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Author
Publisher
Awake in the Wild
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In this clear and methodical field guide, author Mark Coleman shows you step-by-step how to develop a nature-based meditation practice every week of the year. Through systematic cultivation of mindfulness techniques, he'll teach you how to attune to your senses and connect with the richness of the sensory world. Through 52 engaging practices, you will learn to meditate in a variety of settings, in different landscapes, and in all kinds of weather...
Author
Series
Publisher
KidHaven Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Human actions affect the world around us. From pollution in the oceans to deforestation, many of these actions are harmful. In this book a friendly guide takes readers through what happens to habitats when they are affected by harmful activities--animals become endangered, ecosystems fall out of balance, and Earth is cared for. There's a bright side: In this book, readers learn all about what conservation is in age-appropriate detail as well as ways...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
"A brilliant and engaging book on haiku, and on the state of the body and mind required in the million to one shot against producing a good one" -Jim HarrisonFirst published in 1997, Seeds From a Birch Tree introduced readers to the only form of poetry in all of world literature that makes nature into a spiritual path. Its message was simple: Haiku teaches us to return to nature by following the seasons-seventeen syllables at a time.With its mix of...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring and transformative book of hope that reveals how to heal the earth and ourselves in the process. As young women, sisters Anastasia and Julia Vanderbyl began a compelling journey of restoration deep in the Australian rainforest. A beautifully crafted narrative woven with personal stories, Mother the Mountain is both a memoir of their experiences and a meditation on the extraordinary resilience of nature. In this rich collection of reflections,...
Author
Publisher
Michael O'Mara Books Limited
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Emma Mitchell's richly illustrated and evocative diary - as seen on the BBC's Springwatch - records her nature finds over the course of a year and shows how being in the wild benefits our mental and physical wellbeing...Emma Mitchell has suffered with depression - or as she calls it, 'the gray slug' - for twenty-five years. In 2003, she moved from the city to the edge of the Cambridgeshire Fens and began to take walks in the countryside around her...
12) My life as a Jew
Author
Series
Publisher
45th Parallel Press is an imprint of Cherry Lake Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"What are the core teachings and beliefs of Judaism? Readers will learn about one of the world's most widely practiced religions through the lens of two different perspectives and dive deep into important figures, sacred texts, holidays, and commandments"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Press is an imprint of Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Focuses on the importance of native plants and the extinction crisis, what is threatening native plants, what we can do to help native plants, and what is already being done to combat the native plant extinction crisis"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
ORO Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Eleven visionary photographers--who happen to be women--focus upon moments of profound beauty and peril on our planet. As award recipients and jurors of the prestigious BigPicture international competition, these women are featured with more than 125 dramatic images that illustrate the extraordinary complexity of the natural world and challenge our very relations and perceptions of it. 'Seeing It All' goes beyond the glamorizing images of nature...
Author
Series
Publisher
Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"[This book] establishes the basics of finding and identifying wildlife, including looking for tracks and listening for calls. Alongside text that describes animal behavior and habitat, readers will learn the importance of respecting wildlife and how to prepare for a successful wildlife watching adventure"--Provided by publisher.
17) Save pollinators
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Press is an imprint of Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Focuses on the importance of pollinators and the extinction crisis, what is threatening pollinators, what we can do to help pollinators, and what is already being done to combat the pollinator extinction crisis"--Provided by publisher.
18) How fish swim
Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Core, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Explains how the shape of [a fish's] . . . body works with its surroundings, letting it move in its own special way"--Provided by publisher.
