1.
Series:
Big Sharks, Small World
Board book
Mark Leiren-Young
9781459831544
$10.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 0 - 2
Oct 18, 2022
Meet different sharks from around the world in this rhyming board book. Did you know that some sharks have friends? Or that there are some sharks bigger than trucks, while others are smaller than ducks? There are sharks who can walk on land and others who play hide-and-seek in the sand. Shark expert and enthusiast Mark Leiren-Young's rhyming couplets are paired with striking photographs of many different kinds of sharks, introducing little ones to the wonder and variety of this often misunderstood fish.
2.
Series:
The Late, Great Endlings
Stories of the Last Survivors
Hardcover
Deborah Kerbel
9781459827660
$21.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
Oct 18, 2022
★“This beautiful dedication to these special animals brings the reality and the irreversible finality of extinction to the forefront and calls on readers to act now, before so many other animals become endlings. Highly recommended for all collections.”—Booklist, starred review The endlings: the last known survivors of a species. Something that you may not know: in each and every case of a disappearing species, extinction had a face. Over the past 500 years, thousands of species of plants and animals have become extinct. The Late, Great Endling...
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3.
Series: My Great Bear Rainforest
Wolf Island
Paperback
Ian McAllister
9781459833678
$14.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
Sep 13, 2022
"The story is really told by the big, bright pictures—which glow with the rhythms and beauties of this remote habitat...Enthralling fare for budding naturalists." —Kirkus Reviews The Great Bear Rainforest is a majestic place full of tall trees, huge bears and endless schools of salmon. Award-winning photographer and author Ian McAllister's luminous photographs illustrate the story of a lone wolf who swims to one of the small islands that dot the rainforest's coast. The island provides him with everything he needs—deer, salmon, fresh water—every...
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4.
Series: The World Around Us
On Our Nature Walk
Our First Talk About Our Impact on the Environment
Paperback
Dr. Jillian Roberts
9781459833685
$14.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
Sep 13, 2022
A gentle introduction to the important topic of the environment. Crafted around a conversation between a grade-school-aged child and an adult, this inquiry-focused book using age-appropriate language and tone will help children shape their understanding of the natural world and how they participate in protecting it. Dr. Roberts starts the discussion with the types of pollution and trash that children might notice on a nature walk or a trip to the beach, how they are caused and how to work to improve things in their own lives and communities. Th...
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5.
Series: Orca Wild
Sharks Forever
The Mystery and History of the Planet’s Perfect Predator
Hardcover
Mark Leiren-Young
9781459827561
$24.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Oct 18, 2022
Explore the latest science about sharks. Did you know that some sharks have friends? Or that there are sharks small enough to swim in a soup can? There are sharks who can walk on land and others who make their own light. There are ancient sharks who lived in the oceans millions of years ago, and new species who have just been discovered. Most importantly, did you know that most sharks are fighting for their survival? Sharks Forever takes a deep dive into the lives of sharks––their habitat, biology, habits and personalities. It also looks at the...
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6.
Series: Orca Footprints
Listen Up!
Exploring the World of Natural Sound
Hardcover
Stephen Aitken
9781459827103
$21.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Sep 13, 2022
The sounds of nature are being drowned out by the clamor of human activity, and that's not good for people, animals or the environment. Every living thing emits sound—birds sing, whales whistle, streams burble and trees pop and fizzle. In Listen Up, young readers are introduced to all the sounds of the natural world, from the first Big Bang to the complex soundscapes of the rainforests. Readers will also discover how the invasion of human sounds, from airplanes, traffic and machines, is threatening the survival of species that have adapted to t...
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7.
Series:
Akpa's Journey
Hardcover
Mia Pelletier
9781772274295
$18.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
Jul 26, 2022
After thick-billed murre Akpa emerges from his egg, high on an Arctic cliff, he soon learns that he must embark on a long migration before he is even able to fly. Flinging himself into the icy water with his father to guide him, Akpa must swim 1,000 kilometres of his journey south before he is able to finally fly the final leg of his journey. Adult male murres are also unable to fly during this time of the year, due to their changing feathers, so father and son must navigate south on the choppy ocean waves, meeting new and unfamiliar creatures ...
