Ecology Fiction

From slowing wildfires to planting seeds, one animal is the true superhero that keeps the African savanna in balance. Elephants dig to find salt that other animals lick, their deep footprints collect water for small creatures to drink, and they eat young trees to keep the forest from overtaking the grasslands. In every season, the elephants are there to protect the savanna and its residents - but what would happen if the elephants were only "once upon a time"?

6-12 yaş çocukları için yazılmış, yaşadığımız dünyanın her geçen gün biraz daha kötüye gittiğini hatırlatan bir öykü kitabı... Doğamızın özellikle büyükler tarafından, gelecek nesiller düşünülmeden, nasıl tahrip edilerek kötüye kullanıldığını çocuksu bir masumiyetle gözler önüne seriyor. Masmavi’yi Kim Kurtaracak? çevre duyarlığı oluşturulması bakımından bugün önemli bir yerde duruyor ve çocuklardan büyüklere verilecek çok anlamlı bir ders kitabı özelliği taşıyor. Ateşböceklerinin dilini, el fenerlerinin diline tercüme eden umudun taşıyıcısı çocuklar, gecenin ve gezegenlerin karanlığını aydınlığa çeviriyorlar.

From Buffy Silverman, author of On a Snow-Melting Day, comes an exciting companion book. As autumn begins, plants and animals in nature begin to change in all kinds of ways to prepare for winter. Rhyming text works in this engaging read-aloud to highlight these changes, and back matter offers more information about each creature and change featured.

Los habitantes de Trapolote viven felices gracias al amable y silencioso trabajo del barrendero Serafín, que se encarga de hacer desaparecer todas las basuras que ellos tiran a diario. Un día llega un nuevo alcalde, que considera su trabajo innecesario y decide despedirlo. Sólo entonces los ciudadanos comprenderán la importancia de reciclar, pero, ¿será ya demasiado tarde para salvar a Trapolote de la inundación de basuras que se avecina?

Seasons change in the ocean much as they do on land. Spring brings new plants and baby animals, summer oceans glow with sparkly plankton lights, and autumn winds blow across the open water. In winter the humpback whales migrate to warmer waters, just as some land animals move to warmer climates.

Meet animals that live in the desert, including camels, lizards, owls, snakes, spiders, and tortoises. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, No Bugs Here.

Discover the variety of animals that live in the rain forest, including frogs, jaguars, monkeys, parrots, and sloths. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, Up the Tree.

What sorts of animals live in the forest? You'll hear about squirrels, birds, butterflies, rabbits, skunks, and snakes. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, A Good Nut.

Dive beneath the waves to meet the crabs, fish, turtles, whales, and seaweed that live in the ocean habitat. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, The Fish.

What roams through grassland habitats? Discover bison, elephants, giraffes, kangaroos, lions, and zebra. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, My Baby Elephant.

Introduce listeners to the concept of food chains by examining what four animals eat. Pair this nonfiction title with its companion fiction story, Hungry Little Bear.

Dinosaurs were animals that lived millions of years ago. Some dinosaurs looked a lot like the reptiles that live today, such as lizards, crocodiles, and snakes. Many different kinds of dinosaurs lived for about 150 million years all over Earth. Then they died. Scientists are investigating how and why.

Eco-Fables is a collection of eco-friendly "green" tales, which center around a magical forest full of wonderful things. The often ironic, satirical short stories offer up lessons for living and pack big ideas into small doses suitable for children and adults. Volume One (the first of the three volume set) offers 11 "green fables", including "The Man Who Went to Town", "The Caterpillars", and "The Monkeys and the Mushrooms".

Meet fascinating animals that live in polar regions, including harp seals, leopard seals, orcas, penguins, polar bears, and walruses. Which ones live at both poles? Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, The Little Penguin.