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Environmental protection Marine ecology Marine ecosystem health Marine pollution Marine pollution Juvenile fiction Marine pollution Juvenile literature Plastic marine debris Environmental aspects Plastic marine debris Environmental aspects Juvenile literature Stories in rhyme Waste disposal in the oceanThan, Gavin Aung
Summary: "The Super Sidekicks are back! JJ, Flygirl, Dinomite, and Goo are settling into their fancy new headquarters and living the sweet life of superheroes. The Mother of the Seas, on the other hand, is NOT happy. She's sick of land dwellers using the ocean as a dumping ground ... and she's seeking revenge! Can the Sidekicks step up and save humanity from the ocean's rage?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 THACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 THATarpley, Todd
Summary: "Dr. Seuss's Lorax explains how the oceans help clean the air we breathe, and why we should recycle and avoid throwing away plastic that can pollute water"--
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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 TARSwann, 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 SWAPoll, Willie
Summary: "A young Indigenous water protector named Minnow goes on an underwater journey; learning from our ocean-living relatives. When she returns to the surface, she gathers her community to help make a change. This story is told in lyrical rhyme and helps children gain a better respect for Indigenous water and land protectors, the environment and world around them, and helps show children activism at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Medicine Wheel Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POLPêgo, Ana
Summary: "When she was young, biologist Ana Pêgo didn't play in a backyard but on a beach. As she grew older, Ana realized that a new species was becoming more and more common in the sand. She decided to collect the species and give it a name: Plasticus maritimus. She dedicated her life to studying plastic in the oceans and raising awareness of the danger it poses to the health of the planet. Inspired...
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Publisher / Publication Date: David Suzuki Institute/Greystone Kids 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 363.738 PEGSummary: An international team of adventurers, researchers, and Ocean ambassadors go on a mission around the globe to uncover the shocking truth about what is truly lurking beneath the surface our seemingly pristine ocean. The result will astound viewers, just as it did our adventurers, who captured never-before-seen images of marine life, plastic pollution, and its ultimate consequences for human health.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PLALord, Michelle
Summary: Explores the environmental impact of trash and plastic on the ocean and marine life, and invites young readers to do their part to combat pollution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flashlight Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.739 LORMcAnulty, Stacy
Summary: "Dude, I am Ocean. You know my many names: Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, Southern. It's all excellent me. My salt water flows across the planet as one. I have no flag. No nationality. My waves are for all. Life on Earth began in my epic waters I keep the global climate just right. And I have rad secrets. But I'm facing a major wipeout! Only by working together can we get back in the zone....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.7 MCAVogel, Carole Garbuny.
Summary: Looks at the impact of humans on the oceans of the world, including pollution, coastal development, overpopulation, and overfishing, and discusses the effects on the oceans and the wildlife that live in the oceans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 333.9164 VOGConklin, Christina
Summary: "A heavily illustrated book and narrative about the threat of rising sea levels around the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.45 CONCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.45 CONFullerton, Alma
Summary: When she sees a beached whale that has starved to death after ingesting plastic, a young girl named Isley is inspired to adopt a plastic-free lifestyle, encouraging her family to join her. When people start falling back into old habits, Isley builds a plastic sculpture of a whale that inspires lasting change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pajama Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FULTsurumi, Andrea
Summary: "Under the sea, a crab follows its heart and its calling, bringing everyone together in the wake of a disaster"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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Summary: Most people know Ted Danson from television and movies, but fewer realize that over the course of the past two and a half decades, Danson has tirelessly devoted himself to the cause of heading off a looming global catastrophe--the massive destruction of our planet's oceanic biosystems and the collapse of the world's major commercial fisheries. Here, Danson details his journey from joining a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.95 DANMoore, Charles
Summary: In the summer of 1997, Charles Moore set sail from Honolulu for California after competing in a trans-Pacific race. When he and his crew took a shortcut through the seldom-traversed North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, a vast oceanic "desert" where winds are slack, Moore realized his ship was skimming through a plastic soup. He had stumbled upon the largest garbage dump on the planet, soon to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2011