Phyllis Root
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"The story of a forest "lost" by a surveying error-and all the flora and fauna to be found there A forest, of course, doesn't need a map to know where to grow. But people need a map to find it. And in 1882 when surveyors set out to map a part of Minnesota, they got confused, or tired and cold (it was November), and somehow mapped a great swath of ancient trees as a lake. For more than seventy-five years, the mistake stayed on the map, and the forest...
11) Anywhere farm
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All you need for an anywhere farm is: soil, sunshine, water, and a seed. Colorful illustrations accompany rhyming text that describes a variety of locations, plants, farmers, and farm visitors.
13) The name quilt
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One of Sadie's favorite things to do when she visits her grandmother is to hear stories about the family members whose names are on a special quilt that Grandma had made, so Sadie is very sad when the quilt is blown away in a storm.
15) What baby wants
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Various family members try to stop Baby from crying, but only his brother figures out what he wants.
17) Scrawny cat
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A lost, lonely, and scrawny cat, hungry and afraid, unexpectedly meets someone who takes him in and loves him.
18) Soup for supper
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A wee small woman catches a giant taking the vegetables from her garden and finds that they can share both vegetable soup and friendship.
19) Hop
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Colorful illustrations and simple text on board pages depict five baby bunnies as they play, hop, and nibble on clover.
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Once covering almost 40 percent of the United States, native prairie is today one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world. 'Plant a pocket of prairie' teaches children how changes in one part of the system affect every other part: when prairie plants are destroyed, the animals who eat those plants and live on or around them are harmed as well. Root shows what happens when we work to restore the prairies, encouraging readers to 'plant a pocket...