Stith, Shaunna
Summary: Based on actual events, this picture book tells the story of the first Earth Day through the eyes of a young girl named Sam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2023
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Summary: When a baby albino dolphin caught in old fishing netting washes ashore, Paralympics sailing hopeful Felix and English school girl Kara work with veterinarians and specialists to save and reunite the dolphin with her mother, setting off a chain of events that might just save the reef from the environmental effects of proposed dredging.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2013
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Summary: When Monkey proclaims that it is his birthday, all the other jungle animals protest, claiming instead that it is Earth Day and telling Monkey what he should do to honor this special day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Children 2012
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Summary: The irrepressible Olivia participates in environmentally responsible initiatives with her family, but she must devise a clever solution to the problem of her brother needing a nightlight in order to keep everyone in the family happy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN FORCarpenter, Nora
Summary: In rural West Virginia, anti-fracking teen Viv discovers an ability to sense forests' energy, a power that becomes heightened the more she interacts with Dex, the new boy in town.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Teens 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC CARHiaasen, Carl.
Summary: Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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2 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC HIAFirestone, Carrie
Summary: When twelve-year-old Mary Kate joins a special science pilot program focused on climate change, she and her friends come up with big plans to bring lasting change to their community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FIRBranford, Anna
Summary: Violet and Rose organize a protest to save the big oak tree in Clover Park.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: JBR RED BRAO'Connor, Jane.
Summary: When Nancy, the girl who loves to use fancy words, learns about Earth Day and "being green," her enthusiasm causes problems at home.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE O'CoCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE OCODe Groat, Diane.
Summary: Gilbert seems to be the only one in his class who cannot think of any ideas for an Earth Day project.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEGPerla, Victoria.
Summary: When global warming causes the ice at the North Pole to melt and Santa's roof starts to leak, he calls on the children of the world to come up with ways to help solve the problem.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: JE PerSwann, Karen
Summary: A whale takes a child on adventure across the ocean, and together they explore the wonders of the ocean world, but also the sad state of plastic pollution--and the child returns home to try and help the whale to save his marine home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SWAMcClements, George.
Summary: To save their homes from being destroyed by developers, a fanciful group of endangered animals constructs a fearsome dinosaur.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE MCCSierra, Judy.
Summary: Mira Bella mobilizes her art students, from grandmothers to children, crabs to seagulls, to stop a dastardly plan for turning the beach at Ballyhoo Bay into an exclusive resort, and offers an alternative--leave the beach as it is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SIEBryon, Nathan
Summary: While visiting her grandparents, who run whale-watching tours in Jamaica, Rocket sees first-hand how plastic is harming ocean creatures, and organizes a crew to clean up the local beach.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRYAdler, David A.
Summary: On Green Day, Cam and her classmates discuss ways to protect the environment, but when money collected for the the school's new skylights disappears, Cam uses her photographic memory to solve the mystery.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ADLMcPhail, David
Summary: In the 1800s, a man clearing land in a beautiful forest to build a home leaves one special tree, but many years later the tree is in trouble, and the man's great-great grandson enlists a host of animal friends to try to save it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction McPhail 2011Child, Lauren.
Summary: Clarice Bean and her family gets involved in saving a tree on their street from being cut down.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHIBrown, Marc Tolon
Summary: When Arthur starts talking about his school project involving a Big Green Machine, D.W. imagines a scary contraption that will turn everyone green.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BROCrane, Megan
Summary: The official protector of all the unspoiled beauty in Lost Lake, Alaska, frontiersman Quinn Fortune meets his match in cheerful professor Violet Parrish who agrees to spend one month in the Alaskan wilderness in exchange for his approval on a land proposal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CRAPetrucha, Stefan.
Summary: "It began here as Nancy Drew set off to find a long-lost engine that can get 200 miles per gallon! It ends here -- in a race to win a government contract to mass-produce a new fuel-efficient car. But someone is determined that Nancy must lose - at any cost!"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Graphic ND 11Parks, Brad
Summary: "When he hears residents of a Newark neighborhood are getting sick--and even dying--from a strange disease, investigative reporter Carter Ross dives into the story--so deep he comes down with the illness himself. With even more motivation to track down the source of the disease, Carter soon hits upon a nearby construction site. But when the project's developer is found dead, and his mob ties...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PARChild, Lauren.
Summary: When Clarice has to do a school project on the environment, she and her family become eco-warriors in an attempt to save a tree on their street.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC CHILDCavanaugh, Nancy J.
Summary: Homeschooled by her mechanic-environmentalist father, eleven-year-old Rachel "Ratchet" Vance records her efforts to make friends, save a park, remember her mother, and find her own definition of "normal."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2014