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Beacon Press, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. B&W charts - very few. CONDITION: NEW 2020 Beacon Press trade paperback, first edition, first printing. A few B&W charts throughout. CONTENT: How Americans can take action in their own communities and unite across the political spectrum in pursuit of solutions to climate change. Andreas Karelas has a message we don't often hear: we have all the tools we need to solve the climate crisis and doing so will improve our lives, our economy, and our society. But to engage people in the climate fight, we need stories that are empowering, inclusive, and solutions-oriented, not based in fear. Karelas digs into the latest data on the rapidly falling costs and increased efficiencies of clean energy technologies compared to fossil fuels, looks at the rate of job creation in the clean energy sector, and introduces the reader to the inspiring work of climate heroes on both sides of the aisle-from Republican mayors and governors to… Read More

Harcourt Brace, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. William Noonan. CONDITION: NO PRIORITY PLEASE. UNREAD 1996 Harcourt Brace hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. This is a magnificent book. The text is in the form of a "chant" almost - powerful and descriptive. The color illustrations by William Noonan accurately portray the seasons, trials of today's Polar Bears in a haunting manner. Problem: the back top DJ corner tip of the flap shows tiny edge wear - no bumped corner, however. This book belongs in a school library, IMHO.

Henry Holt, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Ilya Spirin color illustrations. CONDITION: Gently perused on shelf 2008 Henry Holt hardcover (pictorial boards - different from the DJ cover - see my scans) & DJ, first edition, first printing. There are no major problems here: just perused on shelf. Wonderful, endearing color illustrations by Ilya Spirin. Although I've never met one, I love Polar Bears. Also, there is a discussion page on climate control - so if you don't believe in that, this may not be the book for you. CONTENT: Lush, realistic watercolor illustrations, filling each double-page spread, accompany a brief text depicting a year in the life of a female polar bear and her two cubs in the Arctic. As winter approaches, the polar bear digs a nesting den where she will give birth to her cubs, which "are born deaf, blind and almost hairless. Each weighs barely a pound." In March the family leaves the den and the cubs learn survival skills before traveling to the ocean… Read More

Florida: Chandra, 2018. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. As New/New. Radhe Gendron color illustrations. CONDITION: This book as classified AS NEW because of the Author's inscription and signature with drawings. IT IS UNREAD AND PERFECT otherwise. NEW 2018 Chandra hardcover (pictorial boards) and dust jacket (in mylar jacket if I can find on large enough), first edition, assumed first printing. Simply beautiful and detailed color illustrations by Radhe Gendron. Author's note on the names of the jags in Inca mythology. CONTENT: Journey to the Amazon to meet Inti and Chasca, two jaguar cubs who live in the rainforest with their mama. They spend their days making friends with birds and butterflies, swimming in rock pools, and learning to roar. Everything changes the day sky machines and land machines invade their forest. Afraid for their lives, the cubs escape with their mama under the cloak of night. Now everywhere they travel, surprises and dangers await them. Will they ever find a safe home? The… Read More

Beach Lane Books, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Jeanette Winter color illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this book "As NEW?" - pale "wrinkle" top DJ edge and remainder mark bottom edges at spine. UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2016 Beach Lane Books hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Adorable color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: Experience Arctic chills and warm hugs in this nonfiction picture book about a loving polar bear family from acclaimed author-illustrator Jeanette Winter. At the top of the world, Nanuk the ice bear hunts for food, meets a mate, and hibernates through the winter with her newborn cubs. When spring arrives, Nanuk teaches her beloved cubs how to hunt and swim and survive in the arctic. This new picture book by acclaimed author-illustrator Jeanette Winter is a stunning portrait of a loving polar bear family with a subtle environmental message. "The story of a femalepolar bear provides an… Read More

Voyageur Press, 1995. First Thus 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Douglas Penhale. CONDITION: UNREAD 1995 Voyageur Press large soft cover, first printing. wonderful B&W illustrations by Douglas Penhale. Some birds get more coverage (i.e., the Hummingbird) but all are represented. Easy text but geared to about late elementary school to junior high (or even adults). CONTENT: Imagine pelicans that turn their pouches inside out. Quails that march up and down mountains. And hummingbirds that beat their wings five million times without rest. These are a few of the birds Swanson writes about in this book. She looks at ten of the most amazing North American birds, and discusses their extraordinary abilities and environments. Hummingbirds; Turkey Vultures; Jays; Forest Hawks; Puffins; Quails; Woodpeckers; White Pelicans; European Starlings; and Swans. Junior High Adult, IMHO.

London: Flying Eye Books, 2016. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket Issued. William Grill. CONDITION: Gently perused on shelf (first 3 and last 3 pages) 2016 Flying Eye Books hardcover (pictorial boards - No DJ issued), first edition, assumed first printing. Decorated end pages. Color illustrations by the Author. Interior clean & tight. CONTENT: The Wolves of Currumpaw is a beautifully illustrated modern re-telling of Ernest Thompson Seton's epic wilderness drama Lobo, the King of Currumpaw, originally published in 1898. Set in the dying days of the old west, Seton's drama unfolds in the vast plains of New Mexico, at a time when man's relationship with nature was often marked by exploitation and misunderstanding. This is the first graphic adaptation of a massively influential piece of writing by one of the men who went on to form the Boy Scouts of America.