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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Recycling is an easy way to help protect the planet. Young readers learn the basics of recycling, including what materials are most commonly recycled and how the process of recycling works. This valuable information is presented through age-appropriate text, including eye-catching fact boxes.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"The book that answers the age-old question: Can I Recycle This? Since the dawn of the recycling system, men and women the world over have stood by their bins, holding an everyday object, wondering, "can I recycle this?" This simple question reaches into our concern for the environment, the care we take to keep our homes and our communities clean, and how we interact with our local government. Recycling rules seem to differ in every municipality,...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
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!
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Series
Pinkalicious volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Recycling magic turns a garbage-filled park into a "greentastic" garden.
7) Ship Breaker
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
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Description
In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Fly Guy and Buzz visit a landfill to discover where their garbage goes. They learn all about garbage trucks, trash sorting, bacteria, and how landfills can be more environmentally friendly. They also visit a recycling plant to learn about how recycling programs get started, the recycling cycle, and what happens when trash isn't properly disposed of"--
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Series
Hamish Macbeth mysteries volume 16
Description
The garbage collectors in Britain are still called dustmen, and Lochdubh's dustman is an abusive drunk named Fergus Macleod. When Fergus is put in charge of a recycling center and dubbed the "environment officer." Constable Hamish Macbeth smells trouble piling up. Sure enough, Fergus becomes a bullying tyrant with his new power, issuing unwarranted fines and blackmailing residents. And when his body is found stuffed in a recycling bin, no one's sorry,...
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"An unprecedented look at that most commonplace act of everyday life -- throwing things out -- and how it has transformed American society. Susan Strasser's pathbreaking histories of housework and the rise of the mass market have become classics in the literature of consumer culture. Here she turns to an essential but neglected part of that culture -- the trash it produces -- and finds in it an unexpected wealth of meaning. Before the twentieth century,...
Description
Create extraordinary handmade gifts and decorative accents by recycling everyday household items such as detergent boxes, wallpaper scraps, chipped dishes, and more. TRASH TO TREASURE is jam-packed with 125 economical, earth-friendly projects--each accompanied by clear, easy-to-follow instructions, and radiant full-color photographs. Use your creativity to turn everyday "trash" into delightful "treasures".
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Description
Each book in the My Friendly Neighborhood series is written for the earliest readers and dedicated to describing a neighborhood worker in their community. This book studies the responsibilities of waste and recycling collectors. Simple sentence structure and word usage help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a glossary and index. Index. Glossary of key words. Table of contents. Author/Illustrator biography. Each book in...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Whether you dream of restoring an heirloom to its former beauty, or just want to modernise a flea market treasure, Amy Howard has the design and refinishing secrets you need. Here are all the furniture finishing recipes, techniques, and tips that have made Howard's beloved classes sold-out success stories, and made Howard herself the go-to guru of refinishing and "use what you have" redecorating. Try your hand at unique painted and faux finishes,...
20) Green crafts for children: 35 step-by-step projects using natural, recycled, and found materials
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Provides step-by-step instructions for thirty-five craft projects made from environmentally-friendly materials, including a simple doll house, juggling animals, painted stones, and pom-pom caterpillars.
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