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  • I Love StrawberriesLogin to Hold

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    I Love Strawberries

    Shannon Anderson

    Jolie LOVES strawberries - and she’s on an unstoppable mission to grow her own food from seedling to table in this colorful introduction to the joy of growing the popular perennial. Through Jolie’s comical scrapbook-style journal entries, young readers will learn how she convinces the “old people” (aka her parents) to let her grow her own strawberries. Growing strawberries is a lot of work and responsibility, but Jolie is ready to find out just how delicious, rewarding, and sometimes complicated it can be to grow your own food.

    This book must be returned.See product webpage on Feeding Minds Press to access teaching resources and coloring pages: https://www.feedingmindspress.com/our-books/i-love-strawberries 
    Categories: Food, Gardening, Literacy Project Books, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • The Story of SeedsLogin to Hold

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    The Story of Seeds

    Nancy Castaldo

    Something as small as a seed can have a worldwide impact. Did you know there are top-secret seed vaults hidden throughout the world? And once a seed disappears, that’s it—it’s gone forever? With the growth of genetically modified foods, the use of many seeds is dwindling—of 80,000 edible plants, only about 150 are being cultivated. With a global cast of men and women, scientists and laypeople, and photographic documentation, Nancy Castaldo chronicles where our food comes from, and more importantly, where it is going as she digs deeper into the importance of seeds in our world. This empowering book also calls young adult readers to action with suggestions as to how they can preserve the variety of one of our most valuable food sources through simple everyday actions. This book must be returned. 
    Categories: Farming, Food, People & Culture, Seeds
    Resource Type: Books
  • The HikeLogin to Hold

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    The Hike

    Alison Farrell

    The Hike is a plucky and sweet adventure story about three intrepid young female explorers who set out to conquer the outdoors in their local forest.• Features a glossary and scientific backmatter • Includes a sketchbook by one of the characters that highlights discoveries the girls make along the trail • Abundant labels throughout for learning about various PNW plants and animalsThis book must be returned. 
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Ecology, Pacific Northwest, People & Culture, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Fry Bread: A Native American Family StoryLogin to Hold

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    Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

    Kevin Noble Maillard

    Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard, Fry Bread is an evocative depiction of a modern Native American family, vibrantly illustrated by Pura Belpre Award winner and Caldecott Honoree Juana Martinez-Neal.Fry bread is food. It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate.Fry bread is time. It brings families together for meals and new memories.Fry bread is nation. It is shared by many, from coast to coast and beyond.Fry bread is us. It is a celebration of old and new, traditional and modern, similarity and difference. This book must be returned.
    Categories: Food, History, People & Culture, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Together, a Forest: Drawing Connections Between Nature's Diversity and Our OwnLogin to Hold

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    Together, a Forest: Drawing Connections Between Nature’s Diversity and Our Own

    Roz MacLean

    Joy and her peers are eager to visit a nearby forest for a class trip. But Joy's excitement quickly turns into anxiety when she is asked to choose one thing in the area for a school assignment. Seeing her classmates connecting with the natural environment, Joy discovers how each of their choices reflect the ways they relate to and interact with the world.Together, a Forest begins as an exciting journey into nature and blossoms into a meditation on how our unique personalities and ways of being help create a more vibrant and beautiful world. The forest reveals that everyone—including those of us with disabilities and neurodivergence—belong to nature. There is no one right way for a mind, body, or person to be.With accessible social-emotional and STEM themes, this picture book highlights the importance of interdependence, inclusion and celebrating diversity in our communities.This book must be returned.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, People & Culture, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • The WildLogin to Hold

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    The Wild

    Yuval Zommer

    Once upon a time, somewhere not far away, was the Wild. The Wild was huge and giving, and everything from insects to birds to humans made their home in it. At first, people lived lightly and took only what they needed, but when they started to take more, the Wild suffered. But one day, a young child is brave enough to raise their voice . . .In this environmental story told as a fairy tale, author-illustrator Yuval Zommer shares a hopeful and powerful message of healing, well-being, and humanity's precious and precarious relationship with nature.The magical artwork and sensitively told story will help families have meaningful conversations with young children about the urgency to protect Earth. This book must be returned.
    Categories: Animals, Conservation & Natural Resources, People & Culture, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Worm Makes a SandwichLogin to Hold

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    Worm Makes a Sandwich

    Brianne Farley

    Meet Worm. He might be little. He might have no hands. But Worm would love to make a sandwich, just for you! To get started he’ll need just one thing: garbage! Delicious, delectable garbage like apple cores and mushy grapes, broccoli bottoms and carrot tops, sad celery, and drippy cucumbers. Worm and his friends eat the garbage. And then they do what everyone does after they eat garbage. They poop! The poop goes in the compost and the compost goes in your garden, which is where the vegetables for your sandwich come from!
    Categories: Gardening, Insects, Lifecycles, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Gardening with Less WaterLogin to Hold

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    Gardening with Less Water

