• The Great Kapok Tree

  According to Publisher's Weekly, this book combines illustrations that reveal a naturalist's reverence for beauty with a myth-like story that explains the ecological importance of saving the rain forests. The text is not a didactic treatise, but a simply...

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• Whoever You Are

  This book effectively delivers a powerful message that despite all of the differences that people may have, we are all the same deep down.  The author explains that there are children all over the world who may look different, live in different...

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• Someday a Tree

  A young girl loves to spend time with her mum and her dog under their huge oak tree.  But one day they discover the tree has been poisoned by someone who carelessly poured a toxic substance on the ground.  The girl, her parents and all of the...

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• In My World

  Appropriate for very young children, this book encouarges young people to appreciate nature using their five senses.  Using descriptive words and cut-out pictures the book illustrates bugs, frogs, stars and many other things that a child can see...

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• A River Ran Wild

  This book is the true story of the environmental history of the Nashua River in Massachusetts.  Almost 7000 years ago the Algonquin people discovered the beautiful river valley, along with its abundant natural resources.  They settled along...

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• Waiting for Wings

  In this book poetry takes the young reader through all of the life stages of a butterfly from egg to adult.  Once the butterflies have emerged, the story then follows the insects as they look for the flowers that provide them with the nectar they...

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• Chew on This

  This version of "Fast Food Nation" aimed at young readers is a compilation of fascinating and alarming information about the remarkable rise of fast food in North American culture.  Details are provided about the history of fast food, environmental...

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• What Do You Do When Something Wants To Eat You?

  With its attractive illustrations and appealing text this book highlights the incredible diversity of our natural world.  Each featured species has developed a unique adaptation to help it avoid detection or capture.  From the ink cloud of the...

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• The Little Red Hen

  Cooperation is the theme of this classic story that provides a framework for discussions about kindness and empathy.  The selfishness of other community members does not discourage the Little Red Hen from completing the household chores all by herself. ...

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• A Long Walk to Water

  This moving story intertwines the lives of Salva and Nya, two young children struggling to survive in an unforgiving landscape.  Orphaned Salva becomes one of the many Sudanese people displaced by civil war in the 1980’s and forced to trek...

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• Just a Dream

  Just a Dream is about a young boy named Walter, who discovers that his wasteful ways will affect his future. The book introduces readers to a careless boy who tosses rubbish on the grass, thinks recycling is a waste of time and mocks his neighbour, Rose,...

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