Nature's best hope : how you can save the world in your own yard / Douglas W. Tallamy ; adapted by Sarah L. Thomson.
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TextPublisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: Young readers' editionDescription: 255 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN: - 1643261657
- 9781643261652
- 9781643262147
- 1643262149
- How you can save the world in your own yard
- SB439 .T277 2023
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection | SB455.4 .T25 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800195554 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The history -- New ideas -- The size of it all -- Making connections -- What's a lawn for, anyway? -- Homegrown national park -- Which plants are best? -- Good plants, bad plants -- The little things that run the world -- Bringing back bees -- Weeds are our friends -- Wil it work? -- Questions and answers -- Ten things you can do -- More questions and answers.
Douglas Tallamy encourages young readers to create what he calls a Homegrown National Park: a network of small native plant gardens that support pollinators, birds, and amphibians. Parents and teachers may want to read the 2019 title for adults while the young ones in their lives read this young readers' edition. (Miller Library Staff)
"An adaptation of Douglas Tallamy's book Nature's Best Hope, but written for a middle school level readership"--
Recommended for primary school (age 6-12) and up and for parents and teachers.
Ages 10-14. Timber Press.
Grades 7-9. Timber Press.