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  • City Beats: A Hip-Hoppy Pigeon PoemCITY_Store

    Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95
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    Pigeons are a great introduction to urban nature. This book does a remarkable thing: it brings to our attention the fact that taken-for-granted pigeons, or “rock doves,” are beautiful birds.

  • Eliza and the DragonflyELIZA_Store

    Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95
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    Teachers and parents! This book is a rare find, well deserving of the CBC/NSTA’s prestigious award. The science about dragonflies is perfectly integrated into a story in which the dragonfly’s remarkable metamorphosis from a mucky nymph (“Eeeewww,” says Eliza) to a beautiful winged creature (“Magnificent!” is Aunt Doris’ refrain) is a metaphor for the magic of Eliza’s growing up.

  • For Baby (For Bobbie)BFB_Store

    Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback with CD • $19.95
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    This love song by John Denver adapted as a picture book makes a great a baby gift, but it also will help set a calm sweet mood in a classroom. Sunny, colorful illustrations show families and animals from around the world as the song’s lyrics express unconditional love.

  • Forever Forest: Kids Save a Tropical TreasureFOREV_Store

    Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95
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    The 54,000-acre Children’s Eternal Rainforest in Costa Rica began as an idea, a few kids, and a bake sale. Word spread and children from over 44 countries raised the funds to make it happen in 1987. Here is its story with a fresh twist, as young Peter discovers that his mother was one of those original kids.

  • If You Give a T-Rex a BoneTREX_Store

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    Heads up, dino lovers! If by chance you end up in an ancient habitat, and if you offer a T-Rex a bone, things could get . . . well . . . interesting. Dangerously interesting! Storyteller and teacher Tim Myers magically introduces the reader to all types of dinosaurs in quirky sort of way.

  • If You Were My Baby: A Wildlife LullabyBABY_Store

    Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95 | Board • $7.95
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    If you are looking for a terrific snuggle-book and ALSO want to introduce your young one to animals and their offspring, you’ve found it. Here is a love poem uniquely combined with non-fiction that explores how parents—both human and non-human—guide their young ones. It begins: If you were my baby squirrel,/ I would welcome you to the world/ In a secret nest I made just for you.

  • River Song: With the Banana Slug String BandRIVER_Store

    Retail Price: Hardback with CD • $16.95
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    For an introduction to the water cycle or just to celebrate Earth Day, this is a book/CD combo that both pleases and informs. The author is not only an award-winning environmental educator and river guide, but also member of the well-known Banana Slug String Band.

  • There’s a Babirusa in My Bathtub: Fact and Fancy About Curious CreaturesBABIR_Store

    Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95
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    Humorous rhymes and magical illustrations illuminate the lives and careers of little-known animals. There's a loris in your chorus? He's quite a singer! Care to play bingo with a dingo? Watch out, he's a sharp one.

  • Walk in the RainforestRF_Store

    Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95 | Board • $7.95
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    Written and illustrated by a 14 year-old in 1992, this best-selling book has introduced a whole generation to the wonders of a very important habitat.