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10 things I can do to help my world / Walsh, Melanie 2008  Book
Walsh, Melanie Book
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Publication London, Walker Books, 2008.
Description 22pGreen Spine
Summary/Abstract A beautifully simple book for small children where transforming pages reveal ten things that everyone can do to help conserve their world. Many of them, such as turning off the television, and turning off lights when leaving a room are about conserving energy. Others will encourage an understanding of nature and conservation.
Standard Number 9781406310863 Hb.
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ID:   012124


Adopt a monument / Heritage Education and Communication Service 2010  Book
Heritage Education and Communication Service Book
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Publication New Delhi, INTACH, 2010.
Description 64pBeige Spine
Summary/Abstract A well crafted teacher's guide for study of monuments, its conservation, restoration and getting involved in protecting them for posterity.
Standard Number Pb.
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ID:   011184


Anita the beekeeper / Going to school 2009  Book
Going to school Book
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Publication Noida, Random House India, 2009.
Description 48pSky Blue Spine
Series Girl Stars - Going to school
Summary/Abstract Anita Kumari is seven years old and lives in a village in Bihar, tending her goats and watching the other children go to school-until one day, she sneaks into their classroom and takes up teaching them to pay for her schoolbooks and comes up with a bright idea of being a beekeeper.
Standard Number 9788184000467 Pb.
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ID:   011956


Anuradha - Medical student / Going to school   Book
Going to school Book
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Publication India, Going to school,
Description 28pPurple Spine
Series Girl Stars - Going to school
Summary/Abstract Anuradha Rathore is studying medicine in Jodhpur Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. When Anu was young she contracted Polio - and although it affected the way she walks it has not slowed Anu down in any other way. Anu has studied very hard and won a place at medical college under a reservation for students with physical disabilities. Anu failed once at school and she still finds college challenging, but she wants to be a doctor so she can prevent other children from contracting Polio.
Standard Number Pb.
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ID:   011958


Bhanwari - Policewoman / Going to school   Book
Going to school Book
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Publication India, Going to school,
Description 50pLight Green Spine
Series Girl Stars - Going to school
Summary/Abstract She was inspired by the famous policewoman Kiran Bedi and decided to take up the same profession. Today, Bhanwari is 24 years old and is in charge of the 'women's desk' in the police station where she works, listening to the problems of women in her district and trying to help as much as she can.
Standard Number Pb.
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ID:   019954


Biblioburro: a true story from Columbia / Winter, Jeanette 2010  Book
Winter, Jeanette Book
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Publication New York, Beach Lane Books, 2010.
Description 28pBlue Spine
Summary/Abstract After amassing piles of books, Luis, a voracious reader, dreams up a way to share his collection with 'faraway villages.' He starts with two burros--one for himself, one for books--and heads off. Tough terrain and menacing bandits challenge him along the way, but at last he reaches a remote town, where he holds a story hour and loans titles to eager kids before returning home to his wife and reading late into the night.
Standard Number 9781416997788 Hb.
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ID:   014730


Big green book of the big blue sea / Becker, Helaine; Dawson, Willow (ill.) 2012  Book
Becker, Helaine Book
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Publication Toronto, Kids Can Press, 2012.
Description 80pWhite Spine
Summary/Abstract A collection of exciting stories of people around the world who are finding creative ways to keep our oceans healthy and diverse. Includes tips of making sustainable choices, experiments, games and earth-friendly ideas.
Contents What is the ocean? Wet and Wild - Our big blue...basketball? The big rock candy mountain Ocean layer cake Brrine adventure Iceberg! Global warming, the ocean and you The engine of the ocean The Great Pacific garbage patch From the deep sea data banks Fun with magma Volcanocean? Tsunami! Add is bad Ka-Boom Oil and water don't mix From the deep sea data banks Fun with fish - Hiding your light? Red fish, blue fish, one fish, two fish Bright idea The dark side of farming Kooky Cukey Sink or swim Silly gilly Old as the sea How many is too many? From the deep sea data banks More marine marvels - Spoil spill Blubber gloves Whale music Dinner time! Pricky eater? Shapes and sizes - more surprises How pearls are made A moving experience Tube foot game Struck on Cephalopods Jet squid Hide and ink Spots? Zip! Zap! Zing! Humpty Dumpty Coral The ocean of the future Index
Standard Number 9781554537471 Pb.
Key Words Experiments  Global warming  Games  UOI - Sea World  UOI - Water  Sustainable living 
ACTION  INITIATIVE 
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ID:   014195


Birdman / Charles, Veronika Martenova; Galouchko, Annouchka Gravel (ill.); Daigle, Stephan (ill.) 2006  Book
Charles, Veronika Martenova Book
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Publication New York, Tundra Books, 2006.
Description 30pYellow Spine
Summary/Abstract When his family dies suddenly, Noor Nobi, a humble tailor in Calcutta, India, finds a way to mend his broken heart by purchasing, healing, and releasing illegally caged birds. Based on a true story.
Standard Number 0887767400 Hb.
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ID:   012198


Curious garden / Brown, Peter 2009  Book
Brown, Peter Book
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Publication New York, Little, Brown and Company, 2009.
Description 30pWhite Spine
Summary/Abstract Liam discovers a hidden garden and with careful tending spreads colour throughout the gray city.
Standard Number 9780316015479 Hb.
Key Words PYP  Gardening - Fiction  CURIOSITY  COMMITMENT  CHANGE  Eco fiction 
ACTION  Cooperation  UOI - Seed   PIF  UOI - Public places  INITIATIVE 
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ID:   010824


