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1) Bloom
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Once, the ocean was full of friends. But lately, a little jellyfish named Luna has noticed that things are changing-friends are disappearing! When she sets out to find them, she discovers that everyone has a part to play in protecting the careful balance of the ocean. In this beautifully illustrated and timely tale, little Luna comes up with a powerful way to deliver a message that inspires helpfulness and hope.
2) Seedfolks
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One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed.
A vacant lot, rat-infested and filled with garbage, looked like no place for a garden, especially to a neighborhood of strangers where no one seems to care. Until one day, a young girl clears a small space and digs into the hard-packed soil to plant...
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Vanderbeekers volume 2
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English
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"When catastrophe strikes their beloved upstairs neighbors, the Vanderbeeker children set out to build the best, most magical healing garden in Harlem--in spite of a locked fence, thistles and trash, and the conflicting plans of a wealthy real estate developer"--
6) What matters
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In this picture book, the ripple effect of one child's small action shows how we can all make a big environmental difference.
7) The wrench
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"In this quirky, brightly illustrated take on overconsumption, Bob goes to the store to buy one thing and comes home with many things he doesn't need."--
10) Let it grow
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"A child learns about the life cycle of a giant pumpkin and the rewards of letting it grow. Includes 'Pumpkin Fun Facts' and information on growing and racing giant pumpkins"--OCLC.
11) Faraway fox
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[2016]
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English
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A lonely fox roams the forest where he grew up, searching for his family and finding only strange creatures who stand on their hind legs, until, at last, he finds himself at home.
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"It's the near future and Earth is on the brink of an environmental apocalypse. Michael Recycle is desperate to reverse the situation when suddenly a visitor from another galaxy enters Earth's atmosphere--Borat The Space Cat! Borat not only has ideas to help Michael stop Earth spiraling into the disaster zone but he wants to SHOW Michael just how sustainability can really be done. The intergalactic cat takes Michael back to his own planet--Splearth--a...
16) My must-have mom
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When his mom, who is not like most moms, upcycles the entire apartment, changing everything, Jake wonders if he's next, until he learns he is perfect just the way he is.
17) Dessert island
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Monkey is stuck on an island made of desserts, and Fox on one made of dirt and rocks, but as time passes, fortunes change and they learn about sharing and caring.
18) Project go green
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Hope (Alyssa Milano) volume 4
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English
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A class field trip to Camp Go Green inspires Hope Roberts to take up environmental causes, but getting busy grown-ups (or her older sister) to pay attention to a middle schooler can be something of a problem, and so is Hope's expectation that everyone will share her enthusiasm; her science club gets her school to add more recycling bins, start a carpooling program and create a garden, but it turns out that saving the world is more complicated than...
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"Maggie finds treasure wherever she goes. Whether it's a button, a feather or a shiny stone, she picks it up and takes it home. At first the neighbors and city workers are grateful to Maggie for cleaning up; the mayor even gives her an award. But over time Maggie's collection grows bigger and bigger, until it spills out of her house and garden in an unsightly mess. Her parents tell her "Enough treasure!" and eventually even Maggie realizes that something...
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"Grace thinks her neighbour Larry's tiny garden is one of the wonders of the world. She helps him hoe, weed and water -- and together they solve problems from hungry squirrels to lettuce-eating slugs. As spring approaches, Grace helps Larry start hundreds of tomato plants in little pots, and Larry brings them to the school where he teaches. Grace wants to know what the students will do with all those plants. Larry tells her to wait and see, but promises...
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