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Restoring Prairie, Woods, and Pond

How a Small Trail Can Make a Big Difference

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Hardcover
$19.99 US
8.28"W x 10.3"H x 0.47"D   | 18 oz | 28 per carton
On sale Apr 25, 2023 | 96 Pages | 9780823451654
Age 10-14 years | Grades 5-9
A small town with few resources comes together to restore nature and create a valuable resource for the entire community in this inspiring middle grade nonfiction book.

Restoring Prairie, Woods, and Pond is about activism at the community level—and tells how a small village transformed a city-owned dumping ground into a nature trail with three distinct ecosystems that runs from an elementary school to a public library and community center. Filled with beautiful photos the book will explain how this trail became a valuable outdoor classroom during covid, a STEM teaching center, a respite for people young and old, and a place for community engagement.Books for a Better Earth are designed to inspire children to become active, knowledgeable participants in caring for the planet they live on.

A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
A Green Earth Book Award Recommended Title
  • RECOMMENDED | 2024
    Green Earth Book Award
★ "A magical and timely story of ecosystems restored to their former glory."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
Laurie Lawlor is a prolific and celebrated author of children's books. Her picture book biography Rachel Carson and her Book That Changed the World was named a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year and a National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Book and received the John Burroughs Riverby Award. Her Super Women: Six Scientists Who Changed the World was named a NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book. She lives and teaches in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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A small town with few resources comes together to restore nature and create a valuable resource for the entire community in this inspiring middle grade nonfiction book.

Restoring Prairie, Woods, and Pond is about activism at the community level—and tells how a small village transformed a city-owned dumping ground into a nature trail with three distinct ecosystems that runs from an elementary school to a public library and community center. Filled with beautiful photos the book will explain how this trail became a valuable outdoor classroom during covid, a STEM teaching center, a respite for people young and old, and a place for community engagement.Books for a Better Earth are designed to inspire children to become active, knowledgeable participants in caring for the planet they live on.

A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
A Green Earth Book Award Recommended Title

Awards

  • RECOMMENDED | 2024
    Green Earth Book Award

Praise

★ "A magical and timely story of ecosystems restored to their former glory."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

Author

Laurie Lawlor is a prolific and celebrated author of children's books. Her picture book biography Rachel Carson and her Book That Changed the World was named a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year and a National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Book and received the John Burroughs Riverby Award. Her Super Women: Six Scientists Who Changed the World was named a NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book. She lives and teaches in the Chicago metropolitan area.