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| for the youngest child |
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| 271206 |
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Cherry, Lynne. The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1998.
The Tirio people of the Amazon have a long tradition of curing illness using native plants as medicine. When the first white settlers arrived and brought with them malaria, many Tirio lost faith in their shamans because they were unable to combat the illness. However, when a modern-day ethnobotanist arrives in the Amazon to learn from a shaman about the healing properties of Amazon plants, the Tirio regain faith in their traditional practices.
Gr. 1-5. |
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| 271246 |
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Lehn, Barbara. What Is a Scientist? Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1998.
In a deceptively simple style, this book introduces the scientific process. It begins with the statement, "A scientist is a person who asks questions and tries different ways to answer them." The book then shows young students doing just that.
Gr. K-2. |
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| 271250 |
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Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. The Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
An orphan girl discovers that she shares her grandfather's gift for finding things, including sources of water, when their very clever pig disappears.
Gr. K-2. |
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| 271306 |
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Pinkney, Andrea Davis and Brian J. Pinkney. Dear Benjamin Banneker. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1994.
Benjamin Banneker was born free when most blacks were still enslaved. But throughout his life, it troubled Benjamin that not all blacks were free. An accomplished astronomer and mathematician, and author of the first published almanac by a black man, he decided to take a stand against slavery by writing to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Andrea Davis Pinkney beautifully describes that extraordinary correspondence.
Gr. K-3. |
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| 281283 |
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Pringle, Laurence. Dolphin Man: Exploring the World of Dolphins. Honesdale, Pa.: Boyds Mills Press, 2002.
The marine biologist, Randall Wells, featured in this book turned his lifelong love of science into a career working with the dolphin community of Sarasota Bay. Future biologists and dolphin lovers alike will appreciate this fascinating personal account and the great photos of dolphins in action that accompany it.
Gr. 1-5.
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for the middle years |
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| 110201 |
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Conlan, Kathy. Under the Ice. Tonawanda, N.Y.: Kids Can Press, 2002.
An interesting look at the world below six feet of Antarctic ice as described by marine biologist Kathy Conlan. Everything from the history of Antarctic exploration to her adventures underwater are examined with sharp photos and vivid prose.
Gr. 4-8. |
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| 271207 |
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Cummings, Pat and Linda Cummings. Talking With Adventurers: Conversations With Christina M. Allen, Robert Ballard, Michael L. Blakey, Ann Bowles, David Doubilet, Jane Goodall, Dereck & Beverly Joubert, Michael Novacek, Johan Reinhard, Rick C. West and Juris Zarins. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1998.
Conversations with 12 scientists about what they do make up this book in an easy-to-read, question and answer format. A great introduction to the variety of career choices in the sciences.
Gr. 4-7.
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| 271316 |
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Ehrlich, Amy and Wendell Minor. Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson. San Diego: Harcourt, 2003.
Young Rachel Carson was always curious and wondering. More than anything, she loved being outside, taking walks with her mother, naming the insects and birds and plants. When she grew up, Rachel wrote books about what she loved--and one day she wrote a book that changed the world. A wonderful book about the power of the individual and the importance of following your heart.
Gr. 3-5.
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| 271323 |
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Muir, John. John Muir: My Life with Nature. Nevada City, Calif.: Dawn Publications, 2000.
This unique "autobiography" of John Muir is told in his own words, brimming with his spirit and adventures. The text was selected and retold by naturalist Joseph Cornell, author of Sharing Nature with Children, who is well known for his inspiring nature games.
Gr. 4-7.
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| for older children and young adults |
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| 201614 |
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Byrnes, Patricia. Environmental Pioneers. Minneapolis: Oliver Press, 1998.
This book profiles people who have been influential in the environmental movement: John Muir, Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling, Rosalie Edge, Aldo Leopold, Olaus and Margaret Murie, Rachel Carson, David Brower, and Gaylord Nelson.
Gr. 6 and up.
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| 290204 |
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Lowman, Margaret D. Life in the Treetops: Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1999.
Margaret Lowman is a pioneering biologist in the study of tree canopies all over the world. How she became a scientist, balanced work with family, and what she has learned about herself and the ecological importance of tree canopies in an ecosystem are topics that she treats with spirit in this informative and enjoyable book.
Gr. 6 and up. |
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| 290208 |
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Plotkin, Mark J. Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest. New York: Viking, 1993.
In his search to find natural remedies to some of the most dreadful illnesses that plague humankind today, ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin traveled to the Amazon rain forest and sought the help of shamans who have traditionally used botanical remedies to cure disease. Highly readable and informative.
Gr. 7 and up. |
