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Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
When dragons cut down too many trees, blow out too much hot air, and do other environmental damage, the future looks grim, but other animals advise them on how to mend their ways and save the planet.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 9
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Emily makes a wish on a magic stone, she gets a glimpse of what the future holds--and it's a disaster! She tries to make things right, but each trip through time takes Emily to a future where things turn out badly for either the humans of Brightport or the merpeople of Shiprock. Plastic pollutes the ocean, garbage overflows the landfills, and the two towns are no longer getting along. Emily realizes she can't save her hometown and the ocean alone,...
7) Gypsyworld
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
[1992]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Kidnapped and taken to utopian Gypsyworld by its king and queen, a group of teenagers is tested to see how they cope in a place where the earth and its gifts are not abused.
8) The Hop
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The intertwining stories of a girl traveling to the Rock and Roll Extravaganza and a toad whose home is in danger of being paved over.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1990]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1995]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Valerio the dragon and Allegra the unicorn are driven into hiding when humans begin to destroy the natural beauty of their land, but they receive hope when they befriend the daughter of the man responsible.
11) The canyon
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
146 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Zach leads the efforts of his San Diego community in trying to stop a company from developing the local canyon that he loves.
12) Cool time song
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After a hot day on the African savannah, the animals begin to move and make sounds in the cool air of evening.
13) The great spruce
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
The spruce tree his grandfather planted means a lot to Alec, so when men from the city want to use as a Christmas tree, Alec offers a compromise.
14) Squirrel Park
Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Stuart clashes with his father, a developer, over the design of a park that threatens an ancient oak tree where his squirrel friend Chuck lives.
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
President Theodore Roosevelt does not approve of cutting down living trees just to be used as Christmas decorations, but his two young sons try to sneak one into the White House anyway.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1994.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Always remembering how the monkeys in her Costa Rican valley disappeared when all the trees were cut down, Marta grows up, plants more trees, and sees the monkeys come back.
Author
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 34 cm
Language
English
Description
A mouse discovers an extraordinary stone that can bring delight or disaster to the world. Halfway through, the book splits into two sections, each offering a different ending.
18) Mouse mission
Author
Series
Mousenet volume 3
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition; Reinforced binding.
Physical Desc
266 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a timber company threatens to cut down the rainforest on the island of Marisco, Megan's mom leads the effort to save it, with the help of the Mouse Nation. The mission takes the family (and mice) to England, where the trail leads to a duke's palace full of dangerous humans--and helpful British mice"--
19) Girlwood
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Polly Greene's older sister Bree runs away from home, Polly and her eccentric grandmother believe she is hiding in the neighboring Idaho woods, and when they discover a mysterious, hidden grove of larches, Polly and her friends build a shelter for Bree and try to save the grove from developers.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
After learning about the millions of birds dying for their feathers, Harriet starts the Massachusetts Audubon Society, dedicated to the conservation and protection of birds. Includes instructions on birdwatching and how to make pretend binoculars.
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