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21) One two three
Author
Language
English
Description
"Mab is the "normal" one, never mind Bourne Memorial High School has banned that term, and besides, she's a stickler for words and definitions and knows normal isn't normal in Bourne. Monday is a stickler for everything else. She doesn't like abbreviations, contractions, lies, typos, or wearing green clothes on yellow days. When the Bourne library shut down - funds desperately needed elsewhere - she stashed the books under her bed, behind the sofa,...
23) Sed
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Minni vive en la parte m̀s pobre de Mumbai, con acceso limitado a agua potable y horas de espera para usar el grifo comunal. ¿ltimamente, el acceso est̀ amenazado por cortes de agua y, como Minni descubre una noche, por ladrones. Sin embargo, en el edificio donde trabaja al servicio de una familia privilegiada, tienen agua potable y hasta una piscina en el techo. Un d̕a Minni se encuentra con el jefe de la mafia del agua. ¿Debe denunciarlo,...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"While rivers make up just a fraction of the water on Earth, they provide the majority of what we use every day. Rivers run over and through our world, and sometimes we don't even know they are there. But do we fully understand or even appreciate all that rivers can do?"
Author
Series
Sadiq volume 11
Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Sadiq's class is visiting the pond on a nature field trip, but the dead fish they find there is disturbing; when he finds that the likely cause is pollution, he and a group of his classmates form the Clean Water Crew to do what they can to help clean up not just their pond, but other bodies of water as well.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Growing up in a riverside region of 1980s Maine, three brothers from the Penobscot Nation find their childhood innocence shattered by a nearby paper mill fire that divides their community.
David Almerin Ames and his brothers, Link and Simon, believed the wild patch of Maine where they lived along the Penobscot River belonged to them. Their affinity for the natural world derives from their parents: Arnoux, a romantic artist and Vietnam War deserter...
27) Green warriors
Publisher
Java Films Exclusives
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The Citarum river in Indonesia is a source of drinking water for millions of people. But it's become known as the world's most polluted river thanks to the 500 textiles factories on its banks.
Series
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In Washington, DC, seventh grader Evette learns the rift in her family was caused by racism and organizes a river cleanup where she invites her friends and family, including both of her grandmothers, hoping they can make amends.
30) No more plastic
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When she sees a beached whale that has starved to death after ingesting plastic, a young girl named Isley is inspired to adopt a plastic-free lifestyle, encouraging her family to join her. When people start falling back into old habits, Isley builds a plastic sculpture of a whale that inspires lasting change."--
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
One key threat from industry is the negative effect on the environment. Examine how businesses and governments have responded to threats such as air and water pollution, oil spills, nuclear fallout, overpopulation, resource exhaustion, and climate change. Find out what solutions government regulation and the free market have to offer.
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A documentary about community activists on the frontlines fighting for water justice and equity. Their powerful stories are interwoven with historical context about the successes and failures of the U.S. Clean Water Act. The Act’s landmark regulations significantly reduced water pollution in America but have not served all communities equitably, leaving many disadvantaged communities unprotected. From coal sludge and toxic run-off to open wastewater,...
35) Holy water
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A film about our global water situation, water politics and the poor people's struggle for enough drinking water. In India farmers, joined by the famous environmentalist Vandana Shiva, are prostesting against Coca-Cola. They mean that their ground water is going down and is being polluted because of the soft drink production in many places all over India. It's a film about the strong, Indian women who dare to protest, and the Coke factory that had...
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In Wisconsin, as her adoptive parents open their lake cabins for summer visitors, twelve-year-old Annalise, abandoned as an infant and able to communicate with the lake, discovers a growing toxic algae bloom and teams up with her friends to save the beloved body of water.
37) Dark waters
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything, his future, his family, and his own life to expose the truth.
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons describe what it would be like to live without clean water and describes how people access water and the importance of making sure that water is not polluted or wasted.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The battle for clean water begins! As soon as Dr. Zomboss discovers Lake Gumbo near Neighborville, Gargantuars start posing on Muscle Beach, volleyballs bounce off bungee zombies, and Zomboss revs up a giant underwater drill to pollute the lake! Nate, Patrice, and Crazy Dave spot trouble and do all they can to quell another zombie attack."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Llama Llama stars in this new Little Golden Book based on his own original series, now airing on Netflix. Inspired by the bestselling picturebooks created by Anna Dewdney, this reassuring story features Llama rallying the town to clean up the pond in time for the annual boat float. He and his friends learn about community, art, and celebrating nature in this environmental tale. -- Adapted from Amazon.
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