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An inspiring meditation on the outdoors, with color photographs, by the legendary nature writer and New York Times–bestselling author of Silent Spring.
Rachel Carson shares her prescription for developing a lifelong respect for nature in this deeply personal essay, lavishly expanded and paced by Nick Kelsh's vibrant photography in this posthumously published edition. Using her personal adventures with her young
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Farrar Straus Giroux Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Sometimes it's hard to be Milton P. Greene. He says all the wrong things, his family is falling apart, and everyone at school avoids him because of the very embarrassing Bird Brain Incident. But when Milton plays his video game Isle of Wild, he becomes someone else-Sea Hawk, the brave and brilliant naturalist explorer who conquers danger at every turn. Then Milton's parents ship him off to the remote Lone Island for the summer, where his uncle Evan...
3) Me-- Jane
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.
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2019.
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English
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Nature Play at Home is a hardworking and inspiring guide filled with ideas for incorporating natural materials and play structures into your yard to get your kids outside exploring and learning. Access to technology has created a generation of children who are more plugged in than ever before -- often with negative consequences. But there is a solution. Unrestricted outdoor play helps reduce stress, improve health, and enhance creativity, learning,...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"From the author of the New York Times bestseller that defined nature-deficit disorder and launched the international children-and-nature movement, Vitamin N (for "nature") is a complete prescription for connecting with the power and joy of the natural world right now,"--Amazon.com.
9) Autumn
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Publisher
Marshall Cavendish-Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
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Describes changes that occur in nature in autumn and suggests activities that can be used to study what happens to plants and animals at this time of year.
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Happy Yak
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Young readers can follow Billy, a boy who is passionate about nature and birds, as he encounters many different species of birds during his day at the Forest School and some that he can only dream of seeing in the wild one day."--
12) Spring
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Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Explains what spring is like, and why it occurs. Includes indoor and outdoor projects.
13) Winter
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Publisher
M. Cavendish Corp
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Suggests a variety of outdoor and indoor activities for winter, focusing on science topics such as animal behavior, the formation of icicles, frost pictures, and the nature of heat.
15) Leo on a hike
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Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Leo and his father go on a hike and discover many interesting things along the way."--
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Tommy Nelson
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English
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"This colorful book of hands-on activities for children will connect and enrich your family through adventures, small and big. In 100 Days of Adventure by Greta Eskridge, kids ages 6 to 10 will learn about nature, art, music, and themselves through outdoor and indoor explorations, experiments, crafts, recipes, and more"--
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"Are the snowy owls in trouble? Venture into the Alaskan arctic and the summer realm of these predator birds to find out. Discover the diverse species necessary to owl survival, how climate change is affecting the landscape of their nesting site of past millennia, and what it takes to do field research in this . . . addition to the . . . Scientists in the Field series"--Provided by publisher.
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"When Ben Hewitt and his wife bought a sprawling acreage of field and forest in northern Vermont, the landscape easily allowed them to envision the self-sustaining family farm they were eager to start. But over the years, the land became so much more than a building site; it became the birthplace of their two sons, the main source of family income and food, and ultimately, both classroom and home for their children. Having opted out of formal education,...
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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We're not just losing the wild world. We're forgetting it. We're no longer noticing it. We've lost the habit of looking and seeing and listening and hearing. But we can make hidden things visible, and find ways to bring nature much closer to home. As you take on new techniques and a little new equipment, you will discover new creatures and, with them, new areas of yourself that had gone dormant. Once put to use, they wake up and start working again....
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