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8.
Series:
Who's Looking?
How Animals See the World
Hardcover
Carol Matas
9781459826762
$21.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 5
Apr 12, 2022
★“In this delightfully original nonfiction picture book… the readable text offers understandable science, while the engaging illustrations promote careful investigation. A valuable addition to science and nature collections. Highly recommended.”—School Library Journal, starred review How do animals see the world? It turns out, very differently. In this nonfiction picture book, a young girl and her baby sister's outdoor adventure (hiking through the forest, picnicking in the grass and swimming in the ocean) is overseen by the local fauna. The wa...
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9.
Series:
Little Pine Cone
Wildfires and the Natural World
Hardcover
Johanna Wagstaffe
9781459828308
$21.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
May 17, 2022
Jacky notices that the climate is changing and the summers are becoming hotter and drier... Little Jacky is a Jack pine cone who loves living in the woods with all of her animal friends. When a fire breaks out in her forest, all her friends run to safety and the firefighters battle the flames. The fire threatens to get too close to a neighboring village and Jacky watches as the people who live there, and the fire crew, take measures to make sure everyone is safe. While the village is protected from the fire, Little Jacky is scorched by the flam...
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10.
Series: My Great Bear Rainforest
The Seal Garden
Paperback
Ian McAllister
9781459833654
$14.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
Apr 12, 2022
When storms roar and orcas are on the prowl, it's the seal gardens of the Great Bear Sea that provide safety and shelter. Ian McAllister's glorious photographs reveal the beauty and mystery of this rarely seen place of refuge for sea lions, otters, a variety of seals and other sea mammals. This is the third title in the My Great Bear Rainforest series.
11.
Series:
Charlotte Diamond's Animal Friends
A Collection of Songs
Hardcover
Charlotte Diamond
9781459828940
$21.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 5
May 17, 2022
Award-winning singer and songwriter Charlotte Diamond brings you her very first picture-book song collection! This book will captivate children, parents, grandparents, teachers and educators already familiar with Charlotte’s songs and delight a whole new generation of readers entertained by the rhythm and whimsy of her lyrics. Throughout her career of over 35 years, songs like “Octopus (Slippery Fish)” and “Dicky Dinosaur” have become daily requests in schools and daycares around the world. Opening and closing with personal remarks from Charlot...
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12.
Series: Orca Wild
Orcas Everywhere
The Mystery and History of Killer Whales
Hardcover
Mark Leiren-Young
9781459819986
$24.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Sep 03, 2019
Orcas are found in every ocean on the planet, but can they survive their relationship with humans? Orcas Everywhere looks at how humans around the world (Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike) related to orcas in the past, how we relate to them now and what we can do to keep cetacean communities alive and thriving. The book deals with science, philosophy, environmentalism and ethics in a kid-friendly and accessible way. Writer, filmmaker and orca activist Mark Leiren-Young takes us back to when killer whales were considered monsters and examines ...
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13.
Series:
Orcas of the Salish Sea
Hardcover
Mark Leiren-Young
9781459825055
$19.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
Apr 14, 2020
Meet Onyx and the orcas of J pod, the world’s most famous whales. Illustrated with stunning photos, this picture book introduces young readers to the orcas humans first fell in love with. The members of J pod live in the Salish Sea, off the coast of Washington and British Columbia. Moby Doll was the first orca ever displayed in captivity, Granny was the oldest orca known to humanity, and Scarlet was the orca humans fought to save.
14.