Dolphin disasters / Lamb, Kathryn 2009  Book
Lamb, Kathryn Book
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Publication Great Britain, Piccadilly Press Ltd., 2009.
Description 117pSky Blue Spine
Summary/Abstract Evie and Lola are making a difference by acting against the threat faced by dolphins and other sea creatures from plastic rubbish polluting their environment.
Standard Number 9781853409981 Pb.
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Durga - Health worker / Going to school   Book
Going to school Book
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Publication India, Going to school,
Description 32pMulti-colour Spine
Series Girl Stars - Going to school
Summary/Abstract Durga Bai is a health worker with Arth, an organization in the tribal belt of Udaipur District, Rajasthan. Durga travels by herself, by bus, to 22 villages every month and talks to 2,000 women everyday about how to improve their health and the health of their children. In the villages Durga visits, women are not educated and many girls do not go to school. Durga explains health concepts in a local dialect, ensuring that as many children as she meets are vaccinated, visit medical centers and go to school.
Standard Number Pb.
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ID:   015081


Giant steps to change the world / Lee, Spike; Lee, Tonya Lewis ; Qualls, Sean (ill.) 2011  Book
Lee, Spike Book
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Publication New York, Simon and Schuster, 2011.
Description 30pOrange Spine
Summary/Abstract Pursuing one's own path in life takes courage, strength, and perseverance, as demonstrated by such inspirational leaders as Barack Obama, Albert Einstein, and Muhammad Ali.
Standard Number 9780689868153 Hb.
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ID:   019779


Helping animals / Parker, Vic 2012  Book
Parker, Vic Book
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Publication London, Raintree Publishers, 2012.
Description 32pBlack Spine
Series I can make a difference
Summary/Abstract There are animals that need help both in your local area and in other parts of the world. Learn how you can volunteer to look after animals or the habitats they live in, and how you can raise money so that other people can do these things.
Standard Number 9781406234398 Hb.
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Helping family and friends / Parker, Vic 2012  Book
Parker, Vic Book
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Publication London, Raintree Publishers, 2012.
Description 32pBlack Spine
Series I can make a difference
Summary/Abstract Provides information and steps to help family and friends, including doing chores, babysitting, and visiting.
Standard Number 9781406234404 Hb.
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Helping in the community / Parker, Vic 2012  Book
Parker, Vic Book
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Publication London, Raintree Publishers, 2012.
Description 32pBlack Spine
Series I can make a difference
Summary/Abstract Learn about ways in which you can help to make their community better.
Standard Number 9781406234411 Hb.
Key Words Voluntarism  ACTION  Volunteers  Lexile NC940L  INITIATIVE 
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Helping others / Raum, Elizabeth 2013  Book
Raum, Elizabeth Book
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Publication London, Raintree Publishers, 2013.
Description 48pGreen Spine
Series Making a difference
Summary/Abstract Real-life stories of young people helping others in need.
Standard Number 9781406239607 Hb.
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Helping the environment / Parker, Vic 2012  Book
Parker, Vic Book
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Publication London, Raintree Publishers, 2012.
Description 32pBlack Spine
Series I can make a difference
Summary/Abstract Explains what volunteering is, why it is important, and how we can volunteer to help the environment.
Standard Number 9781406234428 Hb.
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ID:   012441


Heroes of the environment: True stories of people who are helping to protect our planet / Rohmer, Harriet; McLaughlin, Julie (ill.) 2009  Book
Rohmer, Harriet Book
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Publication San Francisco, Chronicle Books LLC, 2009.
Description 109pGreen Spine
Summary/Abstract This inspiring book presents the true stories of 12 people, most of them teenagers or younger adults, from across North America who have done great things for the environment. Heroes include a teenage girl who figured out how to remove an industrial pollutant from the Ohio River, a Mexican superstar wrestler who works to protect turtles and whales, and a teenage boy from Rhode Island who helped his community and his state develop effective e-waste recycling programs.
Standard Number 9780811867795 Hb.
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ID:   026202


I am one: a book of action / Verde, Susan; Reynolds, Peter H. (ill.) 2020  Book
Reynolds, Peter H. (ill.) Book
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Publication New York, Abrams books for young readers, 2020.
Description 24pWhite Spine
Summary/Abstract One child who wants to make a difference joins with another and, through a series of simple actions and others' help, succeeds in making the world a better place. Includes a mindfulness exercise and notes about the importance of taking one first step.
Standard Number 9781419742385 Hb.
Key Words PYP  RISK TAKER  OPEN-MINDED  COURAGEOUS  ACTION  Lexile AD450L 
INITIATIVE  ACTION - Participation 
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Inspiring others / Parker, Vic 2013  Book
Parker, Vic Book
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Publication London, Raintree Publishers, 2013.
Description 48pGreen Spine
Series Making a difference
Summary/Abstract Features the stories of young people from around the world who have used their talents and skills to inspire others, in their local communities and in the wider world. Their stories will inspire readers to make a difference in their own way.
Standard Number 9781406239614 Hb.
Key Words ACTION  PIF  Lexile 990L  Inspiration  INITIATIVE  Role models - Case studies 
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