her new surroundings, when, after a shoplifting episode, she is assigned to work at a nature preserve.
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"Set against the backdrop of a brutal Toronto summer heatwave, seventeen-year-old Jamilah Monsour makes plans for what she's certain is the beginning of the climate change catastrophe that will end the world. Luckily, Jamilah knows what has to be done to save her family: transform the back alley garage into a bunker. Reluctantly her parents allow the bunker, but they draw the line when she announces she's going to skip university and instead use the...
130) Flooded
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"Flooded is the funny and beautifully illustrated tale of animals who live in a city that is ever so slowly flooding. The flood comes gradually at first. A business lion reads about it in the paper over his breakfast and absent-mindedly says 'hmm!', but does nothing about it. All the animals ignore the obvious and go about their busy lives, disjointed from one another and preoccupied by their own problems. Eventually, the flood water reaches a height...
131) Walking with mama
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"A mother and toddler take a walk in which they discover the wonders of nature and deepen the wonders of love."
132) Slow magic
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Polly's grandparents teach her about the magic of nature by showing her how a seed can be transformed into something warm to wear.
133) The last tiger
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"Aasha the tiger loves her beautiful forest home, full of tigers, boars, and other animals. But one day, the forest begins to change. The hot days became hotter. The wet days became wetter--so wet, in fact, that there are floods that force many of the animals to find other places to live. And then the humans enter the forest and begin taking down the trees, which forces Aasha out. Will she ever find a new place to call home? Includes back matter on...
134) Henry works
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On a misty morning, Henry, a bear modeled after Henry David Thoreau, shows his awareness of nature as he helps neighbors during his walk to work.
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"An artist is plagued by desire for her mysterious double as disease spreads through an uncanny suburban landscape. An elderly woman suspects the old man who lifts weights in her neighborhood playground of being responsible for a spate of murders. While elsewhere, a woman who believes she's been exposed to radioactive radiation inherits a warehouse where those fleeing the city can store their possessions. Beneath the calm surface of the stories collected...
138) The poison flood
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"Hollis Bragg lives on the fringes. The hunchbacked son of a West Virginia hill preacher, he now resides in rural isolation next to the burned-out husk of his father's church, and earns his living ghostwriting songs for a popular band that left the poverty and corruption of Appalachia and never looked back. It's the life he prefers, free from the harsh glare of the spotlight and attachments that lead only to heartbreak. Then, much to his consternation,...
139) Mousekin's ABC
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As a mouse journeys through the forest he investigates something for each letter of the alphabet--acorns, bats, cottontails, etc.
140) Forest
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"Introduce children to the importance of protecting the environment with this illustrated story book about deforestation and its effect on animals. Join fisherman Finn and his dog, Skip, on their second adventure in this illustrated story book for young children, which teaches them about deforestation and what they can do to help. This book is the ideal introduction to the environmental concerns facing our forests, featuring colourful illustrations...
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