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NEW
LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS FOR MEMBERS'
LENDING
January
-- 2001
California Academy of Sciences Library
Pub. S494.5
.B563 L37 1998
Against the Grain:
Biotechnology and the Corporate Takeover of Your Food / Marc Lappé,
Ph.D. and Britt Bailey. Monroe,
ME: Common Courage Press, 1998.
Lappé, a doctorate
in Experimental Psychology and Director of the Center for Ethics and Toxics
(CETOS), and Bailey, a Master in Policy Policy and a research associate at CETOS,
have put together a compelling volume about the science and politics behind
genetically engineered foods. "Their contention, thoroughly documented
with facts and citations, is that the quest for corporate profits has ridden
roughshod over questions of public health, freedom of choice and ecological
stability."
Notes are included at the end of each chapter. A glossary and an index are also
presented.
Pub. GF8
.A7 1999
At Home on the Earth:
Becoming Native to Our Place / Edited by David Landis Barnhill. Berkeley,
CA: University of California Press, 1999.
This volume contains essays
from contemporary American writers on discovering a sense of place. The collection,
a multicultural anthology, includes essays by Native Americans, African Americans,
Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and women. The book is divided into two
sections: Living in Place, and Places to Live. Authors of the essays include
Sue Hubbell and Alice Walker.
Pub. BF637
.M4 K56 1997
Becomings: A Unique
Experience of Our Earth / Ellie King. Aurora,
Ohio: Moonwillow Press, 1997.
The reader can use this
book to learn to visualize nature through different habitats and different animals.
The relaxation techniques allow you to become a part of what you're thinking
about. The book also encourages you to record your own experiences.
The volume also recommends books on visualization and nature books of interest.
Pub. GE149
.H47 1998
Earth Odyssey: Around
the World in Search of Our Environmental Future / Mark Hertsgaard. New
York: Broadway Books, 1998.
An investigative journalist,
the author spent time over a decade traveling the world and learning about pollution
and the environment. During that time, he saw population growth and environmental
deterioration, but he did not lose hope. His book is considered by some to be
a mesh of travel writing and analysis. Through the analysis of his travels,
he tries to answer the question, "Will our species survive the environmental
depredations committed by global capitalism and heavy industrial socialism --
and, if so, how?" In the epilogue, Hertsgaard reminds the reader that no
one knows if the damage inflicted so far is irreversible. However, we do know
that if we do nothing, we will lose.
The book contains notes by chapter and an index.
Pub. QH81
.L595 2000
Keeping a Nature Journal:
Discovering a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You / Clare Walker
Leslie and Charles E. Roth. Pownal,
VT: Storey Books, 2000.
Would you like to develop
skills in observing, sketching, writing, and appreciating? This book might provide
you with a way to develop those skills, and more! A nature journal is a way
of recording observations, perceptions, and feelings about the world around
you. It is a way to connect with nature through prose, poetry, sketching, painting,
music, and sound recordings.
Divided into three sections -- Getting Started, Journaling Through the Seasons,
Learning and Teaching Nature Journaling -- the book contains the basic information
you need to know, information on equipment, , how to record observations, tips
and lessons on drawing, where to go journaling, and much, much more. The book
also includes a guide to suggested reading, resource, recommended nature journalists,
and an index.
Pub. GE170
.P45 1999
People, Plants, &
Justice: The Politics of Nature Conservation / Edited by Charles Zerner.
New
York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
Fifteen individually written
chapters, thirteen of them case studies, are presented in this volume. Influences
from fields as diverse as history, anthropology, sociology, literature, and
law are used to examine and question our thoughts on the current state of organized
conservation, and new ways in which seekers of justice can combine their work
with conservationists. The original cases included in the volumes come from
Asia, Central and South America, Africa, and the Pacific.
Maps, references, and an index are included.
Pub. QH75
.P493 1994
Place of the Wild:
A Wildlands Anthology / Edited by David Clarke Burks. Washington,
D.C.: Island Press, 1994.
This anthology volume contains
thirty selections on and about wildlands. "Each of the writers was invited
to contribute a new or substantially revised piece for the anthology."
