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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In his beloved book The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben revealed astonishing discoveries about the social networks of trees and how they communicate. Now, in The Power of Trees, he turns to their future, with a searing critique of forestry management, tree planting, and the exploitation of old growth forests. As human-caused climate change devastates the planet, forests play a critical role in keeping it habitable. While politicians and business...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"What is it like to be a puppy? Author of the classic Inside of a Dog, Alexandra Horowitz tries to find out, spending a year scrutinizing her puppy's daily existence, and poring over the science of early dog development. Few of us meet our dogs at Day One. The dog who will, eventually, become an integral part of our family, our constant companion and best friend, is born without us into a family of her own. A puppy's critical early development into...
3) A seed grows
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Series
Language
English
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"An educational picture book about the life cycle of a sunflower"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Walt is not the tallest or the curliest or the pointiest or even the crunchiest. A confounded blade of grass searches for his 'est' in this hilarious story about growing up.
5) Bike & Trike
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
When Lulu graduates to a bicycle with training wheels, rusty, old Trike feels lonely in the garage and worries about Lulu's safety on her shiny, new bike.--
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Description
In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature's path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life. Each short chapter begins with a simple observation: a salamander scuttling across the leaf litter; the first blossom of spring wildflowers. From these, Haskell...
8) Plants grow!
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Elementary
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Information about the life cycle and parts of a plant for young readers"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Description
"How children think is one of the most enduring mysteries--and difficulties--of parenthood. The marketplace is full of gadgets and tools that claim to make your child smarter, happier, or learn languages faster, all built on the premise that manufacturers know something about your child's brain that you don't. These products are easy to sell, because good information about how children's minds really work is hard to come by. In their new book, neuroscientists...
11) I'm growing!
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1992]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes human growth and how the different parts of the body change as it grows.
Author
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"The tenth children's book by the #1 New York Times bestselling team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell celebrates the extraordinary, everyday bravery of trying new things for the very first time." -- Jacket flap.
14) Neuroscience
Series
Holiday lectures on science volume 2008
Publisher
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Version 1.0.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Two leading neuroscientists [Eric R. Kandel, Thomas M. Jessell] discuss our current understanding of memory and brain development"--Container.
17) I know a lot!
Author
Publisher
Abrams Appleseed
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
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Description
Celebrates a toddler's increasing knowledge of the world, such as that rocks are heavy and flowers are light.
19) Hiding dinosaurs
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
After watching six dinosaurs hatch, a boy tries to keep them hidden as they grow up.
20) Growing like me
Author
Publisher
Silver Whistle
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
21 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Explains how plants and animals of the meadow, woods, and pond grow and evolve, such as caterpillars changing into butterflies, eggs hatching into robins, and acorns becoming oaks.
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