Wanda's Humpback Hula Show


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When Wanda's new baby brother arrives, she feels left out and miserable . . . until she cleverly hulas her way to humpback fame. Wanda delights in her newfound stardom, but one day a careless mistake ruins everything.




Pocketmouse at Crystal Cove


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There are many endangered animals in the world, but none quite like Pocketmouse. He's absolutely determined to find out why he's the only pocket mouse living at Crystal Cove. He snoops and explores. He makes mistakes. And he gets into plenty of trouble when he encounters the dreaded and frightful, fang-toothed feral cat, and then later, narrowly escapes drowning in a rising tide pool. Fortunately, his perseverance is rewarded when he reconnects with a longtime friend, who reveals the secret of his past--and shares her admiration for the little mouse. An inspirational story that introduces children to changing habitats and endangered species.




The Language Instinct


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"A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." — New York Times Book Review The classic work on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind In The Language Instinct, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published.




The Practice of the Wild


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A collection of captivatingly meditative essays that display a deep understanding of Buddhist belief, wildness, wildlife, and the world from an American cultural force. With thoughts ranging from political and spiritual matters to those regarding the environment and the art of becoming native to this continent, the nine essays in The Practice of the Wild display the deep understanding and wide erudition of Gary Snyder. These essays, first published in 1990, stand as the mature centerpiece of Snyder's work and thought, and this profound collection is widely accepted as one of the central texts on wilderness and the interaction of nature and culture.




Post-Colonial and African American Women's Writing


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This accessible and unusually wide-ranging book is essential reading for anyone interested in postcolonial and African American women's writing. It provides a valuable gender and culture inflected critical introduction to well established women writers: Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Margaret Atwood, Suniti Namjoshi, Bessie Head, and others from the U.S.A., India, Africa, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and introduces emergent writers from South East Asia, Cyprus and Oceania. Engaging with and clarifying contested critical areas of feminism and the postcolonial; exploring historical background and cultural context, economic, political, and psychoanalytic influences on gendered experience, it provides a cohesive discussion of key issues such as cultural and gendered identity, motherhood, mothertongue, language, relationships, women's economic constraints and sexual politics.




Baby Honu Saves the Day


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Baby Honu, a tiny sea turtle, helps a dolphin named Mama Nai'a find her lost keiki, and gains self-confidence in the process.




Berto Yosemite's Rock-lovin' Bear


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Yosemite bears are brave mountaineers--all except Berto, who's terrified of heights! He's also afraid of a bully named Buck, who torments him and makes fun of his rock collection. Berto's problems only get worse until finally he learns that, just like the rocks, he has strength of his own.




Flow Learning


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In his newest release, Flow Learning®, Joseph Bharat Cornell shares a transformative learning process that empowers participants to awaken their higher human qualities through direct experiences in nature. Flow Learning provides the essential ingredients for true learning, as well as a recipe for the inner transformation that every educator strives to bring their students. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, education and the classroom settings are undergoing dramatic changes. Flow Learning helps us utilize the one thing accessible to each of us: nature. This book offers living examples, activities, and points of reflection to help the reader understand how to use these concepts for best effect-whether you're a parent, teacher, group facilitator, or nature enthusiast. Cornell's Sharing Nature® books have "sparked a worldwide revolution in nature education," and have been published in twenty-seven languages and sold over a million copies. After the success of his award-winning books Sharing Nature and Deep Nature Play, Flow Learning completes his earlier works with an in-depth teaching system that awakens us to our higher potential by experiencing the joy of being in nature.




A is for Aloha


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Completing our acclaimed Discover America State by State series is A is for Aloha: AHawaii Alphabet. The landscape of Hawaii is as exotic as its history and people. Written and illustrated by native Hawaiians, U'ilani Goldsberry and Tammy Yee, Ais for Aloha is a lovingly created introduction to one of the most-visited places on Earth. From the meaning of the word aloha to the plight of the state bird author U'ilani Goldsberry answers questions that most Malihinis have about this lush multi-island paradise. Author U'ilani Goldsberry was born on the island of Maui, in the small town of Pu'unene. She now lives in La'ie on the northeastern coast of O'ahu. She has written a variety of books including three Auntie U'i books. Illustrator Tammy Yee grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. She currently lives in Windward O'ahu.




Wrinklerump


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It's Wrinklerump's first winter alone, and he needs a cave! He should have listened to Mother, who warned him not to dally around. But just as she feared, Wrinklerump would rather go sightseeing than work on finding a cave. Now Wrinklerump needs to buckle down . . . before it's too late! Kids will have fun following Wrinklerump's sightseeing shenanigans as he explores Yellowstone's rivers, canyon, and geothermal features, and they'll also discover why it's a good idea to exercise self-control.