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Teaching Ideas for Youth Climate Activism: The Tantrum That Saved the World
Written primarily in rhyming couplets and iambic pentameter, The Tantrum that Saved the World centers on a young child who decides to do something about climate change. Just in time for Earth Day, in the classroom this engaging picture book offers an action plan to help students, families, and communities to work together in preserving the planet for future generations.
The 2021 Sibert Medal Winner, Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifer documents the experiences of a summer honeybee from birth to death. The combination of words and images invites readers deep into the hive, providing both an intimate encounter with the bee colony and with the 35-day life of a worker bee, aptly named Apis.
Exploring Native American Activism and Environmental Justice
In this historic moment, as people around the world shelter at home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, there has never been a more potent time to be reminded of our need to be good stewards of the earth we share.
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Follow Human Impact to Hope in Moth: An Evolution Story
Discover a creative nonfiction tale that explores the notions of contrast, evolution, and perseverance within the natural world--all through the unlikely hero of the moth.
Ponder Perspectives and the Passage of Time with Brenden Wenzel’s A Stone Sat Still
Caldecott Honor winner Brendan Wenzel’s new picture book, like his previous two (They All Saw a Cat and Hello Hello), invites readers to slow down and to ponder the world from new angles. Using mixed media illustrations and lyrical text, Wenzel explores the roles of a stone at the edge of a sea, across seasons, and over decades.
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