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A Swim Through the Sea מאת Kristin Joy Pratt In this illustrated tour of the plants and animals of the undersea kingdom, Kristin Pratt once again introduces children to one of our planet's precious and fragile realms of biodiversity. Each page highlights a selected species with full-color illustration and a paragraph of fascinating facts....

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In One Tidepool: Crabs, Snails, and Salty Tails (Sharing Nature With Children Book) מאת Anthony D. Fredericks Have you ever ventured to the edge of the sea and peered into a tidepool? A whole community of creatures lives there! This salty, splashy habitat is unique and colorful. Vivid close-up art and amusing text make this both fun and educational for children. "Field notes" in the back offer intriguing ...

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Sunshine on My Shoulders (John Denver Series) מאת John Denver This heartwarming book - an adaptation of one of John Denver’s best-loved songs - is a lovely reminder of the good, pure things in life. Sunshine On My Shoulders celebrates friendship, sunshine and simple joy. Children and adults alike will love Christopher Canyon’s whimsical and humorous...

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Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists מאת Jeannine Atkins The six women portrayed in this book--Maria Merian (b.1647), Anna Comstock (b.1854), Frances Hamerstrom (b.1907), Rachel Carson (b.1907), Miriam Rothschild (b.1908) and Jane Goodall (b.1934--all grew up to become award-winning scientists, writers and artists, as comfortable with a pen as with a magn...

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Because Brian Hugged His Mother מאת David L. Rice A simple, small act of kindness may go much farther than you think. Brian wasn't looking for anything in return when he gave his mother a great big hug. Brian's hug set in motion a series of unselfish acts that reached more people--and even animals--than he could ever know. This is a story that happ...

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Wonderful Nature, Wonderful You מאת Karin Ireland Nature can be a great teacher, reminding us to do things at our own pace and to bloom where we are planted. With a light touch especially suited for children, Karin Ireland explores the lessons of nature and finds their relevance to all of us. She shapes the qualities of nature into a metaphor for p...

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Sunshine on My Shoulders (A Simply Nature Book) מאת John Denver In this heartwarming adaptation of one of John Denver’s best-loved songs, a girl and her dad bask in the warmth of nature and each other’s friendship....

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The Forever Forest: Kids Save a Tropical Treasure (Sharing Nature with Children Book) מאת Kristin Joy Pratt-Serafini The Children's Eternal Rainforest in Costa Rica is a great place to hear howler monkeys, see algae-covered sloths, and discover that strangler figs make great hideouts! Join young Peter on a hike through this inspiring forest--a rainforest that has been preserved forever by the efforts of children...

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A Swim Through the Sea (A Simply Nature Book) מאת Kristin Joy Pratt-Serafini Kids love animals, and sea creatures are no exception! Here is an alphabetical "tour" of ocean animals led by Seamore the seahorse. Each animal has a simplified alliterative description....

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If You Were My Baby: A Wildlife Lullaby (A Simply Nature Book) מאת Fran Hodgkins A sweet-dream bedtime book for nature lovers! The children in your life will learn about animals in nature, and fall asleep knowing that they, along with animal babies, are loved and secure. This book is part of Dawn Publications' popular Simply Nature board book series for the very y...

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A Walk in the Rainforest (A Simple Nature Book) מאת Kirstin Joy Pratt-Serafini Walk through the alphabet with XYZ the ant! See the amazing anteater ... a gentle gorilla ... and a super-slow sloth. And kudos to Kristin, who wrote and illustrated this book at the age of 15! Look carefully, it's all done with magic markers. This book is part of Dawn Publications' popular ...

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All Around Me I See (Simply Nature Books) מאת Laya Steinberg Now in Board Book format! With eyes wide open to the mysteries of nature, a child on a hike discovers that "a leaf is a boat for a beetle" and that "a nest is a cradle for eggs." Tired from her long walk, she sleeps - and in her dream she flies like a bird and marvels at the beauty around her. This ...

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Sharing Nature With Children II מאת Joseph Bharat Cornell This companion volume to Joseph Cornell's classic, Sharing Nature With Children, is a treasury of some of Joseph’s favorite nature games for both adults and children. Joseph also introduces his remarkable technique of Flow Learning, showing how to match nature activities to the inter...

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Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef מאת Marianne Berkes This coral reef is a marine nursery, teeming with mamas and babies! In the age-old way of kids and fish, children will count and clap to the rhythm of Over in the Meadow while puffer fish "puff," gruntfish "grunt" and seahorses "flutter." The colorful art is fresh and fun - constructed entire...

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The Dandelion Seed מאת Joseph P. Anthony By roadside or mountainside, the humble dandelion flowers every month of the year throughout the world, a fitting symbol of life. Its journey is our journey, filled with challenge, wonder, and beauty. Joseph Anthony's story of mystery and truth, and illustrator Cris Arbo's stunningly detailed illust...

