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1) Nature Walk
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explore concepts of living and nonliving things during a walk in the woods, including birds, stones, stones, streams, and trees. Pair this nonfiction title with its illustrated fiction companion book, In the Garden.
2) Rocks
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Rocks, beginning readers will learn about different types of rocks. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover how to identify common rocks in nature.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify fossils in a rock, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about rocks online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Rocks also...
3) Oak Trees
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Oak Trees, emergent readers will learn how to identify an oak tree. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage beginning readers as they discover how oak trees change each season.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify different parts of an oak tree, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about oak trees online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites....
4) Maple Trees
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Maple Trees, early readers will learn how to identify a maple tree. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover how maple trees change each season.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify different parts of a maple tree, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about maple trees online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites....
5) Flowers
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Flowers, beginning readers will learn about different types of flowers. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage early readers as they discover how to tell the difference between flowers and other plants.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify different parts of a flower, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about flowers online using our safe search engine that provides relevant,...
6) Seeds
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Seeds, young readers will learn about different types of seeds. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage early readers as they discover how to identify common seeds in nature.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify parts of a seed, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about seeds online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Seeds also features...
7) Leaves
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Leaves, young readers will learn about the different types of leaves. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they discover how to identify common types of leaves.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify parts of a leaf, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about leaves online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Leaves...
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This version of Nature is an 1843 revision to the popular essay written and published in 1836. In the original essay, Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, and suggested that reality can be understood by studying nature. Within the essay, Emerson divides nature into four usages: Commodity, Beauty, Language and Discipline. These distinctions define how humans use nature for their basic needs, their desire for delight, their communication...
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This illustrated nonfiction picture book by child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts introduces children to the important topic of the environment. Crafted around a conversation between a grade-school-aged child and an adult, this inquiry-focused book using age-appropriate language and tone will help children shape their understanding of the natural world and how they participate in protecting it. Dr. Roberts starts the discussion with the types of...
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English
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The certified wilderness guide, life coach, and TEDx speaker shares step-by-step guidelines for recognizing the symptoms of nature deficit disorder, outlining therapeutic exercise prompts and meditation guidelines for how to heal by reconnecting with the natural world.
11) In the garden
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Learn about all the things in George's garden in this fun story featuring carefully leveled text and colorful illustrations appropriate for emergent readers"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While his friend works hard to earn the train fare to Fitchburg, young Henry Thoreau walks the thirty miles through woods and fields, enjoying nature and the time to think great thoughts. Includes biographical information about Thoreau.
13) Susi Did It
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English
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Did Susi really knock down the robin's nest and ruin the class's egg-hatching project? Will she spoil the nature walk? Why is she so mean?
14) Bruises
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English
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A collection of 23 stories from Kurt Newton, including:
The Pit, Puppies For Sale, Bruises, Under the Bridge, Thumbin ', Something Profound, The Whittling, creak!, Angels of Mercy, Angels of Grief, Skins, The Banana Man, Dead Dogs, Trunk Story, Nature Walk, The Dog Park, B - Side, Lost Dog, Periphery, Post Mortem, The Stagnant Ponds, Thirty-Two Scenes from A Dead Hooker's Mouth, Lump and The Golden Door.
"For dark and cerebral writing, read Kurt Newton,...
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Grief is all-consuming. Shattering. After the death of a loved one, we ask questions about the meaning of life, the whys of death, and how to carry our sorrow.
The Spirituality of Grief honors the complex nature of grief and offers simple comfort: we are not alone, and there is no one right way to grieve. Author Fran Tilton Shelton, a spiritual director and cofounder of the nonprofit Faith & Grief, walks us through the questions that gather in the...
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Supercharge your day-to-day creativity with Productivity for Creatives!
Are you struggling to finish projects? Lacking inspiration? Stuck in a creative rut? This ebook provides practical tips and strategies that you can use to maximize your productivity and kickstart your practice today! Being creative doesn't always come easy. That's why this guide provides tried and true solutions like meditation, cold showers, and exercise to keep you motivated...
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1906 Lady Elizabeth "Libby" Sinclair, with her love of microscopes and nature, isn't favored in society. She flees to the beautiful Isles of Scilly for the summer and stumbles into the dangerous secrets left behind by her holiday cottage's former occupant, also named Elizabeth, who mysteriously vanished. Oliver Tremayne, gentleman, and clergyman are determined to discover what happened to his sister, and he's happy to accept the help of the girl now...
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In a tourist town on Lake Michigan, Athena Spencer keeps busy raising a son (and a pet raccoon named Oscar) while working at her family's garden center. But sometimes, she also has to get the dirt on a murderer, in the new series by the New York Times bestselling author of the Flower Shop Mysteries...
Athena has invited Case Donnelly, recently relocated from Pittsburgh and awaiting his PI license, to accompany her to a Save Our Dunes fundraiser and...
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Calm Your Anxious Mind: The Power of Meditation to Calm Your Anxieties and Inspire Creativity
When we think of meditation, we tend to think of the most common form of the practice – or at least the one we see most commonly depicted. That is of course, the kind synonymous with the image of a sage guru sitting cross legged, hands perched on their knees, with their minds calm, chanting 'OM'. But just as important is practicing focusing the mind during...
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For many years Kate Marianchild has been deeply involved in observing and studying the flora and fauna of her local landscape. She's trained herself as an amateur naturalist watching wildlife, leading nature walks, and giving slide presentations. Here she shares the delight that comes from walking slowly or sitting quietly in nature and describes how we can each become a citizen scientist. When asked how we might go about discovering our local eco-system...