Found as a baby, on a bed of moss under an old growth tree, Cedar’s beginning was a mystery. As she began her sixth grade year, Cedar resembled her namesake with her wild mane of brown hair, her sinewy body, and deer-like eyes. She makes her first true friend, a new student, Phillip, with whom she shares her special woodland spot along with the gifts it brings. When Cedar falls suddenly ill, Phillip discovers that her health is connected to the fate of the forest where she was found. Their special woods are threatened by an impending development, so they create a plan to save it which includes a hospital, a getaway car, and a protest.

The Order of the Trees

Teen & Young Adult

Farber, Katy

Literature & Fiction

Green Writers Press

Do you worry about how the poisonous chemicals in your home might be affecting you or your children? Are you worried that your cosmetics or cleaning products might be carcinogenic? Would you like practical, cost-effective methods for detoxing your home? Less Toxic Living is a down to earth book that will help you limit your family’s exposure to dangerous chemicals in your home, cleaning products, food &amp; water, cosmetics &amp; skin care, and plastics. Based on scientific research, yet set in real-world, easy to understand terms, this book will give you <ul>
<li>Quick tips for reducing the toxins coming into your home</li> <li>The basics of non-toxic cleaning and how to do it cheaply and effectively</li> <li>The information you need to make informed decisions on your food purchases to get the biggest impact for your family</li> <li>Theory and practical advice on all these areas and more. </li>
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With chapters from nineteen inspiring contributors, including the bestselling authors of Healthy Home, Healthy Family and Chemical Free Kids, this book provides a user-friendly introduction to a range of issues and effective solutions, with ample references for more in depth information. Less Toxic Living also includes free bonus downloads that will help you put the information you learn into practice in your daily life. More and more research is revealing the links between our everyday use of chemicals and increasing rates of cancer, allergies and behavioural disorders. Less Toxic Living arms you with workable solutions to protect your family. What People Are Saying “This book supplied me with so much information, some I already knew but a lot I did not, it was a real eye opener reading this book and realising how many toxins we can expose ourselves to everyday. I would recommend this book to everyone.” Julie Edwards “a compilation of really useful information in a concise format, and with practical solutions for making changes in your life and home” Jacqui Calvert “a wonderful informative collection of articles that make clear argument for change in all our lives” Penelope Pell “easy to read, understand and implement” Jessica Warfel “This book is super fantastic, with the delivery of knowledge in every bite sized segment.” Holly Atkinson “For the last decade, I’ve known it’s important to eat organic, create a chemical-free home and support others in their endeavours to help create a healthier world. But Less Toxic Living goes beyond the basics, in an easy to read and lighthearted way. It is a concise guide to help us understand the importance of and the steps to take towards being sustainable in our daily lives… for each other, future generations and of course, for our precious planet.” Chrissy Gruninger, Social {media} Wellness

Less Toxic Living: How to Reduce Your Everyday Exposure to Toxic Chemicals—An Introduction For Families

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

McCulloch, Kirsten

Cozens, Joanna

Goodwin, Melissa

Hennessy, Kate

Koeppen, Katharine

Lantz, Dr Sarah

Bijlsma, Nicole

Donaldson, Sonia

Hegerty, Jo

Home Improvement & Design

Green Gables Press

Every spring in the eastern region of the United States, warmer nights with steady rain bring the migration of thousands of spotted salamanders to ponds and pools, often across busy roads. These crossings are magical, and secretive--most people don't even know they happen. Salamander Sky features a mother and daughter who go out on a rainy night to help the salamanders cross the road safely. This dramatic, full-color, picture book introduces readers to the elusive spotted salamanders and the perilous nighttime journeythey take each spring. Amphibians worldwide desperately need protection. This book is a valuable tool for getting children engaged in conservation. Salamander Sky: 
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<li>targets many of the Next Generation Science Standards for elementary school students, including life cycles, wetland habitats, diversity, adaptations and human impact</li> <li>communicates a strong conservation message</li> <li>geared toward preschool through elementary school aged students</li> <li>models firsthand exploration and investigation in nature</li> <li>addresses human impact on the environment and encourages active participation</li> <li>in solutions</li> <li>provides a resource for science teachers, environmental educators and parents</li> <li>to introduce inquiry to students</li> <li>inspires engagement and curiosity</li> <li>focuses on a vulnerable and often unnoticed species of amphibians that inhabits</li> <li>much of the Eastern United States</li> <li>embraces diversity and promotes women in science</li> </ul>

Salamander Sky

Children's Books

Animals

Real and Relevant: A Guide for Service and Project-Based Learning

Real and Relevant provides teachers with a realistic, integrated, and inspirational guide for how to lead service and project-based learning with their students. By engaging in service or project-based learning with students, you are doing nothing less than changing the world for the better. By letting your students explore and begin to solve real life problems, they acquire deeper knowledge, new skills, newfound motivation, responsibility and engagement.

