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Our green heart : the soul and science of forests / by Beresford-Kroeger, Diana,1944-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In this inspiring culmination of Diana Beresford-Kroeger's life's work as botanist, biochemist, biologist and poet of the global forest, she delivers a challenge to us all to dig deeper into the science of forests and the ways they will save us from climate breakdown -- and then do our part to plant and protect them. As the last child in Ireland to receive a full Druidic education, Diana Beresford-Kroeger has brought an unusual and ancient holistic attitude to the science of trees, which has led her to many fresh insights into how closely we are tied to one another and to the natural world. Her influential message is to pay rapt attention to trees, because they are the green heart of the living world. Forests are our lungs, our medicine, our oxygen and the renewal of our soil. Planting the right trees in the right places, protecting the last virgin forests and working to create new ones is our best means to ensure a future for our children and grandchildren on this burning earth. Each of the essays gathered in Our Green Heart show us a slice of the natural world through Diana's unique lens, illuminating the way our health, individually and as a species, is tied to the health of the forest -- a tie we ignore at our peril. She maps the science that still needs to be done -- there is so much we don't know about the ways trees and forests work -- but also, eloquently, shows us the path to survival that her own science has revealed, the "bioplan" or blueprint for the connectivity of life in nature. If we realize that even the flowerpot on our doorstep is a natural habitat, and plant it according to its bioplan, we will be aiding and abetting life rather than destroying it"--
Subjects: Climatic changes.; Forest conservation.; Forest ecology.; Forest health.; Forests and forestry; Human-plant relationships.;

Spring in the woods / by Tarsky, Sue.; Lordon, Claire.;
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Subjects: Walking; Forests and forestry; Spring; Counting books.;

Darkness falls / by Hunter, Erin.;
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Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Dogs; Wild dogs; Survival; Forests and forestry;
© c2013., HarperCollins,

Little goblins ten / by Jane, Pamela.; Manning, Jane,1960-;
Ghouls, goblins, ghosts, witches, and other scary creatures cavort in the forest on Halloween, introducing the numbers one through ten."Ages 3-7"--P. [2] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Halloween; Forests and forestry; Monsters; Counting books.;
© c2011., HarperCollins,

M.K. saves the day / by Rosen, Lucy.;
"Guided reading level K"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Movie novels.; Nature stories.; Animals, Mythical; Body size; Forests and forestry;
© c2013., HarperCollins,

Opposites are natural / by Riggs, Kate.; Pritelli, Maria Cristina.;
Depicts opposite pairings in nature as a forest grows and changes.
Subjects: Board books.; Forests and forestry; Nature; Change; Polarity;

Wicked Nix / by Coakley, Lena,1967-; Zollars, Jaime.;
Nix the mischievous woodland fairy tries to chase away a man who comes to live in a house in the forest, but it eventually becomes clear that neither the man nor fairy are all that they appear to be.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Brothers; Fairies; Enemies; Forests and forestry;

Guardians of the trees : a journey of hope through healing the planet / by Webb, Kinari,author.;
"A "magnificent, empowering" (Bill McKibben) memoir about a woman spearheading a global initiative to heal the world's rainforests and the communities who depend on them When Kinari Webb first traveled to Indonesian Borneo at 21 to study orangutans, she was both awestruck by the beauty of her surroundings and heartbroken by the rainforest destruction she witnessed. As she got to know the local communities, she realized that their need to pay for expensive healthcare led directly to the rampant logging, which in turn imperiled their health and safety even further. Webb realized her true calling was at the intersection of medicine and conservation. After graduating with honors from the Yale School of Medicine, Webb returned to Borneo, listening to local communities about their solutions for how to both protect the rainforests and improve their lives. Founding two non-profits, Health in Harmony in the U.S. and ASRI in Indonesia, Webb and her local and international teams partnered with rainforest communities, building a clinic, developing regenerative economies, providing educational opportunities, and dramatically transforming the region. But just when everything was going right, Webb was stung by a deadly box jellyfish and would spend the next four years fighting for her life, a fight that would lead her to rethink everything. Was she ready to expand her work to a global scale and take climate change head on? Full of hope and optimism, Webb takes us on an exhilarating, galvanizing journey across the world, sharing her passion for the natural world and for humanity. In our current moment of crisis, Guardians of the Trees is an essential roadmap for moving forward and the inspiring story of one woman's quest to heal the world"--
Subjects: Webb, Kinari; Environmental health.; Forests and forestry; Human ecology.; Rain forests.;

Forest baby / by Elmquist, Laurie.; Robinson, Shantala,1978-;
A baby and mother experience natural wonders during a hike through the forest.LSC
Subjects: Mother and child; Infants; Hiking; Forests and forestry;

Every leaf a hallelujah / by Okri, Ben,author.; Ejaita, Diana,illustrator.;
When seven-year-old Mangoshi's mother becomes ill, she goes alone on a quest into the nearby forest, communes with trees to better understand people's effect on nature, and finds the special flower that will help her mom.
Subjects: Children's stories.; Ecofiction.; Fairy tales.; Ecology; Forests and forestry; Quests (Expeditions); Trees; Ecology; Forests and forestry; Quests (Expeditions); Trees;

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