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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A literary descendent of Ursula K. Le Guin, Ruthanna Emrys crafts a novel of extraterrestrial diplomacy and urgent climate repair bursting with quiet, tenuous hope and an underlying warmth. A Half-Built Garden depicts a world worth building towards, a humanity worth saving from itself, and an alien community worth entering with open arms. It's not the easiest future to build, but it's one that just might be in reach. On a warm March night in 2083,...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Greta is a little girl who lives in a beautiful forest threatened by Giants. When the Giants first came to the forest, they chopped down trees to make houses. Then they chopped down more trees and made even bigger homes. The houses grew into towns and the towns grew into cities, until now there is hardly any forest left. Greta knows she has to help the animals who live in the forest, but how? Luckily, Greta has an idea..." -- back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A new, beautifully illustrated translation of Felix Salten's celebrated novel Bambi-the original source of the beloved story. Most of us think we know the story of Bambi-but do we? The Original Bambi is an all-new, illustrated translation of a literary classic that presents the story as it was meant to be told. For decades, readers' images of Bambi have been shaped by the 1942 Walt Disney film-an idealized look at a fawn who represents nature's innocence-which...
24) The 86th village
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Reshma's coming to Nilgi was neither accident nor coincidence. Nilgi was a village easily avoided, set as it was at the end of a road, on the banks of the Krishna River. If If you came to Nilgi, it was because you were meant to.
Throughout Southern India, eighty-six villages are set to completely submerge due to a government-sanctioned dam across the Krishna River.
Nilgi, one such village on the banks of the mighty River Krishna, has so far escaped...
25) The ice giant
Author
Series
Mermaids rock volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Mermaids Rock! The entrance to the mermaid realm in the deep, blue ocean. Kai is really excited that Marina is coming to stay while her dad goes on a research trip to the Arctic - they're going to have so much fun! But when they don't hear from him for a few days they start to worry. Travelling through the whirlpool to see if they can find him, the friends are amazed by the icy scene and enchanted by the walruses they meet. But with no...
26) Eden
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Earth's rising oceans contain enormous islands of refuse, the Amazon rainforest is all-but destroyed, and countless species edge towards extinction. Humanity's last hope to save the planet lies with The Virgin Zones, thirteen vast areas of land off-limits to people and given back to nature. Dylan leads a clandestine team of adventure racers, including his daughter Jenn, into Eden, the oldest of the Zones. Jenn carries a secret--Kat, Dylan's wife...
Author
Series
Mermaids rock volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Naya and her friends will do anything to protect their ocean home. And if there's a ripple of adventure, they'll find it! While exploring the reef, Naya sees a strange flashing light in a tunnel that leads to the mysterious Midnight Realm. She and her friends can't resist investigating! But they soon discover that danger lurks in the ocean depths...
28) The forever sea
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Kindred Greyreach, a hearth-fire keeper, navigates ongoing conflict, unknown beasts and a mythic pirate city after her grandmother, The Marchess, disappears into the Forever Sea, a miles-high expanse of prairie grasses sailed by magical ships harvesting resources for human civilization.
29) The endless song
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Kindred Greyreach, at odds with a faction below the Sea, must use every power to forestall disaster, while, above, a boy named Flitch finds himself caught in a dangerous political crisis, and they must work together to save themselves, their loved ones, and the Forever Sea itself.
Author
Series
Mermaids rock volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this new chapter book series featuring the mermaids of Mermaids Rock, Marina has just moved to Mermaids Rock and is thrilled to make friends right away. She and her friends soon face a mystery when the coral caves nearby are damaged. But who--or what--could have caused the destruction? Marina is new in Mermaids Rock. She has traveled the world with her scientist dad, and she can't wait to settle down and make friends! She meets some mermaids who...
Author
Series
Mermaids rock volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Coralie is overjoyed when she visits a beautiful kelp forest with her pet dolphin, Dash. She meets adorable sea lions and otters...even finds a mysterious treasure map! After telling her friends about it, they're excited to help her search for the treasure. But when they arrive in the kelp forest, they find that it has been destroyed. Without the plants for protection, the animals that live there are in danger--and the friends must do everything...
35) Save our seas!
Author
Series
Mermaid School volume 5
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Marnie Blue is shocked when lots of plastic rubbish gets swept into Mermaid Lagoon. It is making a big mess and even harming the underwater animals. Marnie and her friends decide enough is enough and they must have a big green clean-up. But just where is all the plastic coming from? With the help of the local Brinies group and a new dolphin pal, Marnie is determined to rid the lagoon of the plastic junk for good...
36) My nana's garden
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
Description
A little girl visits her grandmother in different seasons, and together they explore the wonders of her garden. Until, one day, Nana isn't there anymore. But as winter gives way to spring, the girl learns that life goes on, and so does the memory of those we love. --
37) The ice ghost
Author
Series
DAW book collectors volume 1916
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the brutal Ice Age caused by the ancient Jemen war, many archaic human species, including Denisovans and Homo erectus, hover on the verge of extinction. There seems no way out, until the greatest Neanderthal holy man, Trogon, has a vision. Legends say the truce that ended the old war left one hostage in the hands of the victorious rebels: the god-like Jemen leader, known as the Old Woman of the Mountain. According to Trogon's vision, only one person...
38) Wildfire rescue
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
American edition.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Ebony and Jay, two best friends and Eco Rangers who love nothing more than rescuing and rehabilitating wildlife. After a devastating wildfire in the bushland, Ebony and Jay, are doing their best to find injured animals. As they rescue a little possum with burned paws, they also discover that some people have been camping in the area that was destroyed by the fire. What were they doing there and who are they? Join the Eco Rangers as they look...
40) Flooded
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Hardcover library binding.
Language
English
Description
"Flooded is the funny and beautifully illustrated tale of animals who live in a city that is ever so slowly flooding. The flood comes gradually at first. A business lion reads about it in the paper over his breakfast and absent-mindedly says 'hmm!', but does nothing about it. All the animals ignore the obvious and go about their busy lives, disjointed from one another and preoccupied by their own problems. Eventually, the flood water reaches a height...
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