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2) Hey, water!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"As the girl discovers water in nature, in weather, in her home, and even inside her own body, water comes to life, and kids will find excitement and joy in water and its many forms"--
4) Water can be
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English
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"This picture book poetically explores the many things water can be--from home maker and ship breaker to cloud fluffer and fire snuffer. Backmatter provides additional explanations."--
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Orca footprints volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Part of the nonfiction Orca Footprints series for middle-grade readers, this book explores one of our most precious resources: water"--
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Clean water is one of the leading environmental issues today. In this book, readers will learn about the importance, limited availability, and widespread pollution of clean water. Large-scale and personal solutions to water issues are also presented. Colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics, give readers an alternative to text-heavy sources. Action-based activities will leave students with ideas for improving the world around...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Droughts, acid rain, and pollution are all problems found around the world. Learning about how to conserve and care for the precious water on Earth should be an important part of every person’s science background. This book introduces readers to the fundamental water issues in both first and third world countries. The main content encourages them to think both locally and globally, including real-life examples of conservation efforts complete with...
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There is a limited supply of freshwater on our planet. However, many people think that it is much easier to come by than it actually is. All living things depend on water and yet more than 1.1 billion people worldwide lack daily access to freshwater. Some water is contaminated with water-borne diseases and in some places such as the Sahara Desert there just simply isn't any water for people. This book explores the causes of the freshwater crisis and...
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English
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"Water. The single most necessary element to sustain life. Brockovich warns that America's water crisis isn't looming on the horizon--it's already here. Superman Isn't Coming makes clear that the most precious resource on planet Earth is alarmingly polluted by toxins, hazardous waste, lead, fracking chemicals, and more. In the 20 years since her eponymous film, Brockovich has kept up the fight for clean water one town at a time. She receives thousands...
14) City of water
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English
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"This narrative nonfiction book explores the water system as it affects cities. The narrative tracks our water from its source, moving through pipes and treatment facilities into our taps and fire hydrants, our pools and toilets, then out through storm and sewer systems. It takes a fun, engaged approach that emphasizes the experience of kids and how they relate to water. The underlying message is one of conservation and the importance of equitable...
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"In The Three Ages of Water, expert on water resources and climate change Peter Gleick guides us through the long, fraught history of our most valuable resource. Spread over a ten-thousand-year human history, it begins with the fundamental evolutionary role water had in shaping early civilizations and empires, crests to the scientific and social revolutions that created modern society, and spills into the global water crisis of depleted groundwater...
16) Saving water
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the sources of freshwater on the earth and ways people can conserve water.
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English
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Keep your lawn and garden lush without wasting resources by capturing and recycling the greywater that drains from your sink, shower, and washing machine. This accessible and detailed guide walks you through each step of planning for and installing a variety of greywater systems, including laundry-to-landscape and branched drain gravity-fed systems. After identifying greywater sources in your home and estimating flow rate, you'll learn to pinpoint...
19) Thirst
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Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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"A heroic girl in Mumbai fights for her belief that water should be for everyone"--
20) One two three
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English
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"Mab is the "normal" one, never mind Bourne Memorial High School has banned that term, and besides, she's a stickler for words and definitions and knows normal isn't normal in Bourne. Monday is a stickler for everything else. She doesn't like abbreviations, contractions, lies, typos, or wearing green clothes on yellow days. When the Bourne library shut down--funds desperately needed elsewhere--she stashed the books under her bed, behind the sofa,...