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Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here

author: George, Jean Craighead
A grandmother explains to her granddaughter how the arrival of winter brings changes in nature and the earth's creatures, and how the return of spring and summer will bring more changes.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 540
subjects: winter, seasons, nature [X], grandmothers, nature stories [X], climate

Last Leaf First Snowflake To Fall

author: Yerxa, Leo
An Indian parent and child move through the forest and over a pond as nature passes from fall to winter.
FIC
year: 1994
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: winter, nature stories [X], native americans, nature [X]

Red Sings From Treetops

author: Sidman, Joyce
Illustrations and simple text combine the senses of sight, sound, smell, and taste to describe the colors of the seasons.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 98
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570

The Evolution Of Calpurnia Tate

author: Kelly, Jacqueline
In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 131
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830

Planting The Wild Garden

author: Galbraith, Kathryn Osebold
Looks at how wind and water, birds and animals, plants and people work together unaware to create a wild meadow garden.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 490
subjects: gardens, seeds, nature [X], nature stories [X]

Enna Burning

author: Hale, Shannon
Enna hopes that her new knowledge of how to wield fire will help protect her good friend Isi--the Princess Anidori--and all of Bayern against their enemies, but the need to burn is uncontrollable and puts Enna and her loved ones in grave danger.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: fairy tales, fire, nature [X], fairy tales, human influence on nature, nature stories [X]

The Table Where Rich People Sit

author: Baylor, Byrd
A girl discovers that her impoverished family is rich in things that matter in life, especially being outdoors and experiencing nature.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 24
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: wealth, nature stories [X], family life, nature [X]

When The Wind Stops

author: Zolotow, Charlotte
A mother explains to her son that in nature, an end is also a beginning as day gives way to night, winter ends and spring begins, and, after it stops falling, rain makes clouds for other storms.
FIC
year: 1995
copies: 41
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 490
subjects: nature [X], nature stories [X], science

Slow Magic

author: Goodhart, Pippa
Polly's grandparents teach her about the magic of nature by showing her how a seed can be transformed into something warm to wear.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: nature [X], grandparents, nature stories [X]

Paul Bunyan's Sweetheart

author: Lorbiecki, Marybeth
When legendary logger Paul Bunyan falls in love with Lucette Diana Kensack, he will do whatever it takes to win her heart, including trying to restore the Minnesota environment to its previous condition as part of Lucette's "love test.
398.2
year: 2007
copies: 10
call number/section: 398.2
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Out Of The Ocean

author: Frasier, Debra
A young girl and her mother walk along the beach and marvel at the treasures cast up by the sea and the wonders of the world around them.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 30
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690

The Perfect Spot

author: Blake, Robert J
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
lexile:
subjects: nature [X], fathers and sons, father-son relationship, nature stories [X]

Home, And Other Big, Fat Lies

author: Wolfson, Jill
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
subjects: foster home care, nature [X], ecology, nature stories [X]

The Cabin Key

author: Rand, Gloria
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
lexile:
subjects: nature stories [X], family life, nature [X]

Canoe Days

author: Paulsen, Gary
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
subjects: nature [X], summer, nature stories [X], boats and boating

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