Series:
Island in the Salish Sea
Hardcover
Sheryl McFarlane
9781459813458
$19.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 5
Sep 18, 2018
This gorgeously illustrated picture book is a celebration of summer vacation and West Coast island life. Every day is different on Gran's island in the Salish Sea as granddaughter climbs big-leaf maples, eats blackberries, explores tide pools and sandstone caves and examines ancient middens and petroglyphs. She and Gran watch harbor seals sunning themselves and Gran's neighbor carving an eagle out of a piece of cedar while drinking fresh nettle tea. And on her way home, our young narrator sees a pod of orcas, breaching, tail lobbing and spy-hop...
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15.
Series:
In the Company of Whales
Paperback
Alexandra Morton
9781551430584
$15.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
Jan 01, 1993
Through diary entries, notes and photographs, In the Company of Whales explores Alexandra Morton's efforts to better understand the habits and behaviors of the killer whale off Canada's west coast. As a fascinating introduction to the life of a scientist working in the field, the book will entertain and inspire readers young and old. After fourteen years of studying Orca in the wild, Morton continues to delight in the challenge presented by these magnificent mammals.
16.
Series:
Waiting for the Whales
Facsimile edition
Paperback
Sheryl McFarlane
9781459813687
$14.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 5
Mar 07, 2017
Waiting for the Whales illuminates the unique friendship between grandparent and child and celebrates the restorative power of the natural world. An old man lives alone on a bluff overlooking the sea, tends his garden and waits. Only when the whales return each year to the bay in front of his cottage is his loneliness eased. Until, one day, an unexpected visitor arrives. Originally published over thirty years ago, this award-winning picture book is sure to enchant a whole new generation of readers.
17.
Series: Orca Wild
Return from Extinction
The Triumph of the Elephant Seal
Hardcover
Linda L. Richards
9781459821361
$24.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Oct 13, 2020
Less than 100 years ago, the northern elephant seal was thought to be extinct. Today more than 250,000 elephant seals swim in the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Mexico. In Return from Extinction: The Triumph of the Elephant Seal Linda L. Richards tells the story of their dramatic recovery. Elephant seals were hunted to near extinction for their precious oil before the Mexican government stepped in to protect them. Many people thought it was too late. Even though the life of the elephant seal is difficult and only 20 percent of pups born will mak...
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18.
Series:
1, 2, 3 Salish Sea
A Pacific Northwest Counting Book
Hardcover
Nikki McClure
9781459827370
$19.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 5
Jan 19, 2021
From one to ten and well beyond, explore the Salish Sea in this visually striking, high-concept counting primer. Acclaimed West Coast artist Nikki McClure uses a single piece of paper and an X-ACTO knife to create her simple yet exquisite images. Whether it's one stubby squid or one million raindrops, readers young and not-so-young will delight in this distinctly Pacific picture book.
19.
Series: My Great Bear Rainforest
A Whale's World
Hardcover
Ian McAllister
9781459812734
$19.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
Aug 28, 2018
A Whale’s World follows a pod of spy-hopping orcas as they explore the ecosystems of the Great Bear Sea while hunting for their next meal. Past rocky shores and through kelp forests, they observe foraging wolves, hungry grizzly bears, curious black bears, graceful fin whales, splashing porpoises, slippery seals and other members of the Pacific coastal food web. The book gives readers a fun introduction to the many ways that marine and land animals interact with their environments and with each other.
20.
Series:
The Great Bear Sea
Exploring the Marine Life of a Pacific Paradise
Paperback
Ian McAllister
9781459800199
$19.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Sep 01, 2013
This amazing part of the northeast Pacific Ocean is home to some of the planet's mightiest and most beloved residents: whales, sea lions, dolphins, orcas, sea otters and wild salmon. Following up the success of their first two books about the Great Bear Rainforest, The Salmon Bears and The Sea Wolves, Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read take readers on an expedition into the wondrous and mysterious underwater world of the Great Bear Sea. Filled with spectacular images of this largely unknown part of the world, the book also explores the uncertain ...
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21.
