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The Overstory, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, is a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of-and paean to-the natural world. From the roots to the crown and back to the seeds, Richard Powers's twelfth novel unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. There is a world...
3) Nature lover
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Jada Jones volume 6
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Jada is thrilled when she gets to go on an outdoor class field trip with her Pop Pop, a nature lover, as a chaperone. She can't wait to show him off to her friends--and show him what she knows. But the trip has some twists along the way, including a soaring zip line she's not sure she wants to try. What happens when Jada's shining moment starts to lose its luster?"--
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Sadiq volume 6
Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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After a family hike in a nearby park, Sadiq forms the Explorers Club with his friends, who then help a neighbor create a nature-themed scavenger hunt for the Fourth of July celebration.
6) Hiking day
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Aladdin
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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A little girl and her family go hiking up a nearby mountain for the very first time. As they climb up and up the path, they see everything from a friendly toad to a prickly porcupine, tall leafy trees to tiny red berries.
7) The bear
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Bellevue Literary Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how to fish and hunt, the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last of humankind. But when the girl finds herself alone in an unknown landscape,...
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Flyaway Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"The bond between two trees, Apple and Magnolia, takes center stage in this picture book that explores the power of unlikely friendships and that includes an author's note that further explores how trees communicate"--
10) The city tree
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Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A newly planted sidewalk tree in the city transforms the neighborhood as residents nurture it through the seasons"--
11) Moonlight
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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In the quiet hours of the night, moonlight makes its journey through the sky, over land and water, and finally into a child's bedroom.
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Confused and distraught after the death of his father, a boy opens an envelope he left behind and is surprised to find a map of the woods beyond their house, with one spot marked in bright red. But why? The woods had been something they shared together, why would his father want him to go alone? Slowly, his mind settles as he sets off through the spaces he once explored with his dad, passing familiar beech and black oak trees, flitting Carolina wrens,...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Spring rains change Water from a tumbling creek to a roaring river and bring Tree nutrients it needs to stretch toward the sky. As Sun's rays intensify, the sprouts and fruits and insects of the forest grow and bloom and develop, all working together in harmony. Even Fire, whose work causes Tree to ache from the inside, brings opportunity for the next generation of flora and fauna. Paired with the vivid, organic imagery of Dominique Ramsey, Liz Garton...
15) On a rainy day
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Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When rain interrupts their outdoor play, a girl and her father retreat indoors to wait out the storm. As lightning cracks and thunder booms, they each have their own ideas of things they can do together on a rainy day. Told through spare text and bold sound effects, Sarah LuAnn Perkins' unique linocut-like textured illustrations create a fun read-aloud experience for both reader and listener." --
17) The tree in me
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Through text and illustrations of children reveling in nature, explores the various ways we as human beings are strong, creative, and connected to others.
18) Grow
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Publisher
Boyds Mill Press, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
What would it be like to grow from an acorn into an oak, a tadpole into a frog, or a fawn into a deer? You would stretch your limbs into the sky, jump from puddle to pond, and spring from path to forest. Children learn to do these things and more as they grow from tiny babies into individuals unlike anyone else in this whole dazzling world. Life is full of change; this reassuring picture book honors the changes that make you unique. Grow is a glorious...
19) Black gold
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When the Universe decides to create a child, she draws from the earth--rich, dark, and full of everything that gives life, including eyes like black star sapphires and full lips to speak the truth. With help from the Sun and the Moon, they create a child of the universe: beautiful, powerful, and boundless with the brilliance of black gold"--Jacket flap.
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