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If The World Were A Village
First published to wide acclaim in 2002, this eye-opening book has since become a classic, promoting "world-mindedness" by imagining the world's population, all 7+ billion of us, as a village of just 100 people. Now the book has been newly revised with...
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Weslandia
What do the children you know usually do when school is out for the summer? Go crazy with boredom? Head poolside with friends? Plan a self-sufficient civilization with its own staple food crop? That is precisely how Wesley decides to spend his summer...
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What Does Peace Feel Like?
This uniquely illustrated book offers an answer to the question, “What Does Peace Look Like?” The answers are provided by students from an international school in Rome and convey images of peace through the eyes of a child. The...
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Where Once There Was a Wood
This uniquely illustrated picture book explores the abundance of creatures that once inhabited a natural area before its conversion to a housing development. The text is suited for young readers but the concepts are appropriate for more advanced...
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Whoever You Are
This book effectively delivers a powerful message that despite all of the differences that people may have, we are all the same deep down. The author explains that there are children all over the world who may look different, live in different...
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Something Beautiful
This book begins with a young girl reflecting on the “ugliness” she sees when looking around her inner city neighborhood. In her attempt to find something positive within this urban landscape, she polls those around her on the things...
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Henry’s Freedom Box
The books tells the true story of Henry Brown, a slave who mailed himself to freedom. After watching his family be sold as slaves, Brown visits an abolitionist who figures out a way to protect Henry from the impending slave auction. He...
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Sky Tree
This book encourages students to look at the natural world around them through a different lens. Text and pictures are used to follow the journey of a single tree throughout an entire year. The author weaves thoughts and emotions into the text...
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The Name Jar
Unhei has just arrived with her family from Korea and is starting school. Her name is pronounced Yoon-hye, which means grace, but she feels awkward about it after some teasing on the school bus. She decides to choose a North American name and her classmates...
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Marianthe’s Story
The author presents two equally moving themes in Marianthe's story, the first explores her arrival to America and the second involves an explanation of why she came. In her first days at school Mari struggles with English until she realizes that...
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One Well: The Story of Water on Earth
"Without water, nothing can survive." The urgent conservation message in this clear, handsome, oversized picture book is rooted in the book's theme that all water on earth is connected and that "the water you drank today may have rained down on the Amazon...
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Beatrice’s Goat
This picture book is based on the true account of a young Ugandan girl and her family who benefit from the gift of a goat provided by the Heifer Project International. Beatrice is told that the goat is a “lucky gift” which proves true...
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Energy Conservation Learning Activities- Elementary
This resource offers a progressive, grade-by-grade discussion of ecological concepts related to energy conservation. A range of activities provide teachers with ideas and resources to incorporate ecological thinking into their teaching while integrating...
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Connecting With Nature
Students in grades 4-6 engage in a series of activities (both inside and outside the classroom) designed to inspire a sense of environmental stewardship. Each of the activities is intended to have children explore their profound connection to...
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Who's In Maxine's Tree?
Who’s in Maxine’s Tree focuses on Maxine’s favorite tree near her home in the Pacific Northwest. It is special because it "talks" to her. On a hike through the woods, she worries that the loggers may have chopped it down. Along...
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It's Moving Day
This picture book creatively shows that even animals recycle! In this case it is a burrow under a tree that from season to season, becomes home to a variety of different woodland creatures. Students will be struck by how many different animals can...
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Up We Grow!
Up We Grow focuses on the production and human interaction that characterize small, local farms. As awareness continues to grow regarding the relationship between health and locally-grown foods, this picture book relays the importance of ...
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DeforestACTION
DeforestACTION has as its goal that students become inspired by the wonders of the forest, informed of the causes and consequences of deforestation at the local and global level and involved with other students in creating a global action plan against...
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Ocean Acidification
This resource features experiential learning opportunities that examine the effect of global warming on marine environments. Students conduct experiments to simulate ocean acidification resulting from excess carbon dioxide and then discuss the relationship...
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The Buffer Zone: Acid-Base Chemistry in the World's Oceans
This resource features an experiential learning approach that examines the effects of global warming on marine environments. Students apply introductory acid-base theory (including conjugate acids/bases and buffers) in an experiment to simulate ocean...
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