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Earth Day Birthday (Sharing Nature With Children Book) מאת Pattie Schnetzler Here is a sing-along, read-along book that honors the animals, the environment, and a universal holiday all in one fresh approach. To the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas," appreciate twelve endearing North American species in their natural habitats. Includes suggestions for Earth Day activitie...

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Forest Bright, Forest Night (Sharing Nature With Children Book) מאת Jennifer Ward Someone is always awake in the forest - and someone else is always asleep! Some animals are alert in daytime and sleep at night. Others are alert at night, and are sleepyheads during the day. You can Flip this book to flip from day to night - and back again! And when you do, be sure to count ...

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Mammals Who Morph: The Universe Tells Our Evolution Story (Sharing Nature With Children Book) מאת Jennifer Morgan This remarkable evolution series, narrated by the Universe itself, concludes with Book 3, the amazing story of mammals. It picks up with the extinction of dinosaurs, and tells how tiny mammals survived and morphed into lots of new Earthlings . . . horses, whales and a kind of mammal with a powerful ...

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In a Nutshell (Sharing Nature With Children Book) מאת Joseph Anthony An acorn drops from a great oak and grows. Animals nibble at it, a fire threatens it, but overcoming many challenges it eventually towers high in the forest, observing the changing human scene below. Eventually its energy passes into many other life forms--even the cherry pie enjoyed by the boy in t...

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A Teacher's Guide to Drop Around the World: Lesson Plans for the Book a Drop Around the World מאת Bruce Malnor A Teacher’s Guide to A Drop Around the World. Based on the vibrant verse of this water cycle picture book, the lesson plans present water in its ever-changing, ever-moving nature, from snow to steam, from polluted to purified, from stratus to subterranean, and from Maine to Mumbai....

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Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef מאת Marianne Berkes THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This coral reef is a marine nursery, teeming with mamas and babies! In the age-old way of kids and fish, children will count and clap to the rhythm of ""Over In The Meadow"" while puffer fish...

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Born With a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story : Book 1 (Sharing Nature With Children Book) מאת Jennifer Morgan In this first of a trilogy, the Universe tells its own life story of chaos and creativity, science and struggle. Time after time the Universe nearly perishes, then bravely triumphs and turns itself into new and even more spectacular forms. Eventually it turns stardust into you. This story begins in ...

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If You Were My Baby: A Wildlife Lullaby (Sharing Nature With Children Book) מאת Fran Hodgkins Here is a unique blend of love song and non-fiction - celebrating the care that exists between the parents and offspring of many species. Baby mountain goat is guided up high cliffs. Baby beaver learns to build well. Baby bat is held in mother’s protective embrace, upside-down. And your baby will ...

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Where Does the Wind Blow? (Sharing Nature With Children Book) מאת Cynthia A. Rink Feel the wind blowing gently across your face. Watch it ripple the grasses, sway the branches, and push the clouds across the sky. Where does it come from? Where does it go? This endearing story was written by the author when her young son lived half way around the world. It is a loving reminder ...

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My First Hike (Simply Nature Books) מאת Catherine Maria Woolf A reluctant child goes with Grandpa on his first hike - and to his surprise, discovers the vibrant world of nature. Birds! Frogs! A waterfall! Trees to swing on! "Can we come back tomorrow?" This is the latest in Dawn Publications' popular Simply Nature board book series....

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John Denver's Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver Series) מאת Christopher Canyon By car, mini-van, pickup and motorcycle, members of a family take beautiful, nostalgic country roads to a family reunion. Up, down and around the hills of West Virginia, they all head for a hoedown, hayride, and good food at Grandma and Grandpa's place in the country! Illustrator Christopher Canyon ...

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John Denver's Ancient Rhymes: A Dolphin Lullaby (John Denver Series) מאת Christopher Canyon John Denver’s poignant lyrics of the birth of a dolphin are both a lullaby and a paean to "dolphin kind," as adapted in this gorgeous picture book. Denver embraces the unique, almost mystical quality of a baby dolphin as "giving hope to life as all we must." Hardback edition includes the musical s...

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Over in the Arctic: Where the Cold Winds Blow (Sharing Nature with Children Books) מאת Marianne Berkes Over in the Arctic, the snow goose "honks" and the wolf "howls." Children too will joyfully honk and howl while they count the baby animals and sing to the tune of "Over in the Meadow." And the illustrations - all done in cut paper - vividly convey the dramatic landscape of the Arctic. This is the l...

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A Drop Around the World מאת Barbara McKinney Presents the water cycle through the journey of a raindrop around the world, in sky, on land, underground, and in the sea, in its liquid, solid, and vapor forms, as it supports life everywhere....

