Root, Phyllis
Summary: "The story of a forest "lost" by a surveying error--and all the flora and fauna to be found there. A forest, of course, doesn't need a map to know where to grow. But people need a map to find it. And in 1882 when surveyors set out to map a part of Minnesota, they got confused, or tired and cold (it was November), and somehow mapped a great swath of ancient trees as a lake. For more than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2019
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Summary: Oliver the bear becomes lost when he chases a leaf to the edge of the woods, but then he comes up with an idea to find his way back home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2002
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Summary: Rhyming text explains how a farm can be planted anywhere, including a community garden, using just soil, sunshine, water, and a seed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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Summary: Various disasters threaten to stop Poppa and the children from getting to the lake in their rattletrap car, but they manage to come up with an ingenious solution to each problem.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2001
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Summary: Pierre lives all alone at the foot of the mountain so he hops in his car to find a friend. Will the car make it to the top of the mountain? Will it get safely down? Will Pierre ever find a friend?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2009
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Summary: One winter in the Far North the sun disappears and Lucia, accompanied by her milk-white cat, braves the freezing cold and trolls who want to eat her, trying to find the sun and bring it back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2006
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Summary: In this counting book, increasingly larger groups of animals try to help a duck that is stuck in the sleepy, slimy marsh.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 1998
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Summary: Recounts the exploits of Paul Bunyan's "little" sister, Paula, who lived in the North Woods, sang three-part harmony with the wolves, and used an angry bear for a foot warmer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2009
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Summary: A lost, lonely, and scrawny cat, hungry and afraid, unexpectedly meets someone who takes him in and loves him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2011
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Summary: Celia Thaxter grew up on a desolate island off the coast of Maine, where her father worked as lighthouse keeper. Amid the white and gray of the sea, the rocks, and even the birds, young Celia found color where she could: green mosses and purple starfish and pink morning glories by the shore. And she planted her first garden, tucking bright marigolds between rocky ledges. When she was twelve,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: The reader is invited to count the animals and plants that live on or in Minnesota's bogs, marshes, rivers, lakes, prairies, and woods. Includes facts on the state's ecosystems and the plants and animals that make their homes there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: Annalisa, the most curious and stubborn of Mama May's children, disobeys her mother and upsets the family cow by refusing to kiss her in return for the milk she gives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2000
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Summary: "Looking closely at the life cycle of one bee, this book helps readers of all ages understand and appreciate the contributions and significance of all bees"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2021