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3) Tree song
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Witness the life cycle of a tree as it grows from seedling to mature tree, and finally gives way to a new sapling.
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This debut novel by Trevor Herriot, one of Canada's foremost writer-naturalists, is the richly observed story of Nell Rowan, who has inherited her family's prairie farmstead and returned there to live after many decades away. Nell is increasingly obsessed by a 19th-century bird collector while haunted by memories of her mother's disappearance. Herriot lives in Regina, SK.
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Vous allez découvrir le grand homme que fut Paul Thibault, un coureur des bois à la barbe fournie et aux mains géantes. Qu'il lutte contre l'épinette à tentacules, le golem de feuilles ou le terrible siffleux, Paul fait toujours preuve d'un courage légendaire. En compagnie de son ami Grugeux le castor, il se nourrit de trèfle, de fourmis et de tacos aux champignons, tout en menant une vie trépidante et remplie d'aventures !
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"'Forest Walking' teaches you how to decode nature's signs and dive deeply into the ecosystem around you. -- What can you learn by following the spread of a root, by tasting the tip of a branch, by searching out that bitter almond smell? -- What creatures can be found in a stream if you turn over a rock -- and what is the best way to cross a forest stream? -- How can you understand a forest's history by the feel of the path underfoot, the scars on...
16) So many sounds
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Listen! Do you hear a sound? Noises come from all around.
Soft and gentle, loud and clear. Oh so many sounds to hear!
So Many Sounds is a wonderful rhyming read-aloud featuring everyday sounds and a refrain that children will love repeating. The playful text and illustrations are sure to delight little ones while also inviting them to pay more attention to the world around them.
17) River woman
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"Governor General's Award-winning Métis poet and acclaimed novelist Katherena Vermette's second work of poetry, river woman, examines and celebrates love as postcolonial action. Here love is defined as a force of reclamation and repair in times of trauma, and trauma is understood to exist within all times. The poems are grounded in what feels like an eternal present, documenting moments of clarity that lift the speaker (and reader) out of our preconceptions...
18) Winter dance
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A fox wonders how he should prepare for the coming winter, but what other animals advise will not work for him until another fox comes to his aid.
20) White Fang
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The adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and how he comes to make peace with man.
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