The Big Beach Cleanup

The Big Beach Cleanup
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Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
Total Pages : 35
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780807508107
ISBN-13 : 0807508101
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis The Big Beach Cleanup by : Charlotte Offsay

When it comes to the environment, a community must work together. Cora is excited to enter the local sandcastle-building contest—until the contest is canceled due to litter at the beach. Determined to help save their favorite place, Cora and Mama get to work picking up the single-use plastics that have washed onto the shore. It will take more than four hands to clean up the beach, but Cora is just getting started.

Look Up!

Look Up!
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 35
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ISBN-10 : 9780241345863
ISBN-13 : 0241345863
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Look Up! by : Nathan Bryon

Meet hilarious, science-mad chatterbox, Rocket - she's going to be the greatest astronaut, star-catcher, space-traveller that has ever lived! But... can she convince her big brother to stop looking down at his phone and start LOOKING UP at the stars? Bursting with energy and passion about science and space, this heart-warming, inspirational picture book will have readers turning off their screens and switching on to the outside world. *Winner of the UKLA Awards 2021* *Shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards 2019* "Outstanding - a breath of fresh air, just like Rocket herself" - Kirkus Reviews "Energetic and with a wry, sweet take on family dynamics, it will alert readers to the mysteries of the night skies" - The Guardian

A Grandma's Magic

A Grandma's Magic
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Publisher : Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 18
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ISBN-10 : 9780593376027
ISBN-13 : 0593376021
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis A Grandma's Magic by : Charlotte Offsay

A picture book celebrating grandmas and all that makes them "magic", ideal for fans of How to Babysit a Grandma. "When a child is born, a grandma is born too. Grandmas aren't like regular grown-ups. Grandmas are filled with magic." In this charming picture book tribute to grandmas, a grandma's magic bursts through the door as soon as she comes to visit and can be seen in every wonderful thing she does: playing, exploring, baking, gardening, and in all the many ways a grandma and grandchild connect. Filled with adorable scenes featuring a diversity of grandmas and their grandkids, this is a book that will families can enjoy together. Grandmas will love snuggling with their grandchildren as they share their love and "magic" through cuddles, kisses, and many repeat readings.

The Wide, Wide Sea

The Wide, Wide Sea
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 1788007042
ISBN-13 : 9781788007047
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wide, Wide Sea by : Anna Wilson

When a young child forges a special connection with a seal on a trip to the seaside, their imagination takes them on an unforgettable journey. Through their eyes, we have a chance to explore everything the amazing beach and wide, wide sea has to offer, until suddenly a violent storm blows in. The next morning the beach is ugly and covered in litter. Whose fault is it? And who can fix it? Together, the child, their grandmother, and the rest of the community clean the beach, and the child makes a promise to the seal that things will change for the better.

Alba the Hundred Year Old Fish

Alba the Hundred Year Old Fish
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Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
Total Pages : 34
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ISBN-10 : 9781787416246
ISBN-13 : 1787416240
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Alba the Hundred Year Old Fish by : Lara Hawthorne

Alba the fish has spent her entire life collecting precious objects that drift down to the ocean floor. From delicate shells to brightly coloured coral, each year on her birthday she gathers one more precious item. But over the years, Alba notices her collection is losing its sparkle and that the world is changing. What are these bits of plastic and metal? As the coral reef fades, Alba decides to leave her home behind. Can an old fish teach the world how to bring colour back to the ocean? The One-Hundred-Year-Old Fish gently highlights the issue of pollution. A beautifully illustrated picture book from exciting new talent Lara Hawthorne.

Trapped Under the Sea

Trapped Under the Sea
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Publisher : Crown
Total Pages : 434
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307886736
ISBN-13 : 0307886735
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Trapped Under the Sea by : Neil Swidey

The harrowing story of five men who were sent into a dark, airless, miles-long tunnel, hundreds of feet below the ocean, to do a nearly impossible job—with deadly results A quarter-century ago, Boston had the dirtiest harbor in America. The city had been dumping sewage into it for generations, coating the seafloor with a layer of “black mayonnaise.” Fisheries collapsed, wildlife fled, and locals referred to floating tampon applicators as “beach whistles.” In the 1990s, work began on a state-of-the-art treatment plant and a 10-mile-long tunnel—its endpoint stretching farther from civilization than the earth’s deepest ocean trench—to carry waste out of the harbor. With this impressive feat of engineering, Boston was poised to show the country how to rebound from environmental ruin. But when bad decisions and clashing corporations endangered the project, a team of commercial divers was sent on a perilous mission to rescue the stymied cleanup effort. Five divers went in; not all of them came out alive. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents collected over five years of reporting, award-winning writer Neil Swidey takes us deep into the lives of the divers, engineers, politicians, lawyers, and investigators involved in the tragedy and its aftermath, creating a taut, action-packed narrative. The climax comes just after the hard-partying DJ Gillis and his friend Billy Juse trade assignments as they head into the tunnel, sentencing one of them to death. An intimate portrait of the wreckage left in the wake of lives lost, the book—which Dennis Lehane calls "extraordinary" and compares with The Perfect Storm—is also a morality tale. What is the true cost of these large-scale construction projects, as designers and builders, emboldened by new technology and pressured to address a growing population’s rapacious needs, push the limits of the possible? This is a story about human risk—how it is calculated, discounted, and transferred—and the institutional failures that can lead to catastrophe. Suspenseful yet humane, Trapped Under the Sea reminds us that behind every bridge, tower, and tunnel—behind the infrastructure that makes modern life possible—lies unsung bravery and extraordinary sacrifice.

The Book of Rules

The Book of Rules
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages : 40
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ISBN-10 : 9780374390631
ISBN-13 : 0374390630
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis The Book of Rules by : Brian Gehrlein

An interactive picture book with dynamic illustrations, in which readers have to follow the rules or risk a run-in with a monster—with a gentle approach to mindfulness along the way. Beware! This book has rules. You must follow all the rules. If you break the rules . . . Dennis the monster will eat you. And you don’t want to be Dennis-food—do you? With a laugh-out-loud, interactive style, The Book of Rules invites you to get your sillies out before it’s time to focus and listen to directions. And you better get started, because Dennis can’t wait to eat—or, um—meet you!

Save the Ocean

Save the Ocean
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 1732395136
ISBN-13 : 9781732395138
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Save the Ocean by :

Exciting, adventurous, educational and captivating! Bethany Stahl's stories express heartfelt messages while engaging readers. With beautiful illustrations, as well as lovable characters, this is a book everyone will love reading over and over again. Save the Ocean has a lesson of recycling and conservation!

Young House Love

Young House Love
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Publisher : Artisan
Total Pages : 337
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781579656768
ISBN-13 : 1579656765
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Young House Love by : Sherry Petersik

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Kids Saving Oceans

Kids Saving Oceans
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 1733919643
ISBN-13 : 9781733919647
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Kids Saving Oceans by : Tori McGee

Olivia wanted to help, but not in the way she helped her dad in the kitchen. She wanted to help in a way that could make the world a better place. Inspired by the true story of a kid who knew that one person's choice to do better, multiplied by a lot of people, makes a BIG difference.