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Topic: Food

Subtopics: Berries, Food Justice, Food Packaging, Food Waste, Food Webs, Foraging, Fruit, Nuts, Local Food Movement, Veganism, Vegetables, Vegetarianism

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Julie and the Mango Tree

by Sadé Smith

“Julie loved all kinds of fruit. But the ones she loved most were mangoes.”

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Jungledrop

by Abi Elphinstone

“My brother and my friend in Jungledrop taught me that worlds are not built by people of power!” she cried. “Worlds are built by people who care! Kingdoms go on because kindness goes on.”

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Nell Plants a Tree

by Anne Wynter

“Before anyone finds out how high they can climb, Nell picks up a seed.”

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Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas

by Molly Bang, Penny Chisholm

“Dive into the sea! Now flip over slowly, and look up. The water is shimmering with light – my light. I am your sun, your golden star. All ocean life depends on me; so does all life on land.”

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Over and Under the Pond

by Kate Messner

“Over the pond, the wind gives us a push and stirs the light-dappled leaves on shore. There on a branch, a new goldfinch teeters, finally ready to fly. Under the pond, tadpoles are changing, learning to hop. They’re losing tails, growing legs, growing up.”

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Pikmin 3

by Nintendo

“If they carefully cultivate the seeds they’ve harvested, it just may bring salvation to the people of Koppai.”

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Rooftop Garden

by Danna Smith

“A rooftop garden is what we need / Friends and family all agree. / A garden starts with hardy seeds. / A rooftop garden is what we need.”

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Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet

by April Pulley Sayre

“Thank you for beginnings, / for endings, / for lifetimes. Thank you for being / our home”

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The Climate Book

by Greta Thunberg

“This is the biggest story in the world”

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The Coquíes Still Sing

by Karina Nicole González

“He hands me a fistful of vegetable seeds and says, ‘This is our gold’.”

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The Extraordinary Book That Eats Itself

by Penelope Arlon, Susan Hayes

“This is a book that turns itself into dozens of eco-projects to inspire you to think more about the planet we all call home.”

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The Getaway

by Lamar Giles

“So many times in history it’s the youth who see the clearest and can save the day”.

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The History of Bees

by Maja Lunde

“But bees cannot be tamed. They can only be tended, receive our care.”

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The Raven’s Song

by Bren MacDibble, Zana Fraillon

“Yes, I know people in the old days lived in giant mega-cities smothered in dirty clouds … and parts of the honoured and natural world died and the seas rose and we invaded the wild areas and new diseases took hold and killed most of their children and now we have to stay in our townships and keep our hair short and our hands clean and not make a peep of pollution and not increase our numbers even by one. … Three hundred and fifty kind, ethical, truthful people on seven hundred hectares or not at all.”

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Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

by Kate Messner

“Down in the dirt is a whole busy world of earthworms and insects, digging and building and stirring up soil. They’re already working down in the dirt.”

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