Many of the selections have their own references and notes.
Pub. HD9000.5
.S454 2000
Stolen Harvest: The
Hijacking of the Global Food Supply / Vandana Shiva. Cambridge,
MA: South End Press, 1999.
Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned
environmental thinker and activist. Before becoming an activist, she was a physicist
in India. Now, she directs the Research Foundation for Science, Technology,
and Natural Resource Policy. In this recent book, she takes a hard look at the
industrial economy and concludes that their economic growth is theft from nature
and people. She examines issues over corporate intellectual property "rights"
over seeds and how the changes in corporate culture and centuries old agricultural
practices are threatening lives, economies, and biodiversity.
The volume includes notes at the ends of each chapter and an index.
Pub. QH541.5
.E8 W64 1993
A Tidewater Place:
Portrait of the Willapa Ecosystem / Edward C. Wilson. Seattle,
WA: The Mountaineers Books, 1993.
Willapa Bay, located in
the southwestern corner of Washington state above the Columbia River, is located
in a biologically diverse temperate rain forest. It is considered to be one
of the most pollution free estuaries in the continental United States. It is
a rich habitat, and many of its resources are renewable. If you eat oysters,
you should know that one in six oysters consumed in the US are from Willapa
Bay.
The ecosystem covers 680,000 acres, and it's in danger. It's in danger from
many of the things that other natural areas are in danger from: native species
that are out of control, alien species, development, and pollution. By looking
at the gorgeous color photos in this volume, you gain an appreciation for what
it, and a fear of what might be lost.
The book contains information on further readings, natural history of the area,
threats to the area, and economy of the area.
Pub. HN59.2
.C75 1991
Trees, Why Do You
Wait?: America's Changing Rural Culture / Richard Critchfield. Washington,
D.C.: Island Press, 1991.
Farming, farming communities,
and culture in America are the subjects of this volume, and though the topics
don't necessarily seem to coexist peacefully, the author puts forth an intriguing
thesis: "All culture has a rural origin." In examining his thesis,
the author writes of the drastic decline of farm and rural influences on our
society as a whole. He examines two rural communities, one on the prairie of
North Dakota and the other in Iowa's Grant Wood country, to help support his
theories.
The books contains a guide for further reading and an index.
Pub. QH541.5
.C6 W465 1999
Urban Habitats /
C. Philip Wheater. London;
New York: Routledge, 1999.
"Urban Habitats
presents an illustrated and practical guide to the wide range of urban habitats
and the flora and fauna which live within them, and examines the most important
conservation and management issues faced within our towns and cities."
This volume provides information on the range of habitats that are found in
urban areas, as well as the typical plants and animals likely to be found in
the various habitats. The work divides itself into discussing The Ecology of
Urban Habitats, then moves on to Management and Conservation before taking on
Case Studies and Practical Work.
Photographs, illustrations, charts, graphs, a glossary, a species list for plants
and animals, a guide to further reading, a subject index, and a species index
are all provided.
Pub. Juv
E450 .E38 1997
Barefoot: Escape on
the Underground Railroad / Pamela Duncan Edwards. [New
York?]: HarperCollins, 1997.
Dramatic text and illustrations
highlight this book that takes the reader into the natural world encountered
by a slave on his desperate journey to be free. When the bullfrog croaks, is
he guiding the youngster to water, or is he just being a bullfrog? Along the
way, the young man gets a great deal of help from the animal kingdom. The animals
have seen "Barefeet" before, along with some dragged off in chains
by the "Heavy Boots."
Pub. Juv
QK49 .R646 1999
Bumblebee, Bumblebee,
Do You Know Me?: A Garden Guessing Game / Anne Rockwell. New
York: HarperCollins, 1999.
Flowers ask questions of
insects in this charming guessing game. "Do you know me?" they ask.
"I am a" daffodil, or a poppy, or a rose.
Pub. Juv
Ql544.2 .M87 1999
Caterpillar's Wish
/ Mary Murphy. New
York: DK Publishing, Inc, 1999.
