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2) River
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A river gradually becomes depleted as more and more people use its resources to build cities, transport goods, and handle sewage.
3) The old boat
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2nd Grade Reading
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Multicultural Literature and Nature Education
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Multicultural Literature and Nature Education
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"Off a small island, a boy and his grandfather set sail in their beloved fishing boat. They ride the waves, catching wants and wishes and seeing the wonders of the ocean. But soon the boy is sailing the boat himself, drifting further from shore as the waters grow muddied and turbulent. When a storm washes him ashore, he sees home in a new light. He decides to turn the tides of his fortune, cleaning the island's waters and creating a new life with...
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"The Laskarises' relocation to Wilford Island, Florida, is a big key change for Mimi ... Then her science teacher, Ms. Miller, shows her class a TED Talk by Melati and Isabel Wijsen. At ages twelve and ten, they lobbied to ban single-use plastic bags on their home island of Bali--and won. Their story strikes a chord for Mimi. She's twelve. Could a kid like her make such a big change in a place that she's not yet sure feels like home?"--
11) Uno's garden
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Uno builds a home and garden in the magnificent forest among the playful puddlebuts and feathered frinklepods, but as the place becomes more and more popular, it is overtaken by tourists and buildings until the forest and animals seem to disappear altogether.
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Obe Devlin spends a lot of his time cleaning up the creek that runs through what little is left of his family's once extensive farmland, and worrying about what the developers are doing nearby, and the pollution it is causing--but one day he finds a strange creature by his creek that eats plastic, and soon the animal he calls Marvin Gardens becomes his personal secret, which he believes needs to be protected from pretty much everybody.
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Nancy, Sluggo and their genius friend Homer build a flying, floating, wild vehicle out of recycled materials and take off for a fun-filled adventure all around the great state of Tennessee! Along the way, they help to clean up the water, air, and land while meeting some wonderful, funny, and wise new animal friends.
19) Riparia's river
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When Gretchen, her twin brother Jason, their little sister Daphne, and a friend find their favorite swimming hole filled with green slime, they learn how the water became polluted and what can be done to clean it up.