Series: Orca Wild
Sea Otters
A Survival Story
Hardcover
Isabelle Groc
9781459817371
$24.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Apr 28, 2020
Sea otters once ruled the Pacific Ocean, but the fur trade of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries brought this predator to near extinction. Today they’re slowly coming back from the brink, and scientists are learning more about their pivotal role as one of nature’s keystone species. This book looks at the history, biology, behavior and uncertain future of sea otters. Author and photojournalist Isabelle Groc takes us into the field: watching sea otter rafts off the British Columbia coast from a kayak, exploring what makes their fur coats so...
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22.
Series:
The Sea Wolves
Living Wild in the Great Bear Rainforest
Paperback
Ian McAllister
9781554692064
$19.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Oct 01, 2010
The Sea Wolves sets out to disprove the notion of "the Big Bad Wolf," especially as it is applied to coastal wolves—a unique strain of wolf that lives in the rainforest along the Pacific coast of Canada. Genetically distinct from their inland cousins and from wolves in any other part of the world, coastal wolves can swim like otters and fish like the bears with whom they share the rainforest. Smaller than the gray wolves that live on the other side of the Coast Mountains, these wolves are highly social and fiercely intelligent creatures. Living...
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23.
Series:
Babies of the Great Bear Rainforest
Board book
Ian McAllister
9781459821668
$10.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 0 - 2
Feb 26, 2019
Every spring the Great Bear Rainforest becomes a nursery to some of the most adorable baby animals out there. Award-winning nature photographer Ian McAllister has photographed the cutest of the cute to teach the little ones in your life about some of the little ones found in this temperate rainforest on British Columbia's Pacific coast. Orca calves, wolf cubs, seal pups and herring eggs (arguably not traditionally cute but still interesting!) feature in this vibrant exploration of one of the most beautiful great outdoors on offer in this big wi...
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24.
Series:
Jessie's Island
New edition
Paperback
Sheryl McFarlane
9781459810525
$10.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 5
May 01, 2015
With a long list of activities and events to attend, cousin Thomas paints a picture of city life that makes Jessie’s world seem a little dull in comparison. When her mother suggests they invite Thomas to visit their island, Jessie wonders glumly what she could possibly write in her letter that would sound as exciting as zoos, planetariums or video arcades. But as Jessie looks out over her island home, she sees a world of endless variety, from killer whales in the strait and bald eagles soaring overhead to anemones in tide pools and tiny hermit ...
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25.
Series: Orca Footprints
Dive In!
Exploring Our Connection with the Ocean
Hardcover
Ann Eriksson
9781459815865
$19.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Oct 09, 2018
We're all connected to the ocean, and the ocean to us. The ocean provides half the oxygen we breathe; it feeds us, creates our weather and provides us with water. But we haven't been as kind to the ocean in return. The problems are many: pollution, overfishing, rising seas and acid waters. What can be done? Don't despair; take action. Dive In! explores our intimate connection with the ocean and provides every reader with an achievable set of actions that can help improve ocean health for our sake and the sake of the millions of marine plants an...
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26.
Series: Orca Footprints
Going Wild
Helping Nature Thrive in Cities
Hardcover
Michelle Mulder
9781459812871
$19.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Mar 20, 2018
What if the new key to making our lives safer (and even healthier) is to allow the wilderness back into our cities? Going wild. We don't see it as a good thing. And why would we? For most of our time on earth, humanity has been running from lions and other wilderness dangers. We've worked hard to make our local landscapes as safe and convenient as possible. Sometimes that's meant paving over areas that might burst into weeds. Other times, we've dammed rivers for electricity or irrigation. But now pollution, climate change and disruptions to the...
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27.
Series:
Big Whales, Small World
Board book
Mark Leiren-Young
9781459825024
$10.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 0 - 2
Apr 14, 2020
In Big Whales, Small World you will meet whales from around the world. This rhyming photographic board book visits the oceans of places like New Zealand, Russia and South America. Writer, filmmaker and orca activist Mark Leiren-Young introduces young readers to blue whales bigger than dinosaurs and tiny vaquitas who swim close to shores.