The Perfect Spot
A father and his son take great care searching the woods for the perfect spot for the father to paint a picture and the boy to catch insects and frogs.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
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Home, And Other Big, Fat Lies
Eleven-year-old Termite, a foster child with an eye for the beauty of nature and a talent for getting into trouble, takes on the loggers in her new home town when she tries to save the biggest tree in the forest.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
The Cabin Key
Reveling in the atmosphere of her family's mountain cabin, a young girl remembers the many stories she has heard about previous generations and their adventures with the area's wildlife.
FIC
year: 1994
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
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Canoe Days
A canoe ride on a northern lake during a summer day reveals the quiet beauty and wonder of nature in and around the peaceful water.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 51
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
Lanie
Interconnecting stories featuring ten-year-old Lanie Holland, who discovers the wonders of nature in her own backyard when she helps her aunt plant a garden of wildflowers to attract birds and Monarch butterflies, but runs into trouble with the neighbor next door.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: gardening, girls, nature, city and town life, aunts, family life, nature stories [X], families, cambridge (mass.)
Wild, Wild Sunflower Child Anna
Spending a day outdoors, Anna revels in the joys of sun, sky, grass, flowers, berries, frogs, ants, and beetles.
FIC
year: 1991
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
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A House Of Leaves
Sheltering from the rain, Sarah shares a house of leaves with a praying mantis, ladybug, and other small creatures of the wild.
FIC
year: 1987
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
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A Closer Look
Detailed collage illustrations accompanied by simple text present expanding views of familiar objects in nature, such as a bug and a flower.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
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Paul Hunt's Night Diary
Discovers the world of nature that exists in the dark night.
FIC
year: 1992
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
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Fireflies, Fireflies, Light My Way
A lively rhyming text that features fireflies, beavers, turtles, and other animals celebrates the interconnectedness of the natural world.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 400
The Adventures Of Little Nutbrown Hare
While exploring their surroundings, Big and Little Nutbrown Hare play hide-and-seek in a giant tree, blow dandelions atop a mountain, and chase daddy longlegs across a field.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
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Forest Of Dreams
A child praises God for the beauty of nature.
FIC
year: 1988
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
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Dipper Of Copper Creek
Presents the intersecting stories of a boy's quest for independence during a stay with his grandfather in the Colorado Rockies, and the maturation of a bird that lives in the waterfalls of a mountain stream.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 930
subjects: dippers (birds), birds, grandfathers, nature, mountain life, rocky mountains, natural history, nature stories [X]
What Joe Saw
Joe is the last one in his class to line up for a walk to the park and lags behind all the others, but he sees a lot more than they do.
FIC
year: 1994
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 230
Morning On The Lake
Contains three linked stories in which a young Ojibwa boy and his grandfather set out early one morning and spend the day observing the ways of nature.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 510