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Let's celebrate Earth by picking up and keeping it clean. This audiobook teaches listeners how to take care of our home. Pairs with the fiction title Milo's Earth Day.

Elephants are powerful engineers that make many positive changes to their ecosystems. From trampling trees to digging watering holes and more, explore the lives and habits of these gentle giants.

Corals are tiny sea creatures that make a big impact. By working together, corals build huge reefs where many plants and animals live. Get ready to uncover the secrets of these ocean ecosystem engineers.

Alligators are engineers of the wetlands. Learn all about these amazing animals, including where they live, details about their life cycle, how they change their environment, and how the changes they make benefit other wildlife.

Have you ever wondered how water moves around on Earth? An introduction to the water cycle, including precipitation, evaporation, condensation, and more, is explored through this newest addition to the How Do series. The How Do series is a great introduction to various STEM topics, each presented in a format that encourages audiences to ask questions and guess the answers before exploring the science behind them.

Newly reintroduced along with his pack to Yellowstone National Park, Wolf 8 struggles at first. Small and bullied by his siblings, he must learn to fend for himself in his new home, learning to hunt, compete for food, and even stand up to a grizzly bear 10 times his size. One day, little 8 meets an alpha female raising a litter of pups on her own. Her mate was killed by humans. Can little 8 rise to the occasion and help the young family survive? Is he ready to be an alpha wolf?

Where do plants come from? Seeds! Using simple text, young listeners will follow along as Sidney plants cucumber seeds in a garden. Pairs with nonfiction title Planting Seeds.

Trees have many parts from the bottom all the way to the top! This simple, engaging text allows emergent book explorers to discover the parts of an apple tree. Pairs with the fiction title Grandpa's Trees.

What does a garden need? This engaging and easy-to-understand text shows emergent book explorers all the parts of a flourishing garden.

By digging in the dirt, earthworms help plants thrive. This engaging and easy-to-understand text introduces emergent book explorers to the important role earthworms play in gardening.

Discover a jungle of repulsive plants in this gross guide! Learn about a flower that smells like rotting meat, a plant that swallows bugs, leaves that make you itch, and more.

A leaf can be a...shade spiller, mouth filler, tree topper, rain stopper. Find out about the many roles leaves play in this poetic exploration of leaves throughout the year.

Science writer and plant expert Rebecca E. Hirsch presents fun and gross facts about a variety of plants along with explaining the science behind why they do what they do. Featured plants include the Venus flytrap, an African tree that houses stinking ants to protect itself from hungry animals, a "vampire vine" that sucks nutrients from other plants, and fiendishly invasive kudzu.

In Elkhorn Slough, an inlet on the California coast, seagrass grows healthy and strong in the shallow water. This healthy seagrass baffled marine biologist Brent Hughes. The scientist expected this estuary to be overrun with algae, causing the seagrass to die. Why was the seagrass thriving? As Brent investigated, signs pointed to an unexpected player helping to keep the seagrass healthy: sea otters! What do these top predators have to do with an aquatic grass at the opposite end of the food chain?

What do plants eat? Why do some plants have flowers and others don’t? And what’s the tallest plant out there? Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files is the perfect nonfiction resource for all these questions and more. Based on the bestselling series and the new Netflix show, this new nonfiction series is perfect for the youngest scientists of tomorrow as they learn along with Ada.

Simple text describes a lightning storm to young listeners. Pair this nonfiction title with its companion fiction story, Hiding from Lightning.

What do you like best about summer? Hear these kids enjoy nature and their favorite activities. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, Maya Likes the Beach.

What happens in fall? Leaves change color, fall from the trees, and need raking. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion, Fall Colors.

Look at where the sun shines - from farms and highways to cities and parks. Pair this nonfiction title with its companion fiction story, Turtles in the Sun.

How can you describe clouds? This book examines different types of clouds - noticing color, size, and thickness. Pair this nonfiction title with its companion fiction book, Into the Clouds.