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1) Orthodoxy
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Chesterton's Orthodoxy is not an explanation "of whether the Christian Faith can be believed, but of how he personally has come to believe it." He begins with a description of how he sets out to find a new anchor for his thought in an age of uncertainty and discovers at every step along the way that what he thought was new is exactly what the Church confesses in the Apostles' Creed. While the motto of the modern world is "believe in yourself," the...
2) Alone
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This season on ALONE, participants will face the most punishing environment yet: The Arctic. Canada’s Great Slave Lake—the deepest lake in North America—is where season 6’s survivalists will endure frigid conditions & a slew of dangerous wild life, like a thriving bear population, territorial moose, wolves, muskox and the stealthy porcupine. No camera crew. No gimmicks. Last one standing wins.
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Indigenous Reads 2024
Native American Heritage Month
NYT - Paperback Nonfiction
Indigenous Reads 2024
Native American Heritage Month
NYT - Paperback Nonfiction
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"As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise.""-- Provided by...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
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"In a simple, cheerful conversation with nature, two young children witness how the season changes from autumn to winter"-- Provided by publisher.
As leaves fall from their trees, animals huddle against the cold, and frost creep across windows, everyone knows - winter is on its way! Join a brother and sister as they explore nature and take a stroll through their twinkling town, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations...
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"Mama Earth looks after nature's plants and animals throughout the year, singing lullabies to fat bears in the fall, dressing evergreens in icicles in winter, and waking up the crocuses in spring. And in the summer, Mama Earth sends warm sunbeams to her beloved children, so they can play outside and enjoy the amazing world around them"--Dust jacket.
12) Fairy Walk
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"Let's go, let's go! Hopping and skipping into the woods behind their house, a trio of kids and their loyal doggy companion head off into the wild world in search of fairies..."--Provided by publisher.
13) The blue hour
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Animals, birds, and even flowers of blue hues color their landscapes, from the Arctic to the jungle, as they enjoy a moment of peace in the hour between day and night.
15) Enna burning
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Books of Bayern volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
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Enna hopes that her new knowledge of how to wield fire will help protect her good friend Isi-- the Princess Anidori-- and all of Bayern against their enemies, but the need to burn is uncontrollable and puts Enna and her loved ones in grave danger.
16) Extreme nature
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A beautiful and fascinating portrait of the world's most extreme wildlife, from the sexiest beast to the smelliest plant. The world's most devious plant, the largest flock of birds, the biggest drug user, the most dangerous love-life...here is a mind-blowing guide to the weirdest and most remarkable wildlife on our planet. Lavishly illustrated, this is a beautiful book to own as well as an unputdownable read. The entries are quirky yet informative,...
17) It's spring!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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A child observes the arrival of spring and its effects on plants and animals. Includes suggestions for nature study projects.
18) Old Turtle
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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All of nature argues about the forms of God, so people are sent as a reminder of all that God is, although they do not seem to understand the message themselves.
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When the most recent edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary - widely used in schools around the world - was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that around forty common words concerning nature had been dropped. The words were no longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. The list of these "lost words" included acorn, adder, bluebell, dandelion, fern, heron, kingfisher, newt, otter, and willow. Among the words...
20) This house, once
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Asks readers to think about ways in which the natural world has provided for them, by exploring all the different elements of a house and where each came from, once.
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