Tag Archives: Nature

Old Bear

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Kevin Henkes
Publisher: Greenwillow

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Snug and warm, curled and furry, Old Bear sleeps.
Red, orange, and brown leaves fly through the air, and it is snowing hard. Old Bear doesn’t notice.
Old Bear is dreaming about being a cub again. He is dreaming about the beauty [...]

Leaf Man (Ala Notable Children’s Books. Younger Readers (Awards))

Rating: (15 reviews)
Author: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books

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Fall has come, the wind is gusting, and Leaf Man is on the move. Is he drifting east, over the marsh and ducks and geese? Or is he heading west, above the orchards, prairie meadows, and spotted cows? No one’s quite sure, but [...]

Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: George Levenson
Publisher: Tricycle Press

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Tricycle Press is proud to present two new editions of the critically acclaimed Pumpkin Circle. Pumpkin seedlings grow, sprout, bud, and bloom, offering up their golden fruit, then break down into rich soil from which seeds sprout again—a circle without end. The skillfully translated [...]

Fire Eternal (Dragon)

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Chris D’Lacey
Publisher: Orchard Books

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Five years have passed since David Rain, now a bestselling author, disappeared mysteriously in the Artic. Slowly the ice is changing; bears are starving; dragons are rising; and the spirit Gaia, goddess of the Earth, is restless, wanting to act upon these changes. But [...]

A Tree Is Nice

Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: Janice May Udry
Publisher: HarperTrophy

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Trees are beautiful. They fill up the sky. If you have a tree, you can climb up its trunk, roll in its leaves, or hang a swing from one of its limbs. Cows and babies can nap in the shade of a tree. Birds [...]

The Very Hungry Caterpillar: board book & CD

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Publisher: Philomel

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Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar is now available for the first time in a new, oversized board book format, perfect for storytime or for playtime. Plus, as an added bonus, it includes a CD of Eric Carle reading his classic story. This fine audio production [...]

Sharing Nature With Children (20th Anniversary Edition, Revised and Expanded)

Rating: (12 reviews)
Author: Joseph Bharat Cornell
Publisher: Dawn Publications (CA)

Book Description
As Joseph Cornell’s classic book reached its 20th anniversary, Cornell drew upon a wealth of experience in nature education to significantly revise and expand his book. New nature games—favorites from the field - and Cornell’s typically insightful commentary makes the second edition [...]

Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children

Rating: (27 reviews)
Author: Sharon Lovejoy
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

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Green thumbs and non-green thumbs alike will fall in love with Roots, Shoots, Buckets, & Boots, a remarkably fun and informative introduction to the wonderful world of gardening–and more specifically, gardening with children. Learn how to make everything from a pizza garden (pizza-pie-shaped, with [...]

The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: A Book About How Living Things Grow (Magic School Bus)

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Joanna Cole
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Book Description
Ms. Frizzle’s class is growing a beautiful garden. But, Phoebe’s plot is empty. Her flowers are back at her old school! So, the class climbs aboard the Magic School Bus. And, of course, the kids don’t only go back to Phoebe’s school, but they [...]

Night in the Country

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Publisher: Aladdin

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There is no night so dark, so black as night in the country. And while the people dream of daytime things, the nighttime world awakens. Owls swoop, a rabbit patters, and in the yard an apple falls — pump! — from the tree.Listen. Go to [...]

On the Day You Were Born

Rating: (74 reviews)
Author: Debra Frasier
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books

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Inspired by Debra Frasier’s enormously popular On the Day You Were Born, this charming photo journal invites families to celebrate the arrival of their loved one into the natural world. A star-spangled blue sky, crossed by a swath of sunshine yellow [...]

Everybody Needs a Rock (An Aladdin Book)

Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: Byrd Baylor
Publisher: Aladdin

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Everybody needs a rock — at least that’s the way this particular rock hound feels about it in presenting her own highly individualistic rules for finding just the right rock for you.

It Looked Like Spilt Milk

Rating: (17 reviews)
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Publisher: HarperTrophy

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The white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page. Is it a rabbit, a bird, or just spilt milk? Children are kept guessing until the surprise ending?and will be encouraged to improvise similar games of their own.

A House for Hermit Crab (Stories to Go!)

Rating: (15 reviews)
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Publisher: Aladdin

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“Time to move,” said Hermit Crab one day. “I’ve grown too big for this little shell.” Much-loved master of cut-paper collage Eric Carle created A House for Hermit Crab to comfort any little ones (okay, and adults, too) who dread change–whether the new shell is a new [...]

Owl Moon

Rating: (53 reviews)
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Philomel

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Among the greatest charms of children is their ability to view a simple activity as a magical adventure. Such as a walk in the woods late at night. Jane Yolen captures this wonderment in a book whose charm rises from its simplicity. “It was late one [...]

When I’m Big: A Guess How Much I Love You Storybook (Guess How Much I Love You)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Sam Mcbratney
Publisher: Candlewick

Book Description
For the first time in twelve years, the Nutbrown Hares hop back for a brand-new GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU story. Happy spring!
Out in the fresh spring air, the two Nutbrown Hares see a tiny acorn growing. “Someday it will be a tree,” says [...]

My Weird School #21: Ms. Krup Cracks Me Up! (My Weird School)

Author: Dan Gutman
Publisher: HarperTrophy

Book Description
A.J. thinks that nothing can possibly be as boring as a sleepover in the natural history museum. But anything can happen when Ms. Krup is in charge. The tour guide says that dinosaur skeletons come to life in the middle of the night. Is she right?

Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me

Rating: (35 reviews)
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

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Monica wants the moon to play with, so her Papa sets out to get it. It isn’t easy to climb to the moon, but he finally succeeds — only to find the moon is too big to carry home. Children will love [...]

Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree

Rating: (30 reviews)
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Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers

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Mr. Willowby, the unwitting hero of this Christmas classic, looks quite a bit like the little mustachioed mascot from Monopoly. But as befits a Yuletide tale, this diminutive millionaire turns out to be a good bit more generous.
The Christmas [...]

Life As We Knew It

Rating: (42 reviews)
Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books
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It’s almost the end of Miranda’s sophomore year in high school, and her journal reflects the busy life of a typical teenager: conversations with friends, fights with mom, and fervent hopes for a driver’s license. When Miranda first begins hearing the reports of [...]

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

Rating: (22 reviews)
Author: Robert Frost
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
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Robert Frost’s well-known poem takes on new life in its first picture-book adaptation. The poem–long appreciated for its strong rhythm and evocative images–leaves readers wondering, “Where was the man going on the darkest night of the year?” and “Why on earth did [...]

The Lorax (Classic Seuss)

Rating: (110 reviews)
Author: Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
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When Dr. Seuss gets serious, you know it must be important. Published in 1971, and perhaps inspired by the “save our planet” mindset of the 1960s, The Lorax is an ecological warning that still rings true today amidst [...]

A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree

Rating: (12 reviews)
Author: Colleen Monroe
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
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Book Description This charming tale of an overgrown pine always being passed by for Christmas, and what his woodland friends do to help him, is sure to become a Christmas classic. With delightful illustrations by wildlife artist Michael Monroe and enchanting text [...]