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Book List

Short List – Staff Picks

Across the Curriculum

Alabama Neighbors

Big Screen

Canoeing

Compass Skills

Connections

Creepy Crawlies

Down To Earth

Feathers in Focus

Food For Thought

Forest Critters

High Adventure

Invention Convention

Map Masters

Native Americans and the Earth

Night Hike

Orienteering

Pond and Stream Studies

Refuge

Rock Query

Sense of Place

Sensory Awareness

Songs, Sparks and Stories

Team Adventure/ Team Challenge

Trail of Discovery

Woods Walk/ Value of a Tree

Trail of Discovery

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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.

Inspirational, positive human impacts

*Window

PB

E

Jeannie Baker

In this wordless story, a boy watches as the habitat outside of his bedroom window changes from rural to urban.

Urban sprawl, habitat loss, population growth

*A Sand County Almanac: Conser-vation Ethic

ANF

E

Aldo Leopold

In his classic statement of joy and beauty, Leopold writes about uses of wilderness.

Land use, ethics, use by the masses, husbandry, wildlife management

Passages of this essay can be used with students 6th grad and up.

   

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