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Owlexander's Tree Trek is a mile long, running through the park's woods. It features 14 kinds of Ohio trees, including each tree’s family name, leaf shape, bark appearance, commercial use, and, in some cases, even folklore!
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Wishtree
by Katherine Applegate
A wise old oak tree that stands as the neighborhood's "wishtree," - where people write wishes on cloth and tie them to her branches - shares her days with her crow friend and helps the community embrace differences when new neighbors move in and are not warmly welcomed.
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Bird & Squirrel on Fire
by James Burks
Squirrel and Bird return home and Bird wants to celebrate, but Squirrel's desire to clean his house - a dammed-up river and a growing menace making the forest animals jittery - may be enough
to kill the party mood.
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Trees Make Perfect Pets
by Paul Czajak
Receiving the dogwood tree she wanted for her birthday, a
delighted Abigail enjoys her unusual pet’s cool shade, obedience when directed to “stay,” and gift of air to breathe - until it grows
so big that it needs to be planted outdoors.
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Winter Trees
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Carole Gerber
A boy and his dog walk through a wintry forest and identify seven common trees, even with bare branches.
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My Forest is Green
by Darren Lebeuf
Exploring the urban forest near his home with art supplies in tow,
a young boy with keen observation skills uses poetic, rhythmic language and a variety of materials - from charcoal and rocks to
cut-paper collage and sponge painting - to create art inspired by
the environments he sees.
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Hug a Tree, Geronimo by Geronimo StiltonDeciding to buy his aunt's old farm where he has fond childhood memories of shared family holidays, Geronimo Stilton investigates a large oak tree on the property that is reputed to hide legendary secrets. |
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All About Forests
by Christina Mia Gardeski
What can you find in a forest? From the treetops to the forest floor,
a forest is full of life! This covers falling leaves, busy squirrels, and other secrets of the forest for beginning readers.
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Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for Kids
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Gail Gibbons
Describes different kinds of trees and how to identify them, presents the many parts of a tree, inside and out, with detailed cutaway illustrations and labels, and includes an explanation of photosynthesis.
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Nature All Around: Trees
by Pamela Hickman
High-detail artwork complements this introduction to trees and the important role they play in nature, covering such essential topics as tree life cycles, the forest regions of North America, and the processes of photosynthesis and respiration.
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The Lost Forest
by Phyllis Root
A forest, of course, doesn’t need a map to know where to grow,
but people need a map to find it. 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 remained safe from logging - no lumber baron expects to find timber in a lake, after all.
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Centerville Library
111 W. Spring Valley Rd.
Centerville, OH 45458
(937) 433-8091
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Woodbourne Library
6060 Far Hills Avenue Centerville, OH 45459
(937) 435-3700 |
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