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Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"Welcome to our green city! You'll find flowers, trees, animals... and wind turbines, electric cars, and solar panels, too. In this city, a utopian imagination of what a sustainable community could look like, neighbours from diverse backgrounds come together to care for their surroundings and one another. As readers are invited on a journey through the city, they learn about what makes it environmentally friendly, from electric transportation to green...
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Gain an insight into the issues that matter today, such as who owns the media, who decides what is news, and the super-rich. This is the ultimate tool to help you get to grips with sociology in time for exams, from gender and identity to welfare and consumerism.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
From urban design that suits the local landscape to zero-carbon living, this fascinating book looks at how cities around the world are adapting to environmental change. Readers are presented with real-life, eco-city solutions to issues such as water use in times of drought, and why green spaces matter. --from Amazon.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Paris, France has a population of 2.2 million people and 3.8 million rats. Toronto, Canada is the raccoon capital of the world. This intriguing book focuses on urban animals called "exploiters." These are animals such as squirrels, raccoons, skunks, opposums, rats, and crows who have turned living near humans to their advantage. An examination reveals the ways in which these animals have adapted to living alongside humans. Special feature boxes address...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An estimated 70 million feral cats live in the United States alone-decimating bird populations and threatening public health. This informative book investigates the growing populations of "obligates"-abandoned pets, now wild and producing feral offspring, and introduced animals that live in urban and urban fringe areas. An examination reveals the impact these animals are having on resources, space, and native species. Additional content focuses on...
Author
Series
Orca timeline volume 3
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"If you could design a city that would be both a great place to live and good for the planet, what would it look like? Today, more than half the world's population lives in cities and many of those cities face big challenges, including the climate crisis, food insecurity and rapid population growth, but they are also places where innovation can thrive. Peek into the past to see how cities have changed through time and explore what could make them...
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations
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Description
This book is written for the young person who doesn't know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life. For the 14 year old who sees injustice at school and isn't able to understand the role racism plays in separating them from their friends. For the kid who spends years trying to fit into the dominant culture and loses themselves for a little while. It's for all of the Black and Brown children who have been harmed (physically and emotionally)...
Author
Series
Thinkcities volume 1
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
""Imagine a city draped in a blanket of green ... Is this the city you know?" This beautiful book of narrative non-fiction looks at the urban forest, starting with a bird's-eye view of the tree canopy, then swooping down to street level, digging deep into the ground, then moving up through a tree's trunk, back into the leaves and branches. It discusses the problems that city trees face such as the abundance of concrete, poor soil and challenging light...
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