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A compelling global exploration of nature and survival as seen via a dozen species of trees that represent the challenges facing our planet, and the ways that scientists are working urgently to save our forests and our future. The world today is undergoing the most rapid environmental transformation in human history--from climate change to deforestation. Scientists, ethnobotanists, indigenous peoples, and collectives of all kinds are closely studying...
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"With this famous field guide by award-winning author and naturalist Stan Tekiela, you can make tree identification simple, informative, and productive. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of trees that don't grow in Illinois. Learn about 124 species found in the state (every native tree plus common non-natives), organized by leaf type and attachment. Just look at a tree's leaves, then go to the correct section to learn what it is. Fact-filled...
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"Lily wants a tree for her birthday. Although she and her father live in a tiny dark apartment, she promises to give it water and sun and air. But after she receives her tree--whom she names George--even Lily can't imagine how their daily walks will change the neighborhood! With George in a wagon, the two friends explore Lily's street, greeting neighbors who are happy to sit in George's shade. It turns out he's the only tree on the street! Soon Lily's...
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"During World War Two, in the prison camp Terezin, a group of Jewish children and their teacher planted and nurtured a smuggled-in sapling. Over time, fewer and fewer children were left to care for the little tree, but those who remained kept lovingly sharing their water with it. When the war finally ended and the prisoners were rescued, the sapling had grown into a strong five-foot-tall maple. Nearly eight years later the tree's six hundred descendants...
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'21 Things to Do With a Tree' is a fresh and fun outdoors activity book to learn about and make friends with your very own (chosen) tree! This playful approach to an outdoor activity book supports learning, helps foster a vital bond with nature and stimulates creative and imaginative play.
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"Leaves come in all shapes, sizes, and colors-and that's not even mentioning when they change colors in the fall! Leaves can tell us what kind of tree we're near and are often gathered as natural treasure on nature walks or simply around the neighborhood. In this book, emerging readers are encouraged to have a leaf-finding adventure and discover leaves in nature around them. Full-color photographs showcase the leaves discussed and directly correlate...
10) Little brown nut
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"Little Brown Nut starts with a large fruit falling from the tallest tree in the Amazon rainforest. Inside is a little brown Brazil nut, surrounded by 20 others. It sits and waits for an agouti, a rodent with teeth so strong that it can free the nut from its hard casing. The story of the Brazil nut tree and the agouti is told clearly and carefully, with facts about germination, photosynthesis, seed dispersal. The narrative progresses in a way that...
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"Even though rain forests take up less than 10 percent of our world's land, more than half the world's plants and animals live in those rain forests, and the Amazon rain forest is our largest tropical rain forest. Its size alone makes it important, but its size is only a small part of why we need it"--
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"Discover the most unusual and impressive plants on Earth! Towering sequoias, giant Saguaro cacti, prehistoric plants, incredible palms and many more fill the pages of this large format book. The detailed illustrations are accompanied by fascinating facts about each plant." -- Chronicle Books website
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"When Mother Pin Oak, the hub tree of a deciduous forest wakes to crisp, spring air and cannot seem to stir her Little Pin Oak growing beside her, she seeks help from other members her forest community. As the rest of the forest slowly awakens, they come to Little Pin's aid: a busy squirrel carries Mother Pin's message through the forest; a vole digs tunnels in the soil, enabling nutrients to reach Little Pin's roots; a melted spring provides the...