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The Little Hummingbird
This Indigenous folk tale focuses on the message that we should do everything we can to protect our environment. All of the animals flee a great fire that is burning their forest, except for the little hummingbird. She carries water one drop at...
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Someday a Tree
A young girl loves to spend time with her mum and her dog under their huge oak tree. But one day they discover the tree has been poisoned by someone who carelessly poured a toxic substance on the ground. The girl, her parents and all of the...
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The Busy Beaver
The beaver in this story is so busy felling trees that he puts no thought into his actions. Consequently he causes devastation in the forest. Finally the busy beaver's carelessness results in an accident. From his hospital room the beaver...
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Judy Moody Saves the World
As one volume in the Judy Moody series, this book has all of the usual humorous characters and wit that has made these stories so popular. Judy Moody wonders how one person can "heal the world". She tries to get her family to rethink the products...
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Lessons from Mother Earth
In this First Nation story, Tess learns from her grandmother that her “garden” is all of nature that surrounds her. As they pick plants and berries, they do so carefully and with respect. Tess discovers that if she cares for the...
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Butterfly House
In this beautiful picture book a young girl saves a caterpillar and takes it to her grandfather. With his help she makes a butterfly house with everything a caterpillar needs. They watch the larva change from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. ...
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Call Me Gorgeous
The vivid illustrations in this book were created using coloured pencils and handmade papers from around the world. Each picture is of a different animal part such as reindeer antlers, crocodile teeth and bat wings. The combination of all...
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In My World
Appropriate for very young children, this book encouarges young people to appreciate nature using their five senses. Using descriptive words and cut-out pictures the book illustrates bugs, frogs, stars and many other things that a child can see...
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Hey! Get Off Our Train
In this imaginative tale a boy and his dog board a toy train at bedtime. They travel the world meeting several different endangered species along the way. When the boy hears the animals' sad stories he decides he must help them. ...
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Sandy's Incredible Shrinking Footprint
Sandy is enjoying a day at the beach with her grandfather when much to her chagrin she discovers a pile of garbage. As she cleans up the mess she is suddenly joined by the very peculiar "Garbage Lady". The "Garbage Lady" turns out to be a...
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Grandmother's Pigeon
In this beautifully illustrated story children are introduced to an extinct species, the Passenger Pigeon. Grandmother is very mysterious and as she leaves for Greenland the family wonders if they will ever see her again. The mystery deepens when...
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Miss Rumphius
Great-aunt Alice Rumphius grew up dreaming about traveling the world and living by the sea. She also wanted to do something to make the world a more beautiful place. As an adult, Miss Rumphius visited many faraway places and finally settled...
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Uno's Garden
In this richly illustrated picture book Uno arrives in a forest filled with mystical creatures like the snortlepig. Uno loves the forest so much he decides to settle and build himself a house. However it is not long before the forest...
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Where Butterflies Grow
This story takes the reader on a journey through the life of a Black Swallowtail butterfly. Children are asked to imagine themselves inside a tiny egg that hatches into a larva. Then the book describes what it would feel like to live as a...
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One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
This book is based on the life story of Kwabena Darko who rose from poverty to form the Sinapi Abu (Mustard Seed) Trust, which is part of the global nonprofit organization Opportunity International. Kojo has to leave school to help his mother collect...
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The Watcher
This book is based on the biography of famed researcher Jane Goodall, who lived with the chimpanzees and became such a dedicated spokesperson for this species. The book begins with a young Jane spending hours watching chickens, worms, birds and...
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Leaves
In this picture book a young bear observes how leaves change throughout the seasons. The story begins with the young bear very puzzled about why the leaves are falling off the trees. As he tries to stick the leaves back on, he becomes very...
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Seedfolks
Kim's Vietnamese father is dead. To honour him, she plants a few precious bean seeds in the vacant lot next to her apartment building. Through her voice and those of her multicultural neighbours, we learn personal stories of struggle while witnessing...
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Libertad
Libertad and his little brother Julio watch as their mother is swallowed by the Guatemala City Dump on which they had depended for their livelihood. Libertad understands that he cannot earn enough to live and pay for his brother's schooling. With...
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Biosphere Biokit Activities
This teaching resource will allow teachers and students to explore Canada’s biodiversity in a fun and interactive way at any time of the year. The resource offers a series of engaging outdoor activities that help students learn about biodiversity...
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