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Title Nature's best hope : how you can save the world in your own yard / Douglas W. Tallamy ; adapted by Sarah L. Thomson.
Author Tallamy, Douglas W., author.
Publication Info. Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, [2023]
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Location Call No. Status
 Alafaya  J 635.951 TAL    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J 635.951 TAL    Checked Out
 South Creek  J 635.951 TAL    Check Shelves
 West Oaks  J 635.951 TAL    Check Shelves
Edition [Young readers' edition].
Description 255 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 240) and index.
Contents Introduction -- The history -- New ideas -- The size of it all -- Making connections -- What's a lawn for, anyway? -- Homegrown national park -- Which plants are best? -- Good plants, bad plants -- The little things that run the world -- Bringing back bees -- Weeds are our friends -- Wil it work? -- Questions and answers -- Ten things you can do -- More questions and answers.
Summary "An adaptation of Douglas Tallamy's book Nature's Best Hope, but written for a middle school level readership"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Ages 10-14. Timber Press.
Grades 7-9. Timber Press.
Subject Native plants for cultivation -- Juvenile literature.
Natural landscaping -- Juvenile literature.
Native plant gardening -- Juvenile literature.
Conservation of natural resources -- Juvenile literature.
Human ecology -- Juvenile literature.
Conservation of natural resources.
Added Author Thomson, Sarah L., adapter.
Added Title How you can save the world in your own yard
Nature's best hope : young readers' edition
ISBN 9781643261652 (hardcover) : $19.00
1643261657 (hardcover)
9781643262147 (paperback)
1643262149 (paperback)