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Real and Relevant provides teachers with a realistic, integrated, and inspirational guide for how to lead service and project-based learning with their students.

Change the World with Service Learning: How to Create, Lead, and Assess Service Learning Projects

Change the World with Service Learning is clear, direct and easy to use, and was designed for busy teachers integrating Service Learning into their existing curriculum. This book guides teachers from all content areas and grade levels to create outstanding Service Learning projects with students like no other book does. Change the World with Service Learning is a no-fluff, step-by-step, teacher-to-teacher description of how to create, plan, teach, and celebrate Service Learning projects that meet and exceed local, district, and national curricular expectations.

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

R&L Education

Change the World with Service Learning is clear, direct and easy to use, and was designed for busy teachers integrating Service Learning into their existing curriculum. This book guides teachers from all content areas and grade levels to create outstanding Service Learning projects with students like no other book does. Change the World with Service Learning is a no-fluff, step-by-step, teacher-to-teacher description of how to create, plan, teach, and celebrate Service Learning projects that meet and exceed local, district, and national curricular expectations.

Learn why today’s best teachers are leavingfrom the teachers themselves. Low pay, increased responsibilities, and high-stakes standardized testingthese are just some of the reasons why more talented teachers are leaving the profession than ever before. Drawing on in-depth interviews with teachers all over the country, Katy Farber presents an in-the-trenches view of the classroom exodus and uncovers ways that schools can turn the tide. Farber's findings, which have been featured on Education Talk Radio, Vermont Public Radio, and in the Huffington Post, paint a sometimes shocking picture of life in today's schools, taking a frank look at Challenges to teacher endurance, including tight budgets, difficult parents, standardized testing, unsafe schools, inadequate pay, and lack of respect Strategies veteran teachers use to make sure the joys of teaching outweigh the frustrations Success stories from individual schools and districts that have found solutions to these challenges Recommendations for creating a school environment that fosters teacher retention Featuring clear analysis and concrete suggestions for administrators and policy makers, Why Great Teachers Quit takes you to the front lines of the fight to keep great teachers where they belong: in the classroom.

Why Great Teachers Quit and How We Might Stop the Exodus

Skyhorse

Personalized Learning in the Middle Grades: A Guide for Classroom Teachers and School Leaders

Personalized Learning in the Middle Grades shows how teachers in grades 5–8 can leverage the use of personalized learning plans (PLPs) to increase student agency and engagement, helping youth to establish learning goals aligned with their interests and assess their own learning—particularly around essential skills that cut across disciplines.\nDrawing on their research and work with fifty schools in Vermont, where PLPs are used statewide, the authors show how personalized learning aligns with effective middle grades practice and provide in-depth examples of how educators have implemented PLPs in a wide range of schools representing different demographics and grade configurations. They also highlight five critical roles for teachers in personalized learning environments—as empowerer, scaffolder, scout, assessor, and community builder—and illustrate how teachers can adapt the PLP process for their own unique contexts.\nGrounded in experience and full of engaging examples, artifacts, and tools, the book builds on the emerging field of personalized learning and connects it with the developmental needs of middle schoolers to provide a unique and valuable resource for individual classroom teachers, teacher teams, school leaders, teacher‐educators, and others.

Bishop, Penny A.

Downes, John M.

Harvard Education Press

Personalized Learning in the Middle Grades shows how teachers in grades 5–8 can leverage the use of personalized learning plans (PLPs) to increase student agency and engagement, helping youth to establish learning goals aligned with their interests and assess their own learning—particularly around essential skills that cut across disciplines.   Drawing on their research and work with fifty schools in Vermont, where PLPs are used statewide, the authors show how personalized learning aligns with effective middle grades practice and provide in-depth examples of how educators have implemented PLPs in a wide range of schools representing different demographics and grade configurations. They also highlight five critical roles for teachers in personalized learning environments—as empowerer, scaffolder, scout, assessor, and community builder—and illustrate how teachers can adapt the PLP process for their own unique contexts.   Grounded in experience and full of engaging examples, artifacts, and tools, the book builds on the emerging field of personalized learning and connects it with the developmental needs of middle schoolers to provide a unique and valuable resource for individual classroom teachers, teacher teams, school leaders, teacher‐educators, and others.

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Books by Farber, Katy

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The Order of the Trees

Less Toxic Living: How to Reduce Your Everyday Exposure to Toxic Chemicals—An Introduction For Families

Salamander Sky

Real and Relevant: A Guide for Service and Project-Based Learning

Real and Relevant: A Guide for Service and Project-Based Learning

Change the World with Service Learning: How to Create, Lead, and Assess Service Learning Projects

Change the World with Service Learning: How to Create, Lead, and Assess Service Learning Projects

Why Great Teachers Quit and How We Might Stop the Exodus

Personalized Learning in the Middle Grades: A Guide for Classroom Teachers and School Leaders

Personalized Learning in the Middle Grades: A Guide for Classroom Teachers and School Leaders