Nature

The Wolf Wilder

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Wolves, like children, are not born to lead calm lives.

Feo's live is extraordinary. She and her mother train domesticated wolves to fend for themselves in the snowy wilderness of Russia. She loves working with the wolves, especially the three that have been wilded but refuse to leave Feo. They're half-wild, not pets.

The Wolf Wilder

The Lucky Ducklings

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A true story about a mama duck and her five ducklings that had to be rescued from the town storm drain during an early morning walk.

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Primary
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00:09
The Lucky Ducklings

Animals Welcome: A Life of Reading, Writing, and Rescue

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Peg Kehret has long been known to her readers as the author who loves animals.

In this loving memoir, she recounts the joys and challenges of her life on a small animal sanctuary.

She rescues a mother cat and her kittens who were shot with a pellet gun, and discovers a black bear on her porch, staring at her through the window. She studies the animals and birds she encounters, attempting to improve the lives of band-tail pigeons and starving deer.

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950L
Animals Welcome: A Life of Reading, Writing, and Rescue

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

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The best-selling author of The Botany of Desire explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the 21st century. "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma.

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Half a Chance

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Lucy's family has just moved to an old house on a New Hampshire lake, and her dad, a famous photographer, is already leaving on another business trip.

Maybe it's because she misses him. Maybe it's because she wants to show him that she's talented too. So when Lucy discovers that her dad is judging a photography contest, she decides to enter. Is her eye for photography really something special? Now, at last, she might find out.

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690L
Half a Chance

Bear Has A Story To Tell

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In this endearing tale of friendship, animals are helped by Bear to get ready for winter. But will they be awake long enough for him to tell his story?

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Primary
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00:09
Bear Has A Story To Tell

Cloudette

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Sometimes being small has its advantages. When Cloudette wants to do something big, she discovers that a little cloud can make a big difference.

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Primary
Elementary
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00:12
Cloudette

And Then it's Spring

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A young boy and his dog decide they have had enough of winter, so they resolve to plant a garden. Join them as they savor the anticipation of new growth.

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Primary
Elementary
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00:08
And Then it's Spring

My Garden

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A girl dreams of creating a garden full of chocolate rabbits, flowers that change colors, seashells and tomatoes the size of beach balls. Narrated by Cassandra Morris with music by Ernest Troost.

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Elementary
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00:10
My Garden

My Side of the Mountain

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My Side of the Mountain, based on the book by Jean George, is the unique adventure of thirteen-year-old Sam Gribley. Sam's hero is naturalist poet Henry David Thoreau, so Sam writes a note for his folks, packs up and leaves home for the challenge of wilderness living. Realizing his dream, Sam feeds himself, builds a makeshift home and learns to live in harmony with nature - miles from civilization.

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Elementary
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01:40
My Side of the Mountain

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