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1) Our seasons
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Young readers follow Ki-ki, Owen, Lily, and Kevin through the year as they explore the four seasons, with text which includes season-related questions and answers about weather, the natural world, and the effect of the seasons on the human body.
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During winter, dark days of wild storms can give way to the perfect, glistening stillness of frost-encrusted winter landscapes — it is the stuff of wonder and beauty, of nature at its utmost.
In The Nature of Winter, Jim Crumley ventures into our countryside to experience firsthand the chaos and the quiet solitude of nature's rest period. He bears witness to the lives of remarkable animals such as golden eagles, red deer and even whales as they...
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English
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Set in northeastern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, The Tides of Time: A Nova Scotia Book of Seasons paints vivid portraits of contemporary labourers whose harvests mark the rhythms of the seasonal year. Each of the twelve monthly chapters tells the story of a labour unique to that month, including jobs like tuna fishing, cranberry farming, maple syrup production, sheep farming, beekeeping, lobster fishing, and foraging for wild mushrooms. Stewart revitalizes...
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In the endless light of summer days, and the magical gloaming of the wee small hours, nature in Jim's beloved Highlands, Perthshire and Trossachs heartlands is burgeoning freely, as though there is one long midsummer's eve, nothing reserved. For our flora and fauna, for the very land itself, this is the time of extravagant growth, flowering and the promise of fruit and the harvest to come.
But despite the abundance, as Jim Crumley attests, summer...
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English
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A nature writer and avid birder offers a portrait of a season in the heartland of North America as he and his wife travel through the country and share stories of all that they encounter: people putting their lives back in place after a tornado, volunteers giving their time to conservation efforts, and the drive of all species to move their genes to the next generation, which manifests itself so abundantly in spring. "Their journey begins in New Jersey...
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English
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Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize, a pilgrimage through the shapes and shades of autumn. In autumn nature stages some of its most enchantingly beautiful displays, yet it's also a period for reflection — melancholy, even — as the days shorten and winter's chill approaches. Charting the colourful progression from September through October and November, Jim Crumley tells the story of how unfolding autumn affects the wildlife and landscapes of his...
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
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When its owners leave, a summer house comes alive with the sounds of a mouse nibbling crumbs in the fall, a cat taking shelter in the winter, and rain falling on the roof in the spring.
16) In my garden
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A little girl and her older friend poetically describe the garden as it changes through the seasons. The two friends watch the birds, fly a kite, plant flowers and play in the snow.
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English
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! The days are hot and sunny. Flowers are in bloom. Ducks swim with their babies behind them. People play baseball and go swimming. Do you know what season is here? It's summer! What else happens in summer? Read this book to find out!
19) A wonderful year
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Publisher
A Neal Porter book, Roaring Brook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A picture book comically following one girl through each of the four seasons.
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