Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Science & Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection

One Saturday, Anthony and his mother go grocery shopping. Anthony helps his mother with the groceries. When Anthony and his mother walk home from the grocery store, he looks up at the sky and notices the birds. When he gets home from grocery shopping, he runs to the window and looks for birds in his backyard. He doesn't see any birds. His neighbor tells him that birds need trees. He gives Anthony a small tree to plant. Anthony plants the tree in his backyard. Two years later, the tree grows big, and the birds come. Anthony helps the Earth by planting a tree.

Un sAbado, Anthony y su madre van de compras. Anthony ayuda a su madre con las compras. Cuando Anthony y a su madre a casa de la tienda de comestibles, El mira para arriba en el cielo y observa las aves. Al llegar a casa de compras, corre a la ventana y mira para las aves en su patio trasero. El no ve cualquier aves. Su vecino le dice que los pAjaros necesitan Arboles. Anthony da un arbolito para plantar. Anthony plantas el Arbol en su patio trasero. Dos aNos mAs tarde, el Arbol crece grande y vienen los pAjaros. Anthony ayuda a la tierra mediante la plantaciOn de un Arbol.

What followed was a rare and remarkable demonstration of animal behavior. This celebrated story, beautifully depicted in Jennifer O'Connell's mesmerizing paintings, will make you wonder about animal emotions and the unique connections we can have with animals--even whales.

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Told in a rhyming format, Rainbow Rain tells the story of a rainbow who has fallen from the sky to protect herself from the rising fumes that are causing her to overheat and fade away. Rainbow Rain has a magical yet serious spin on the importance of protecting our planet from global warming. The story begins with Billy, a rainbow chaser, who becomes increasingly troubled by his missing rainbow and so turns to his friend, Meg, for answers. Meg's child-friendly explanation of global warming, pollution and recycling is accompanied by the dreamy and sometimes humorous illustrations of Laurie...

Margarito's Forest is based on the life of Don Margarito Esteban Alvarez VelAzquez as told by his daughter, Dona' MarIa Guadelupe. This story of the Maya love for the earth, passed from one generation to the next, is set in Saq Ja', a small, remote village in the mountains of central Guatemala. As the deforesting effects of climate change become clear, Don Margarito's life and the ways of the Maya offer timely wisdom for a planet in peril. This book is a commemoration of his courage and the preservation the forest that he planted