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For Baby (For Bobbie) (John Denver Series) מאת John Denver Everyone loves babies, and John Denver's love song For Baby (For Bobbie), interpreted as a children s picture book by award-winning illustrator Janeen Mason, reminds us that these feelings are universal. Captivating images of swirling colors lead us around the globe, from Sri Lanka to the Arctic, an...

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Eliza and the Dragonfly (Ira Children's Book Awards. Primary) מאת Susie Caldwell Rinehart When a dragonfly lands on her toothbrush, Eliza goes to a nearby pond with her bug-loving Aunt Doris. There in the pond she sees an "awful green creature" - a dragonfly nymph - the size of a paperclip. "Eeeeewwww!" she says. Before long Eliza changes her tune. Includes information about the lifecycl...

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Seashells by the Seashore (Sharing Nature With Children Book) מאת Marianne Berkes Little sea creatures build their shell homes in a wonderful variety of shapes and colors. In this engaging rhyme, children comb the beach, counting, collecting, and naming the Moon Shell and other beautiful shells, appreciating the creatures that lived in them. The paperback edition contains a tear-...

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This Is the Sea That Feeds Us מאת Robert F. Baldwin What creatures live in a bog-boggy place? From zip-zipping dragonflies to hip-hopping frogs, here's a medley of critters who swim, soar or crawl in a wetlands home that protects one and all. This engaging book is the fourth natural neighborhood to be portrayed by this dynamic author-illustrator du...

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Going Around the Sun: Some Planetary Fun מאת Marianne Berkes Our Earth is part of a fascinating planetary family - eight planets and an odd bunch of solar system "cousins" - that spin, roll, tilt, blow and whirl around the Sun. Here, to the tune of "Over in the Meadow," young ones can get a glimpse of our remarkable neighborhood, and our place in a very big...

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My Favorite Tree: Terrific Trees of North America (Sharing Nature With Children Book) מאת Diane Iverson From the Aspen to the Yew, the native trees of North America have given us food, shelter and an important part of our heritage. Naturalist-illustrator Diane Iverson’s book is both useful and fun. It combines a sweet intimacy with the most interesting facts about 27 major trees and their relatives,...

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Earth and Me, Our Family Tree: Nature's Creatures (Sharing Nature With Children Book) מאת J. Patrick Lewis The last in a trilogy of Earth's features and habitats, this book explores earth's amazing inhabitants. J. Patrick Lewis weaves his poetry into conversations between pairs of creatures in each major habitat. Readers will gain a sense of the network of nature, conjuring respect for nature's creatures...

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From Lava to Life: The Universe Tells Our Earth's Story (Sharing Nature With Children Book) מאת Jennifer Morgan "Once upon a time" meets science in a children's picture book that tells the thrilling story of how life began on Earth. The second in a trilogy of Universe stories - the first being the award-winning Born with a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story -- this book picks up the story with t...

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Inside All (Sharing Nature with Children Books) מאת Margaret H. Mason All over the world, children want the same thing - the comfort of knowing that they belong, that they are part of something meaningful. Inside All takes the reader on a nesting doll-like journey, from the glowing edges of the universe into the warm heart of a sleepy child at bedtime, showing...

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Sharing Nature With Children (20th Anniversary Edition, Revised and Expanded) מאת Joseph Bharat Cornell As Joseph Cornell’s classic book reached its 20th anniversary, Cornell drew upon a wealth of experience in nature education to significantly revise and expand his book. New nature games—favorites from the field - and Cornell's typically insightful commentary makes the second edition of this spec...

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The Web at Dragonfly Pond מאת Brian Ellis Storyteller Brian "Fox" Ellis draws from his memories of fishing with his father to tell this true tale of a fish, a frog, a dragonfly, a mosquito, and himself. The experience helped mold Fox’s life-long connection with nature, and is a wonderful example of entertainment that educates....

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If You Give a T-Rex a Bone מאת Tim Myers So you'd like to go back in time to see real dinosaurs and other ancient reptiles? Yes, that would be very cool. And if you start by giving a T-Rex a bone, things will be, well - interesting. Dangerously interesting! So go ahead - offer him that bone and see what happens. Along the way you're bou...

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Lifetimes (Sharing Nature With Children Book) David L. Rice

Lifetimes (Sharing Nature With Children Book) מאת David L. Rice The Universe is our school, nature our teacher, and every species has a lesson for us. With delightful simplicity, Lifetimes introduces some of nature’s longest, shortest and most unusual lifetimes. David Rice’s "tell about it, think about it" questions for each lifetime are perfect for engaging...

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If You Give a T-Rex a Bone מאת Tim Myers So you'd like to go back in time to see real dinosaurs and other ancient reptiles? Yes, that would be very cool. And if you start by giving a T-Rex a bone, things will be, well - interesting. Dangerously interesting! So go ahead - offer him that bone and see what happens. Along the way you're bou...