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Environmental protection Citizen participation Environmentalism Environmentalism Fiction Environmentalism Juvenile fiction Fossil fuels Environmental aspects Offenses against the environment Prevention Petroleum industry and trade Moral and ethical aspects Picture books Pollution prevention Social actionBrown, Jordan
Summary: Happily celebrating Earth Day, Jet Propulsion takes his Ready Jet Go friends on an amazing ride around the world in his flying saucer while convincing them that every day should be Earth Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BROAmoore, Nat
Summary: "Alarm clocks going off in assembly? Yep, that was us. A stampede of guinea pigs? That's next on our list. But for me and my two best friends, it's not just about having fun. We prank to save our planet. Now there's a developer in town and we think the mayor is up to something. The adults won't listen. So, it's time to stage our biggest prank ever!"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rock the Boat 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AMOEngle, Margarita
Summary: When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ENGEngle, Margarita
Summary: "Los seres alados han de ser libres. Y también lo han de ser los artistas, pero el gobierno cubano ha criminalizado cualquier arte que no tenga su aprobación. Soleida y sus padres protestan contra esta injusticia con su jardín secreto de esculturas de aves encadenadas. Luego, un huracán derriba las paredes y deja al descubierto el arte ilegal, y sus padres son arrestados...Soleida huye sola a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH ENGDaywalt, Drew
Summary: The hilarious Crayons are back in this celebration of our planet and their contributions to it - white ice caps, green trees, blue oceans and skies, brown soil and even wheat!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAYKim, Carol
Summary: Jina is learning about climate change for a class project, but her efforts to save energy at home (by turning off all appliances) just seem to inconvenience her parents, and frustrate them all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KIMFisher, Suzanne Woods
Summary: Trudy Yoder shares a passion for birding with Micah Weaver--and she has an even greater passion for Micah. Their friendship is finally turning romantic when Micah abruptly grows cold. Worse still, he wants to leave Stoney Ridge. Micah Weaver thought he was over Trudy's older sister. A year and a half ago, Shelley had broken his heart when she ran away from Stoney Ridge to pursue a singing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FISDominguez, Angela
Summary: Stella is excited to visit the ocean on her family trip to Mexico, but when she learns that the sea and its life forms are in danger due to pollution, she vows to make a difference in her community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED DOMWebster, Christy
Summary: "Poison Ivy wants to stop anyone who would dare destroy her beloved forest. Luckily, Wonder Woman is there to teach her that working together to help gets greener results than fighting"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN WEBSummary: Mia, a wild-haired young girl, sets off on an adventure to rescue her father. Along the way, she befriends the magical, shape-shifting forest spirits 'The Migoo,' and together they join forces to save a sacred tropical island from destruction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: E1 Entertainment 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MIARash, Ron
Summary: Traveling to the mountains of 1929 North Carolina to forge a timber business with her new husband, Serena Pemberton champions her mastery of harsh natural and working conditions but turns murderous when she learns she cannot bear children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RASCôté, Geneviève
Summary: When Mr. King builds a machine to stop caterpillars from eating pretty flowers, he doesn't notice his machine is destroying the environment until his friends call for him to stop.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COTCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC COTRash, Ron
Summary: The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton travel from Boston to the North Carolina mountains where they plan to create a timber empire. Although George has already lived in the camp long enough to father an illegitimate child, Serena is new to the mountains--but she soon shows herself to be the equal of any man, overseeing crews, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC RASFitzhugh, Bill.
Summary: Animal-rights activist Paul Symon declares war on a millionaire who is raising baboons for organ transplants on a plantation in Mississippi. By the author of Pest Control.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FITReynolds, Emma
Summary: Amara loves bats, so when she learns there are none near her new home due to habitat loss, she overcomes her feelings of helplessness and inspires her community to take action. Includes facts about bats and bat houses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REYCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REYKuhlmann, Torben
Summary: "Torben Kuhlmann's stunningly illustrated, nearly wordless tale offers a fascinating window into an imaginary yet hauntingly familiar world under our feet, where the moles suddenly recognize the precarious balance between progress and preservation. But is it too late?"--Page [2] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KUHStickley, Frances
Summary: Told from the perspective of the Earth, this marvelous ode to the epic and ordinary wonders of the natural world implores us to help the planet in turn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Knight, Mary, (E. Mary)
Summary: Curley Hines has lost his father, mother, and brother to coal mining, and now he lives with his grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Wonder Gap, Kentucky--but when the mining company prepares to destroy their mountain he must use the words his grandfather has taught him to save Red Hawk Mountain, even if it means losing the life he loves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KNICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KNICatchpool, Michael.
Summary: When the king orders a boy to make him a huge wardrobe out of the clouds in the sky, the boy warns him that it is more than he needs but the king does not listen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Catchpool 2012Dealey, Erin
Summary: "When the kids in room 5 write to Earth asking what they can do to help save our planet, they are delighted to get a letter back."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEAPonti, James
Summary: The spies head to New York City when a credible threat is made against a young climate activist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PONSummary: "Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation is the first anthology to broadly collect solarpunk short fiction, artwork, and poetry. A new genre for the 21st Century, solarpunk is a revolution against despair. Focusing on solutions to environmental disasters, solarpunk envisions a future of green, sustainable energy used by societies that value inclusiveness, cooperation, and personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Upper Rubber Boot Books 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "THE RELUCTANT RADICAL is an intimate portrait of climate activist Ken Ward. Ken breaks the law as a last resort and with great trepidation, to fulfill what he sees as his personal obligation to future generations. The film follows Ken through a series of civil disobedience direct actions, culminating with his participation in the coordinated action that shut down all the U.S. tar sands oil...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RELAmson-Bradshaw, Georgia
Summary: "Many kids already understand that recycling and not littering are ways to help cut down on waste and pollution. But many don't know how what they use and buy impact the environment. From vehicle emissions to agricultural runoff, the main content of this book explains many kinds of waste and pollution and how it can affect the planet. Age-appropriate details and tips teach young readers how to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023