Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Science & Nature - Environment

The Adventures of Camellia N. (Mom's Choice Gold Medal for Excellence) is the first in a series of nine educational fiction books targeted to early readers 4-8. Camellia s nightly dreams take her on adventures to all seven continents and under the seas where she learns about and gains appreciation for the environment surrounding her. Since the opportunities to explore the world s environment are limitless, Camellia discovers the beauty and magic in every state, country, region and space.The first book takes Camellia and her readers on an exciting journey to the Arctic.

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The author of The Fifolet and Louisiana, the Jewel of the Deep South, Johnette Downing stays true to her Louisiana roots in her newest book, featuring a young pelican searching for his proper home. As Petit Pierre journeys across the wetlands, he asks each creature where he should live. He accumulates gifts from them until he realizes the wetlands are home to all his friends and, just maybe, to Pierre as well

Within the luscious illustrations are facts about the denizens of the wetlands and how each reader can make a difference...

How do you make a garden grow? In this playful companion to the popular Tap the Magic Tree and Touch the Brightest Star, you will see how tiny seeds bloom into beautiful flowers. And by tapping, clapping, waving, and more, young readers can join in the action Christie Matheson masterfully combines the wonder of the natural world with the interactivity of reading.

Beautiful collage-and-watercolor art follows the seed through its entire life cycle, as it grows into a zinnia in a garden full of buzzing bees, curious hummingbirds, and colorful butterflies. Children...

Shimmer is a glimmer, a drop in the sea. He'll tell you a story, in his words they'll be. Of pirates and monsters, this yarn does not tell, but rather of travels, as water does well.

Follow Shimmer, a water droplet, through the phases of the water cycle. Immerse yourself in the touching and hilarious adventures of a young droplet out on his first adventure Jonathan's incredible, hand drawn illustrations paired with clever, kid friendly prose, will captivate and delight readers of all ages. A perfect companion to Nordstrom's first children's book, multi-award winning, "Sometimes...

For most people, there's little difference between taking a gift that is offered and gratefully receiving a gift. But for author Allyson Jayne Miller, a compassionate conservation bioregionalist, the difference is immense and holds the key to the planet's survival.

In this wise and beautiful story, Miller shares the importance of living sustainably with kindness and compassion-to gently receive from the Earth what it offers instead of greedily taking from it what we want.

Demonstrating the concept of trophic cascades-how ecosystems collapse when key predators are...

"Gary the Go-Cart: Wind blows" is a fun story, written in poetry with rhyme and cadence. It is illustrated by the late, award-winning Sidnei Marques. It is educational, too

Gary wants to go far and wants to go fast. He doesn't want to be slow like go-carts from the past. This book details Gary's adventure as he explores Wind Energy and compares it to Oil and Gas. You might be surprised by what he learns. BB takes some rather complicated ideas about energy and makes them simple enough for even a child to understand.

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Pete the badger likes everything to be neat and tidy at all times, but what starts as the collecting of one fallen leaf escalates quickly and ends with the complete destruction of the forest. Will Pete realize the error of his ways and reverse his tidying habit?

"Gary the Go-Cart: Wind blows" is a fun story, written in poetry with rhyme and cadence. It is illustrated by the late, great, award-winning Sidnei Marques. This book is educational, too, in that it compares Oil and Gas to Wind Energy in a way that even kids can understand.

Gary wants to go far and wants to go fast. He doesn't want to be slow like go-carts from the past. "Wind Blows" details Gary's adventures as he explores Wind Energy and compares it to Oil and Gas. You might be surprised by what he learns. Ms. Denson takes some rather complicated ideas...