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An updated guide to Minnesota's hardy native plants and how to incorporate them into your home landscape—with profiles of flowers, trees, shrubs, and more.
Gardeners enjoy Minnesota's native plants for more than their beauty. They are low maintenance, can survive difficult soil and weather conditions, provide unique landscape options, and celebrate the state's natural heritage. In this second photo-filled edition of Landscaping with...
Gardeners enjoy Minnesota's native plants for more than their beauty. They are low maintenance, can survive difficult soil and weather conditions, provide unique landscape options, and celebrate the state's natural heritage. In this second photo-filled edition of Landscaping with...
4) Wishtree
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Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
590L
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English
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"A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences"--
"Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree" -- people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood. You might say that Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone...
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"Learn to Identify Trees in Minnesota! With this famous field guide by award-winning author and naturalist Stan Tekiela, you can make tree identification simple, informative, and productive. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of trees that don't grow in Minnesota. Learn about all 93 species found in the state, organized by leaf type and attachment. Just look at a tree's leaves, then go to the correct section to learn what it is. Fact-filled...
6) Tree
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Eyewitness books volume 5
Lexile measure
IG 1050L
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English
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Photographs and text explore the anatomy and life cycle of trees, examining the different kinds of bark, seeds, and leaves, the commercial processing of trees to make lumber, the creatures that live in trees, and other aspects.
8) The lie tree
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860L
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English
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Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious circumstances, and as she is searching through his belongings for clues she discovers a strange tree. The tree only grows healthy and bears fruit if you whisper a lie to it. The fruit of the tree, when eaten, will deliver a hidden truth to the person who consumes it. The bigger the lie, the more people who believe it, the bigger the truth that is uncovered. The girl realizes that she is good at lying...
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Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2021.
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First edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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Norman, a porcupine whose best friend is a tree named Mildred, begins to feel jealous when another tree grows close to Mildred and acts out against the new tree.
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"Marisol, who has a big imagination and likes to name inanimate objects, has a tree in her backyard named Peppina...but she's way too scared to climb it. Will Marisol find the courage to climb Peppina? Maybe"--
Marisol Raineys mother was born in the Philippines. Marisols father works and lives part-time on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. And Marisol, who has a big imagination and likes to name inanimate objects, has a tree in her backyard she calls...
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AD 590L
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Yellow and red, orange and brown-- fall is full of color! But why do leaves change color? Illustrated with gorgeous watercolor and collage artwork, this nonfiction picture book introduces young readers to the science behind the many colors of leaves. With a glossary and hands-on experiments.
12) Forest born
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Books of Bayern volume 4
Lexile measure
800L
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English
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When her beloved forest no longer gives her comfort and her brother Razo invites Rinna to the city to be one of Queen Ani's waiting women, she happily accepts, only to discover her own strength comes from places both expected and unexpected.
Ever since her brother Razo introduced her to the trees, Rin has turned to them for peace or reassurance, even direction--that is, until the day they seem to reject her. Rin is sure something is wrong with her,...
14) Maple
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Lexile measure
AD 500L
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English
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"A nature-loving little girl's favorite playmate is her maple tree, until the day she's surprised with a baby sister"--
15) Leaf jumpers
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Pub. Date
2004
Lexile measure
AD 500L
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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Illustrations and rhyming text describe different leaves and the trees from which they fall.
16) The hidden life of trees: what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world
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David Suzuki Institute / Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
1110L
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xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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"A forester's fascinating stories, supported by the latest scientific research, reveal the extraordinary world of forests and illustrate how trees communicate and care for each other" --
17) Trees of North America: a field guide to the major native and introduced species north of Mexico
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19) Stuck
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AD 530L
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English
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When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he tries to knock it down with increasingly larger and more outrageous things.
20) A tree is nice
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Pub. Date
1956
Language
English
Description
Briefly describes the value of a tree.