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Flower Power! - ROD Children's
National Picture Book Month - November 2022
OBD Gardening - YOUTH
Youth - EPPL Seed Library
National Picture Book Month - November 2022
OBD Gardening - YOUTH
Youth - EPPL Seed Library
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A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons. Dazzlingly colorful collage illustrations and a simple but dramatic text tell the fascinating story of the life cycle of a flower in terms of the adventures of a tiny seed. Carried aloft by the autumn wind, the tiny seed, along with other bigger seeds, travels far over the world. the journey is perilous: one of the bigger seeds is burned by the sun another falls into the ocean...
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Late one June night in 2011, a large animal collided with an SUV cruising down a Connecticut parkway. William Stolzenburg retraces his two-year journey, from his embattled birthplace in the Black Hills, across the Great Plains and the Mississippi River, through Midwest metropolises and remote northern forests, to his tragic finale upon Connecticut's Gold Coast.
5) Insect
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Zoom in on a world of creatures that are industrious, sociable, and environmentally useful, but that are nevertheless avoided and ignored. Safely examine the wonders of the insect through macrophotography and startling 3-D graphics that reveal the true importance of these amazing life forms.
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Throughout the world, closely related species are found on landmasses separated by wide stretches of ocean. What explains these far-flung distributions? Why are such species found where they are across the Earth?
Since the discovery of plate tectonics, scientists have conjectured that plants and animals were scattered over the globe by riding pieces of ancient supercontinents as they broke up. In the past decade, however, that theory has foundered,...
Since the discovery of plate tectonics, scientists have conjectured that plants and animals were scattered over the globe by riding pieces of ancient supercontinents as they broke up. In the past decade, however, that theory has foundered,...
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"A seed slips beyond a garden wall. A tree is planted on a precarious border. A shrub is stolen from its culture and its land. What happens when these plants leave their original homes and put down roots elsewhere? In fourteen essays, Dispersals explores the entanglements of the plant and human worlds: from species considered invasive, like giant hogweed; to those vilified but intimate, like soy; and those like kelp, on which our futures depend. Each...
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How do plants make new plants? They make seeds! And they want to make sure their seeds reach places with good growing conditions. In this engaging book, readers will learn all about seeds. They'll discover how seeds form, why they need to spread away from the parent plant, and the many clever ways plants have developed to spread their seeds.
16) La semillita
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En otoño, un viento fuerte arranca las semillas de las flores, las levanta alto en el aire y las lleva a tierras distantes. Una a una, las semillas quedan en el camino: al ser quemadas por el sol, al caer en el océano, al ser comidas por los pájaros. Pero algunas subsisten al largo invierno y, al llegar la primavera, se convierten en plantas que, a su vez, tienen que enfrentar nuevos peligros: ser aplastadas por niños que juegan, ser arrancadas...
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"Dandelions thrive on all seven continents. The blooms are among the most resilient and adaptable in the world. Learn how the crafty plant travels on the wind and hitches rides in all manner of ways in order to spread far and wide. Includes a map and backmatter on dandelions"--
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"Readers investigate the beginner biology concept of plant reproduction in this guide to how plants make and spread their seeds. Detailed diagrams with clear labels present the plant parts involved and the process of fertilization, and the fact-filled text explains what seeds need to grow and how animals often play a big part in the process of making new plants. Full-color photographs enhance this life science learning experience, and activities encourage...
19) Seeds travel
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Briefly describes some of the different ways various kinds of seeds are carried from place to place to find good places to grow.
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For thousands of years, tracking animals meant following footprints. Now satellites, drones, camera traps, cellphone networks, and accelerometers reveal the natural world as never before. Where the Animals Go is the first book to offer a comprehensive, data-driven portrait of how creatures like ants, otters, owls, turtles, and sharks navigate the world. Based on pioneering research by scientists at the forefront of the animal-tracking revolution,...
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