Chevat, Richie
Summary: "Through engrossing narratives, letters, drawings, poems, and more, the book encourages young readers, of all identities, to feel pride at the accomplishments of the LGBTQ people who came before them and to use history as a guide to the future.The storieshe shares include those of: Thomas Morton, who celebrated same-sex love in Boston's Puritan community in the 1620s; Albert D.J. Cashier, an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 306.7 CHEPollan, Michael
Summary: In this entertaining young readers edition of the environmental studies classic, Michael Pollan demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a reciprocal relationship. He links four fundamental human desires—sweetness, beauty, energy, and control—with the plants that satisfy them: the apple, the tulip, coffee, and the potato. In telling the stories of four familiar species,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 0000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.45 POLKessler, David A.
Summary: Argues that the combination of sugars, fats, and salts "hijacks" the human body's eating habits, creating a dangerous cycle of overeating, and promotes healthy eating habits and methods to avoid overeating.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2012