Book |
Type |
Acc-ess |
Author |
Summary |
Concepts |
Additional Info |
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Home |
PB |
M |
Jeanine Baker |
In the wordless picture book, the collages tell the story of a run-down urban neighborhood that is reclaimed. The entire story is seen through one window and is framed around the life story of a girl, her birth, growth and impact on the neighborhood. |
Inspira-tional, positive human impacts |
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*Window |
PB |
E |
Jeannie Baker |
A boy watches as the habitat outside of his bedroom window changes from rural to urban. |
Urban sprawl, habitat loss |
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John Muir: My Life with Nature |
CNF |
H |
Joseph Cornell |
Cornell has selected text from Muir’s works to create an “autobiography” appropriate for younger audiences. The story encourages a sense of hope, awareness and adventure. Well illustrated |
Wilder-ness, naturalist |
Sharing Nature With Children Book |
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*A Sand County Almanac: Wilderness |
ANF |
E |
Aldo Leopold |
The essay on wilderness challenges the reader to think about wilderness for the purposes of recreation, science and wildlife. |
Wilder-ness, self-renewal, carrying capacity, land use |
Passages of this essay may be used with grades 6 and up. |
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John Muir : Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth; My First Summer in the Sierra; The Mountains of California; Stickeen; Essays |
ANF |
E |
John Muir |
This collection by the great preservationist takes us through the stages of his life. Muir exemplifies a lover of nature and promotes the idea that humans can live in harmony with nature. Includes descriptive writing about incidences that occurred in nature as well as philosophical pieces. |
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