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2) Outside in
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Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal ways nature affects our everyday lives, such as providing food and clothing, and showing when to go to bed and when to get up.
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"David Antenborough narrates this picture-book send-up of a nature documentary, sounding just like the real-life David but with more gesticulations, since he has six limbs at his disposal. Director Stephen Spielbug tries to keep the cast of characters on task, but it's worse than herding cats: The orb-weaving spider would like to eat one or two other actors; the grasshopper is a diva; the worm is too busy munching dirt to emerge from the ground on...
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"Fox teaches her cubs to survive in the wild, until one day she dies. Her body goes back to earth and grass and air, nourishing the world around her, showing that death is also a beginning"--Provided by publisher. A scientific explanation about what happens when something dies is provided at the end of the book.
6) 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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In each of twelve short poems, a child tells us how or why they feel like the sun, a river, a mountain, a cloud, the rain, a forest and more. Their deeply felt connections and identification with these wonders point to how much we are all part of the natural world. Each poem comes to life through vivid, playful illustrations that show the children immersed in their surroundings. The book serves as a gentle call to action -- to notice, appreciate,...
10) My autumn book
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Seasons (Wong Herbert Yee) volume 4
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A young girl rushes outside when the air is crisp and the sky turns gray to observe all of the changes that autumn brings.
12) The last tree
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A young boy and his friend find a tiny tree growing amid the concrete of their city. When they find out that a construction project is going to be located where the tree is, they dig it up and transplant it outside of the city.
14) My spring robin
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Before finding the robin she is searching for, a child discovers other interesting fauna and flora in her backyard.
17) On my mountain
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Both the perspective of the wolf and the shepherd are seen in this flippable picture book.
18) It's a mitig!
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Celebrating Indigenous Picture Books-- IBBY's 'From Sea to Sea to Sea" 2021
Indigenous History: Children and Families
TDSRC 2021 Recommended Reads/Suggestions de livres
Indigenous History: Children and Families
TDSRC 2021 Recommended Reads/Suggestions de livres
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A colourful childrens book written in a rhyming combination of English and Ojibwe. Its a Mitig! guides young readers through the forest while introducing them to Ojibwe words for nature. From sunup to sundown, encounter an amik playing with sticks and swimming in the river, a prickly gaag hiding in the bushes and a big, bark-covered mitig. Featuring vibrant and playful artwork, an illustrated Ojibwe-to-English glossary and a simple...
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