Blueberry Educator Resources 2023

Title: The Big Book of Nature Art
By: Yuval Zommer
Published: 2023

Featuring twenty-two easy craft projects using natural and recycled materials, The Big Book of Nature Art is a fun and eco-friendly way for teachers and parents of young children to help them connect creatively with nature.

Call Number: x745.5 Zomme.Y

Title: Ecology for Kids: Science Experiments and Activities Inspired by Awesome Ecologists, Past and Present (The Kitchen Pantry Scientist)
By: Liz Lee Heinecke
Published: 2023

This engaging guide offers a series of snapshots of 25 famous ecology scientists paired with step-by-step illustrated experiments to offer kids a hands-on opportunity for exploring concepts the scientists pursued, or are working on today.

Call Number: x577.078 Heine.L

Title: The Forest in the Sea: Seaweed Solutions to Planetary Problems
By: Anita Sanchez
Published: 2023

Imagine forests where you can float weightlessly among schools of fish; huge green pastures where sea turtles graze; forests that capture carbon from seawater and breathe out oxygen. The answers to many of our planet's problems may lie underwater, in these forests of seaweed.

Call Number: x579.8177 Sanch.A

Title: The Milkweed Lands: An Epic Story of One Plant, its Nature and Ecology
By: Eric Lee-Mäder, illustrated by Beverly Duncan
Published: 2023

Delve into this fascinating appreciation of milkweed, an often-overlooked plant, and discover an amazing range of insects and organisms that depend on it as the seasons unfold, with this collaboration between a noted ecologist and an award-winning botanical illustrator.

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Title: Nature’s Best Hope: How You Can Save the World in Your Own Backyard, Young Reader’s Edition
By: Douglas W. Tallamy, adapted by Sarah L Thomson
Published: 2023

Empowers kids to use their own yards to help combat climate change. In addition to sharing the science, this book encourages kids to take direct action. Perfect also for adults who want a simpler, quicker and more fun take on native plants and trees!

Call Number: x635.951 Talla.D

Title: Restoring: Prairie, Woods, and Pond: How a Small Trail Can Make a Big Difference
By: Laurie Lawlor
Published: 2023

This book is about activism at the community level—and tells how a small village transformed a city-owned dumping ground into a nature trail with three distinct ecosystems that runs from an elementary school to a public library and community center. This trail became a valuable outdoor classroom, a STEM teaching center, a respite for people young and old, and a place for community engagement.

Call Number: x333.72 Lawlo.L

Title: Total Garbage: A Messy Dive Into Trash, Waste, and Our World
By: Rebecca Donnelly, illustrated by John Hendrix
Published: 2023

In this fascinating account of the waste we make, we'll wade into the muck of history and explore present-day STEM innovations. This book tackles the extraordinary, the icky, and the everyday, helping us see how our choices, personal and societal, impact our world and our planet―and encouraging us make a change.

Call Number: x628.44 Donne.R

Title: The Wheel of the Year An Illustrated Guide to Nature’s Rhythms
By: Fiona Cook, illustrated by Jessica Roux
Published: 2023

A beautifully illustrated, interactive guide to ancient, nature-based holidays and customs. Through themed crafts and activities, readers learn about old and new ways of honoring the seasons. Each “spoke” in The Wheel of the Year marks a turning point: the solstices, the equinoxes, and the festivals of seeding, growing, and harvesting that arrive in between. Great for planning programs that support the seasons' changes!

Call Number: x394.26 Cook F