Caterpillar lives in the
garden with her friends, ladybug and bee. They fly away to have adventures,
but caterpillar can't fly and she's always left at home along until they come
back. One day when they go away, they come back but can't find caterpillar!
She's in a cocoon! When she emerges, will she be able to fly with them? Find
out the answer in this charming and colorful story.
Pub. Juv
HN59.2 .C75 1991
Chattanooga Sludge
/ Molly Bang. San
Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, 1991.
The angels of frogs killed
by toxins are your guides as they annotate and help to recount the story of
one man's ideas. His idea? Sludge can be removed from the Chattanooga River,
and possibly other rivers, with a "Living Machine" that uses bacteria
to remove toxins. Follow him through the scientific experimentation process
via colorful illustrations and illuminating frog commentary.
Pub. Juv
GB611 .M67 1994
The Desert is My Mother
= El Desierto es Mi Madre / Pat Mora. Houston,
TX: Piñata Books, 1994.
This bilingual book in Spanish
and English conveys a young girls love for the desert and the things that the
desert gives her.
Pub. Juv
QB631.4 .D45 1999
The Earth is Good:
A Chant in Praise of Nature / Michael DeMunn. New
York: Scholastic Books, 1999.
This chant helps children
become more appreciative of nature and its gifts. The book emphasizes the earth's
treasures, and ensures children that they are treasures, too.
Pub. Juv
PZ8.1 .A213 Lo 1996
The Lonely Lioness
and the Ostrich Chicks / Retold by Verna Aardema. New
York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
In this retelling of a Masai
tale, a lioness feels loneliness after watching a mother ostrich and her brood.
To ease her sadness, she decides to steal the chicks from their mother. In her
desperate attempts to retrieve her babies, the mother ostrich seeks out the
help of other African animals, but only the mongoose is smart enough and brave
enough to outwit the lion.
One of the great features of this story is the use of actual Masai words to
convey the sounds of the animals.
Pub. Juv
QH48 .S975 1998
Lots and Lots of Zebra
Stripes: Patterns in Nature / Stephen R. Swinburne. Honesdale,
PA: Boyds Mills Press, 1998.
Using color photographs,
this book describes and displays patterns that occur in nature. Information
on what patterns are and where to look for them are provided, along with color
photographs that range from sea shells, to giraffes, to pansies, to rainbows,
and more.
Pub. Juv
PZ8 .S585 Mu 1987
Mufaro's Beautiful
Daughters: An African Tale / John Steptoe. New
York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1987.
This story is taken from
a folk tale collected in 1895. In the story, Mufaro's two daughters are very
beautiful. One of them is going to marry the king and become a queen. Unfortunately,
while one daughter is kind, merciful, and generous the other is mean spirited
and selfish. The names of the characters are taken from words in the Shona language.
Mufaro means happy man, Nyasha means mercy, and Manyara means ashamed. The book
contains beautiful illustrations and a fun and charming story.
Pub. Juv
QL731 .A1 T7313 1997
My Home is Africa:
Who Am I? / Valérie Tracqui. Watertown,
MA: Charlesbridge Publishing, 1997.
This fun board book contains
color photographs of African animals. Each animal declares what kind of animal
he is, and then states a fact about himself. Some of the animals included are
giraffe, baboon, cheetah, and hyena.
Pub. Juv
QE862 .D5 W66 1994
A Night in the Dinosaur
Graveyard / A.J. Wood. New
York: HarperFestival, 1994.
Two children join their
grandfather on a fossil hunt and find a huge dinosaur bone. Finding the bone
leads to an adventure where they hide in caves, avoid dinosaur ghosts, and,
eventually, help a T. Rex by giving him back his fossil.
Pub. Juv
QA113 .F73 2000
One Lonely Sea Horse
/ Sacton Freymann and Joost Elffers. New
York, NY: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2000.
From the people who brought
the world the definitive book on playing with your food, comes this wonderful
counting book. This charming and fun book follows a lonely sea horse as she
discovers friends in the sea. All of the characters in the book are made from
fruits and vegetables. The characters include banana octopi, bell pepper angelfish,
and, our main character, a chioggia beets sea horse.
