This book includes ideas on acid rain, air pollution, disappearing animals, too much garbage, water pollution, and more.

As five children travel through the Florida Everglades by canoe, their guide tells them about the change in the landscape around them. They learn that it is now an endangered ecosystem, one that will only survive with their help.

A remarkable letter from Mother Earth asking for help from children everywhere and entrusting them with her protection. The illustrations are exquisite.

The tiny caterpillar eats and eats until he becomes a big, fat caterpillar. He builds a small house around himself and after two weeks, he becomes a beautiful butterfly.

Nancy thinks butterflies are simply exquisite and can’t wait for her friend’s Butterfly Birthday. It’s going to be the fanciest birthday party ever! But when Nancy finds out she can’t go because her grandparent’s fiftieth anniversary party is the same day, she is furious. She gets a surprise lesson in fancy from her grandparents.

Twelve-year-old Peter receives a gift from his grandfather as he bids farewell to Denmark and sails with his family to America. It is a beautiful gold watch. His grandfather tells him the watch will remind him to ask himself, What have I done with my name? What have I done with my time? His grandfather’s words stay with him his whole life and keeps him connected to his family.

This look at the life of Saint Patrick also contains five of the best-known legends that have been written about him, including the story of how he rid Ireland of snakes.

A poor, kind peddler owns a cast-iron pot which is inscribed with a saying he can’t read. After St. Patrick visits him in his dreams, the peddler heads to town and finds someone who can translate his pot. It says “Here I stand, old and good, With something better under me.” With this kind of clue, he digs underneath his house to find a fortune in gold.

Jamie wants to be in the St. Patrick’s Day parade, but his family has told him he’s too young to make it all the way up Acorn Hill, along with everyone else in the parade. Early the morning of St. Patrick’s Day, Jamie decides to walk the parade route alone and see if his family is right. Will Jamie get to march in the parade? Can he prove his family wrong?

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