    David A. Bainbridge

    Gardening with Less Water offers simple, inexpensive, low-tech techniques for watering your garden much more efficiently — using up to 90 percent less water for the same results. With illustrated step-by-step instructions, David Bainbridge shows you how to install buried clay pots and pipes, wicking systems, and other porous containers that deliver water directly to a plant’s roots with little to no evaporation. These systems are available at hardware stores and garden centers; are easy to set up and use; and work for garden beds, container gardens, and trees.This book would be an excellent resource for 6th-12th grade educators looking to provide water conservation engineering challenges for their students.This book must be returned.
    Categories: Gardening, Soils, Washington County Library, Water
    Resource Type: Books, Instructional Units
  • Under Your FeetLogin to Hold

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    Under Your Feet

    Wenjia Tang

    Under Your Feet delves beneath the Earth's surface and explores the diverse wonders hidden there. Encounter creatures of the deep and marvel at the mind-boggling size of the humongous fungus - the biggest organism in the world. Learn how one handful of ordinary soil contains more organisms than there are people on Earth, and carry out experiments using dirt from your own back garden. Under Your Feet offers you the opportunity to expand your knowledge of the natural world and soil-dwelling creatures big and small. Bursting with colorful illustrations and photography, this is the perfect book for budding young plant experts, animal fanatics, and geologists, and anyone who is curious about the ground we walk on.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Gardening, Insects, Science, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His SonLogin to Hold

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    Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son

    John Parra

    Follow along with the story of a young boy, Juanito, who joins his papi on the job as a landscape architect. Juanito brings his sketchbook to draw anything that catches his eye: a nest of birds, a plant nursery, flowers, and more. Juanito realizes that while not everyone appreciates Papi's hard work, Papi always feels pride in owning his own business and in a job well done. And at the end of the day, Juanito may get the chance to turn his artistic eye toward landscape design—just like his papi.
    Categories: Art, Careers, Conservation & Natural Resources, Gardening, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Humongous FungusLogin to Hold

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    Humongous Fungus

    Lynne Boddy

    Did you know that fungi can be grown to make medicine for humans? Or that the most mushrooms can be seen in autumn? This picture book about nature is packed with fun facts about fungi. It includes gross-out stories of fungal infections that kids will love, incredible facts about "bananageddon", crop disease, epidemics, and zombified ants! It’s the ultimate gift for children who are interested in nature and microorganisms. Book must be returned.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Foods & Nutrition, Forestry, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • 'Til The Cows Come HomeLogin to Hold

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    ‘Til The Cows Come Home

    Jodi Icenoggle

    The author lassos a traditional Jewish folktale, "The Button Story", sets it in the American West, and rigs it up with tongue-tingling cowboy language to create an engaging story. A young cowboy, gifted in making saddles and bridles, receives a sturdy, soft-as-silk piece of leather from a grateful cowpuncher and stitches it into a pair of "whoopi-ti-yi-yo chaps." Follow the leather through the young cowboy’s life. The companion book to the Ag Tag Matching Game lesson plan and the Ag Tag Matching Game Kit. Please check the kit out separately. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Animals, Conservation & Natural Resources, Literacy Project Books
    Resource Type: Books
  • SeedLogin to Hold

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    Seed, Soil, Sun

    Cris Peterson

    Seed. Soil. Sun. With these simple ingredients, nature creates our food. This beautifully written book by Cris Peterson, brings both wonder and clarity to the subject of agriculture, celebrating the cycle of growth, harvest, and renewal. The photography that conveys this story is a perfect fit for this story. The companion book to the Seed, Soil, Sun lesson plan and the Seed, Soil, Sun Kit. Please check the kit out separately.
    Categories: Gardening, Literacy Project Books, Plants, Science, Seeds, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • 1621: A New Look at ThanksgivingLogin to Hold

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    1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving

    Catherine O'Neil Grace, Margaret M. Bruchac, Plimoth Plantation

    Countering the prevailing, traditional story of the first Thanksgiving, with its black-hatted, silver-buckled Pilgrims; blanket-clad, be-feathered Indians, this lushly illustrated photo-essay presents a more measured, balanced, and historically accurate version of the three-day harvest celebration in 1621. Pair this with resources teaching about harvest traditions specific to Oregon tribes!
    Categories: Foods & Nutrition, History, Seasonal, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • A Pill Bug's LifeLogin to Hold

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    A Pill Bug’s Life

    John Himmelman

    Have you ever wondered how some of nature's smallest creatures spend their days? Here's your chance to take a scientifically accurate peek at the world from their point of view. The striking illustrations and lively story-line in this book follow a pill bug as it hunts for food, faces its enemies, and interacts with humans. This book pairs well with lessons on forest ecology, compost, and soil health.
    Categories: Insects, Lifecycles, Science, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • A Place to GrowLogin to Hold

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    A Place to Grow

    Stephanie Bloom

    No matter where it lands or how desperately it hopes, the tiny seed can't find a place to grow. Will the tiny seed ever find a home, or will it keep searching and floating forever? With playful charm and touching insight, A Place to Grow joyfully affirms that there is a special place, plan and purpose for each of us. This book is a part of the JMG Learn, Eat, & Go Curriculum.
    Categories: Science, Seeds, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books