Pub. Juv
PZ7 .L8432 Ow 1993
The Owl Who Became
the Moon / Jonathan London. New
York, NY: Dutton Children's Books, 1993.
Join a sleepy boy on his
imaginary journey by train through a wintry mountain habitat covered by snow.
The owl the cougar, mice, and bunnies are all encountered, and then fall asleep.
Pub. Juv
QE862 .D5 C238 1999
Patrick's Dinosaurs
on the Internet / Carol Carrick. New
York: Clarion Books, 1999.
Patrick likes to research
dinosaurs on the Internet. While he's been doing that, dinosaurs have been watching
him through the computer. Flato the dinosaur comes from the dinosaur planet
in his spaceship to take Patrick to his school for show-and-tell. While he's
on the dinosaur planet he plays soccer, runs from a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and then
goes home.
Pub. Juv
PZ7 .J6316 Qu 2000
Qunnie Blue /
Dinah Johnson. New
York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, LLC, 2000.
The author took the name
of the young girl and her grandmother, Hattie Lottie Annie Quinnie Blue, from
her own great-grandmothers and her youth in South Carolina. In the story a young
girl imagines what childhood was like for her grandmother, her namesake. Beautiful
paintings have been used to convey a representation of family, relationships,
and society in the African-American community.
Pub. Juv
QL668 .E24 C685 1999
Red-Eyed Tree Frog
/ Joy Crowley. New
York: Scholastic Press, 1999.
"Evening comes to the
rainforest." Some animals go to sleep in the evening, but for others, the
night is their time of day! The red-eyed tree frog is just falling asleep as
the sun comes up, so by evening he's ready to be awake. Learn about teh frog
in this book filled with amazing, close-up, color photographs. Watch as he evades
a snake and an iguana, eats a moth, and sleeps as morning comes.
After the story is over, learn more factual information about the tree frog.
Pub. Juv
PZ7 .F599 We 1999
Weslandia /
Paul Fleischman. Cambridge,
MA: Candlewick Press, 1999.
Wesley has never fit in
at school. He refuses to shave half his head, he doesn't like football, and
he actually likes to read and learn! For his summer vacation, he decides to
apply what he learned in school as a project: staple crops and civilization.
Wesley begins to grow marvelous plants. Soon, the plants are providing food,
entertainment, clothing, a clock, insect repellent, and more. Along the way
Wesley makes friends, and he doesn't mind going back to school in the fall.
Pub. Juv
DT2889 .S86 1993
Where are you Going
Manyoni? / Catherine Stock. New
York: Morrow Junior Books, 1993.
Above the Limpopo River
and under the tall wild fig trees, follow Manyoni to school. In the parts of
Zimbabwe where Manyoni lives, some children walk as far as two hours each way
to get to school. In this book we follow Manyoni's journey to school as she
walks past kingfishers and baboons on a long journey to get to school: her favorite
place. The book also contains a glossary.
Pub. Juv
QC178 .S49 1994
Zero Gravity /
Gloria Skurzynski. New
York, NY: Bradbury Press, 1994.
This book won the American
Institute of Physics Science Writing Award. Find out why it won, as you learn
about gravity. What is gravity? Why do balloons filled with helium float? Why
doesn't the moon fall to Earth like an apple fell on Newton's head? All these
questions and more are answered as the author provides a history of the discovery
of gravity and Newton's additions to science. Centrifugal force is also discussed.
Color photographs take us to the space shuttle, where we learn about how astronauts
cope with no gravity.
A glossary and an index are included.
Pub AV&M
QL 696 .F3 R368 1991
Raptors: Birds of Prey. New York: BFA Educational Media, 1991.
This thirteen and a half minute video features beautiful color cinematography
to showcase the agility and beauty of birds of prey. The raptors include falcons,
hawks, eagles, and owls. The video discusses adaptation to habitat, the differences
and similarities between raptors like hooked beaks and sharp, strong talons,
and specialization for certain types of prey. Natural history of some of the
birds are included in the narration, including information on the golden eagle,
great horned owl, butteo, and goshawk.
A small guide of discussion questions and vocabulary used in the narration is
also included in the packaging.
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