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xi, 350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"Biologist, botanist, and conservationist Meg Lowman-aka "Canopy Meg"-takes us on an adventure into the "eighth continent" of the world's treetops, along her journey as a tree scientist, and into climate action"--
As a graduate student exploring the rain forests of Australia, Lowman sewed a harness from an old seat belt, gathered hundreds of feet of rope, and found a tool belt for her pencils and rulers. Up she went, into the trees, in order to be...
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xvii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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A sastun is a tool of the Maya healer, a kind of supernatural "hot line" to the spirits that tells a healer if an illness is rooted in natural or spiritual forces. Sastun is the captivating story of American herbologist Rosita Arvigo's apprenticeship to Don Elijio Panti, one of the last surviving, and most respected, traditional healers of Belize. Set in the imperiled Belizean rainforest that serves as the pharmacy of ancient Mayan medicine, Arvigo's...
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xiv, 209 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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English
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"Cultivated from sea level to mountaintop, from parched deserts to sodden rain forests, from the rocky Gaspé Peninsula to the plains of Argentina, corn is the grain of the Americas. In terms of culinary uses, it is amazingly diverse, reflecting the breathtaking variety of the continents and environments from which it evolved. The consummate immigrant, corn is grown extensively on every continent except Antarctica. Market farmer and naturalist Anthony...
26) Wildflowers
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74 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
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English
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Everyday dandelions or showy orchids, wildflowers come in an amazing variety of colors, shapes, and sizes. The flowers all of us enjoy in our gardens and from florists roses, irises, and orchids were all developed from wild species. In their natural states, wildflowers add color and beauty to even the harshest of landscapes. Always a joy to look at, wildflowers also display some incredible adaptations to extreme environments. From snow-crested mountaintops...
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24 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 22 x 26 cm.
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English
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Toco toucans have a surprising way of protecting themselves from predators. These birds have multicolored feathers and big, reddish-orange beaks that should make them easy to spot or so you would think. The brilliant colors actually provide the perfect camouflage among the bright foliage of the tropical rain forest. The toucans can stay safe by hiding in plain sight! Packed with fascinating facts and photos that will test childrens detective skills,...
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Holiday special: on the last day of school before the winter holidays, the kids take a trip to a recycling plant. All dried up: Phoebe learns how the animals and plants of the desert take care of themselves. In the rainforest: the kids visit a rainforest on Earth day.
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112 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 20 x 27 cm
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English
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"A middle grade graphic novel adventure based on a true story, in which a young conservationist overcomes the odds to save and return a sun bear to its natural habitat. When endlessly curious and tenacious Chang discovers a bear bile farm near her home in Vietnam, she decides to do everything she can to save wild animals--by becoming a conservationist! After teaching herself survival skills, documenting each rainforest plant and animal she sees in...
30) Rainforests
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32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Find out what a rainforest is and what kinds of plants and animals call the rainforests home"--
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128 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm.
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English
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"The Kitchen Pantry Scientist : Ecology for Kids features biographies of 25 leading ecologists, past and present, accompanied by accessible and engaging experiments and activities to bring the history and principles of ecology alive"--
32) Plant habitats
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48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm.
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English
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Shows how plants have adapted to Earth's many different habitats.
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The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth is an illustrated tour of the planet that reveals ecosystems large and small, from reefs, deserts, and rain forests to ponds, backyard gardens, and even a drop of water. Through exquisite drawings, maps, and infographics, author Rachel Ignotofsky makes earth science accessible and entertaining, explaining how our planet works, from its diverse ecosystems and their inhabitants, to the levels of ecology, the importance...
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96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm.
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English
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"As a young scientist, Birute Mary Galdikas had a mission: To find and study the elusive orangutans of Borneo's rain forest to help protect this amazing and elusive species. Follow her story as she carries out an epic search and struggles to survive while studying the world's most endangered great ape. When Galdikas saw her first image of an orangutan in the wild, she was immediately captivated. It haunted her and she found its gaze "almost hypnotic."...
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566 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 19 cm
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English
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"Rugged mountains, wild coastlines, and dense forests coexist with vibrant, diverse cities in one of the wildest corners of North America. Explore the PNW with Moon Pacific Northwest . Inside you'll find: Flexible, strategic itineraries ranging from two-day getaways to Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver to a two-week Pacific Northwest road trip The best spots for outdoor adventures, including hiking, biking, whitewater rafting, and skiing; The top sights...
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xii, 265 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"This book unabashedly declares that love for our biologically and culturally diverse world is a much-needed virtue, an essential need. Collectively, the twenty-three authors--ecologists, psychologists, and educators, poets and artists, the healers and the healed--explore the notion that practicing attentive natural history remains an essential pathway to sanity and health, for both individuals and societies. The book's fundamental premise is that...
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Secret Explorers volume 5
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127 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
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English
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Follow along with the Secret Explorers as they visit an amazing wildlife reserve and make lots of new friends, both human and animal! However, not everyone in the rainforest is as friendly, and the kids soon stumble across a terrible plot to burn an areaof the rainforest to expand the palm oil plantation, which will destroy the orangutan habitat, and leave these lovable animals without a home.
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1 Launchpad tablet : digital ; 20 x 13 cm + 1 power charging cord.
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English
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"The goal of the Nature & Environment Module is to ignite kids' curiosity to explore the connectedness of the natural world around them. Topics in this module include cause and effect, biology, plants, weather, geology, wildlife. STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills learned in the classroom and connects them to things kids see every day."
Forest Fighter...
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320 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"In this addition to his New York Times bestselling Plant Paradox series, Steven R. Gundry, MD offers a guide to the gut biome and its control over its home-us!-revealing the unimaginably complex and intelligent ecosystem controlling our health and teaching us how to heal our guts to prevent and reverse every type of disease"--
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