検索キーワード： 自然

By digging in the dirt, earthworms help plants thrive. This engaging and easy-to-understand text introduces emergent book explorers to the important role earthworms play in gardening.

Do you know how sea otters help kelp forests? Discover where sea otters live, how their actions make them ecosystem engineers, and more!

Elephants are powerful engineers that make many positive changes to their ecosystems. From trampling trees to digging watering holes and more, explore the lives and habits of these gentle giants.

Honey bees play an important role in the environment. But what makes them ecosystem engineers? From how they pollinate plants to how their actions benefit other animals, learn all about these tiny but mighty insects.

Turn old plants and food scraps into nutrient-rich soil for your garden! This engaging text introduces emergent listeners to composting. Pairs with the fiction title Composting Pie.

Corals are tiny sea creatures that make a big impact. By working together, corals build huge reefs where many plants and animals live. Get ready to uncover the secrets of these ocean ecosystem engineers.

With strong dams and lodges, beavers create a home for many freshwater plants and animals. Dive into the lives of busy beavers and discover how they engineer their ecosystem to fit their needs.

Alligators are engineers of the wetlands. Learn all about these amazing animals, including where they live, details about their life cycle, how they change their environment, and how the changes they make benefit other wildlife.

Making a Difference is filled with stories of kids who are making the world a better place by following their hearts and chasing their dreams. Whether planting a billion trees, bringing joy to others through music, fundraising for sick children or starting an inclusive dance team, these determined youth are using their talents to do amazing things!

In Compassionate Kids, you'll meet selfless and generous kids who put others first. They show kindness by collecting pajamas for kids in need, fighting for education equality, and much more! Enthusiastic and ambitious, these kids show that compassionate actions have the power to change the world.

Butterflies bloom as delicately as flowers in this magnificent story of beginnings, middles and ends: eggs, caterpillars, and finally butterflies.

A mother and child plant a rainbow of colors in their flower garden. The cyclical excitment of planning, planting, and picking flowers in a garden is brought to life.

A true story about a mama duck and her five ducklings that had to be rescued from the town storm drain during an early morning walk. How three firemen and a pickup truck rush to their rescue makes for a vivid and exciting drama that children will return to over and over again. This delightful new classic has an inspiring environmental message.

Known as the Thanksgiving Address, this Native American good morning message is based on the belief that the natural world is a precious and rare gift - from the moon and the stars to the tiniest blade of grass.

From the time he was a small boy in Vermont, Wilson Bentley saw snowflakes as small miracles. And he determined that one day his camera would capture for others the wonder of the tiny crystal. Bentley's enthusiasm for photographing snowflakes was often misunderstood in his time, but his patience and determination revealed two important truths: No two snowflakes are alike; and each one is startlingly beautiful.

Die Mülltonne ist schon wieder voll! Die Kinder Emma und Henry begleiten Sonja deshalb zum Wertstoffhof. Dort können sie nicht nur ihren Abfall entsorgen, sie erfahren auch alles über Recycling und Mülltrennung. Sonja zeigt den beiden Kindern, wie sie Lebensmittel retten und Müll vermeiden können. Gemeinsam kaufen sie im Unverpacktladen ein, retten alte Möbel, helfen beim Müllsammeln im Park und feiern schließlich eine Upcycling-Party mit tollen Basteltipps, bei der alle zum Mitmachen eingeladen sind.

An unusually warm winter day resulted in 2.3 million gallons of molasses flooding the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The disaster killed twenty-one people and injured 150 others. Rescue missions were launched to save people from the sticky and deadly mess, led by the Red Cross, the Army, the Navy, and the Massachusetts Nautical School. With the help of hundreds of volunteers over the course of several weeks, the streets were cleaned up. But the smell of molasses and the horror of the preventable tragedy lingered for decades to come.

On July 1, 1916, witnesses watched in horror as twenty-eight-year-old Charles Vansant was attacked and killed by a shark in shallow water off Beach Haven, New Jersey—the first recorded shark attack in American history. Scientists claimed a shark could not be responsible, but more deadly attacks soon followed along the Jersey Shore and up the freshwater Matawan Creek, setting off a nationwide panic that led the White House to declare a “War on Sharks.”

Pablo, Violet, and their classmate Garry are on a field trip to the Environmental Science Center when they are transported to the Maker Maze! In the maze, they’ll work with wacky scientist Dr. Crisp to complete three challenges all about wind, solar, and tidal energy. But then Violet begins to feel bad about how much energy she’s been using. Can she, Pablo, and Garry learn how to use energy in a way that doesn't hurt the earth?

Did you know that pandas only live in the wild in China? How about that they are the only species of bear that eats almost nothing but plants? Or that pandas' black and white fur helps them hide in the shadows of their bamboo forests? Perfect for all animal lovers—and panda fans in particular—this book is filled with all the facts you need to know to become a panda expert! Where are pandas found? What's it like to be a panda? Why are pandas endangered, and who has been working hard to save them? Listen to this book and find out how you can help save the pandas!