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245 04 a| The Big book for our planet /c| written by Aliki [and others] ; illustrated by Aliki [and others] ; edited by Ann Durell, Jean Craighead George, Katherine Paterson.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

300 a| 136 pages :b| color illustrations ;c| 26 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

505 0 a| Oh world, I wish / Jane Yolen -- Take time / Tana Hoban -- Last days of the Giddywit / Natalie Babbitt -- The mushroom / H.M. Hoover -- Little whale and Jonah / Marilyn Sachs -- People's gardens : Frederick Law Olmsted and the first public parks / Milton Meltzer -- Watchers / Joanne Ryder -- Deep green gift / Rosemary Wells -- Wetlands / Seymour Simon -- Pigs on patrol / David McPhail -- Earth game / Pam Conrad -- Close encounter / Aliki -- Three cheers for bats / Laurence Pringle.;

505 0 a| (cont.) Why there is death : a native American story / adapted by John Bierhorst -- Bird / Stephanie S. Tolan -- Prayer for earth / Myra Cohn Livingston -- Limericks / X.J. Kennedy -- Letter from Crinkleroot / Jim Arnosky -- Traffic / William Sleater -- We are plooters / Jack Prelutsky -- From island to island / Lynne Cherry -- Boy who loved to swim / Jean Craighead George -- Me and my weeds / Anne Rockwell -- Elliott's house / Lois Lowry -- Jellies / Ruth Heller -- Bringing the prairie home / Patricia MacLachlan -- A song for Francis of Assissi : patron of ecology / Tomie dePaola -- Dear earth / Karla Kushkin.;

520 a| Nearly thirty stories, poems, and non-fiction pieces by such notable authors as Natalie Babbitt, Marilyn Sachs, and Jane Yolen illustrated by the likes of Steven Kellogg and Susan Jeffers, demonstrate some of the environmental problems now plaguing our planet, e.g. overpopulation, tampering with nature, litter, pollution, and waste disposal.;

650 0 a| Environmental protectionv| Literary collections.=| ^A8254;

650 0 a| Children's literature, American.=| ^A170147;

700 0 a| Aliki.=| ^A18049;

700 1 a| Durell, Ann.=| ^A73267;

700 1 a| George, Jean Craighead,d| 1919-2012.=| ^A17478;

700 1 a| Paterson, Katherine.=| ^A58853;

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The Big book for our planet / written by Aliki [and others] ; illustrated by Aliki [and others] ; edited by Ann Durell, Jean Craighead George, Katherine Paterson.

Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Dutton Children's Books, ©1993.
Description	136 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects	Environmental protection--Literary collections. Children's literature, American.

Other author/creator	Aliki.
Other author/creator	Durell, Ann.
Other author/creator	George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012.
Other author/creator	Paterson, Katherine.
Contents	Oh world, I wish / Jane Yolen -- Take time / Tana Hoban -- Last days of the Giddywit / Natalie Babbitt -- The mushroom / H.M. Hoover -- Little whale and Jonah / Marilyn Sachs -- People's gardens : Frederick Law Olmsted and the first public parks / Milton Meltzer -- Watchers / Joanne Ryder -- Deep green gift / Rosemary Wells -- Wetlands / Seymour Simon -- Pigs on patrol / David McPhail -- Earth game / Pam Conrad -- Close encounter / Aliki -- Three cheers for bats / Laurence Pringle.
Contents	(cont.) Why there is death : a native American story / adapted by John Bierhorst -- Bird / Stephanie S. Tolan -- Prayer for earth / Myra Cohn Livingston -- Limericks / X.J. Kennedy -- Letter from Crinkleroot / Jim Arnosky -- Traffic / William Sleater -- We are plooters / Jack Prelutsky -- From island to island / Lynne Cherry -- Boy who loved to swim / Jean Craighead George -- Me and my weeds / Anne Rockwell -- Elliott's house / Lois Lowry -- Jellies / Ruth Heller -- Bringing the prairie home / Patricia MacLachlan -- A song for Francis of Assissi : patron of ecology / Tomie dePaola -- Dear earth / Karla Kushkin.
Abstract	Nearly thirty stories, poems, and non-fiction pieces by such notable authors as Natalie Babbitt, Marilyn Sachs, and Jane Yolen illustrated by the likes of Steven Kellogg and Susan Jeffers, demonstrate some of the environmental problems now plaguing our planet, e.g. overpopulation, tampering with nature, litter, pollution, and waste disposal.
LCCN	92033433
ISBN	0525451196 :

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