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This informative book begins, "Warm, tea-colored water swirls gently around our canoe as we paddle slowly up the salty channel." Take a journey through the Mangrove Swamp and learn about its many important roles. "...a home for wildlife, a protector of our coastal land and clear seas, a nursery ground for baby marine animals, and an amazing nutrition source for the abundant life in our shallow oceans.

In this heartwarming story, Laura and her father live on an island in the Caribbean and develop a friendship with a dolphin. The story is based on a true account, in which love and insight prevailed over misunderstandings and conflicts.

In 1973, Katherine Orr and her partner, Chuck Hesse, sailed south to the islands to do underwater research. This book contains letters Kathy wrote to her family recounting their memorable adventures at sea and on land. Old letters, sketches and photographs give readers a tantalizing taste of a time and place gone by. Sketches, photographs, full color throughout.

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Growing up in Hawaii, eleven-year old Hana knows sharing food is about sharing gifts of love and aloha. In this story, Hana discovers that sharing delicious foods is also about sharing the gift of health. After Hana is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, Auntie Mili comes to visit, bearing knowledge that diabetes can be reversed by eating a plant-based diet rich in fruits and vegetables. Hana and her mother embark on a "Great Food Adventure"? in w...

This volume of the six book "Discover Hawaii's" nature series introduces young readers to the marine mammals that inhabit Hawaii's surrounding seas. Many species of whales and dolphins live in the tropical Pacific Ocean, about ten of these are seen in the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands. Although these ten are identified and illustrated, Discover Hawaii's Marine Mammals focuses on the three species that Hawaii is well known for: the hu...

This volume of the six book "Discover Hawaii's" nature series introduces young readers to the interesting lives of Hawaii's seabirds. Readers learn about the unusual habits of birds such as the Newell's Shearwater, or 'A'o, that dig their underground nesting burrows on the slopes of Hawai'i's high mountains, their eerie call, sounding very similar to a braying donkey, can be heard at night as the birds commute back and forth along "flyways" (l...

This volume of the six book "Discover Hawaii's" nature series introduces young readers to some of the unusual animals that live in Hawaii's freshwater streams and wetlands. To set the stage, we learn how fresh water is recycled in nature, and how plants play a vital role in this-how vegetation on land helps bring fresh water to the island, helps hold it in the ground, and helps Hawaii's offshore coral reefs to survive. Young readers learn abou...

This volume of the six book "Discover Hawaii's" nature series teaches young readers about the nature of Hawai'i's seashores. Readers learn about the role of currents and waves that form the beach, where sand comes from, and what causes the many colors of sands on different beaches. They learn some interesting facts about the lives and habits of common ocean plants and animals they are likely to find washed up along our beaches, as well as anim...

Master Dao (cartoon character) is a wise and playful qigong master from China, here to teach us how to work with qi, the "energy of life." After setting the stage, Master Dao explains that we can learn to feel qi and use it in different to benefit our lives. He leads us through two simple qigong exercises to get us started.

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This book takes readers inside the mysterious world of Loggerhead sea turtles as they hatch in their nest and head out toward the open sea. One little sea turtle goes the wrong way and is rescued by a young boy, who learns about the dangers and adventures encountered by sea turtles everywhere. Sea Turtles Hatching is bound to delight and educate readers of all age

Lila and her grandpa live on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, where Grandpa works as a fisherman. When huge boats begin to rob the sea of its fish, Grandpa has to find another way to make a living. Lila has a special relationship with her grandpa. From him she learns the ways of the sea and of the heart. Grandpa believes that "if we give back something for everything we take, we will always meet with abundance." Following his seaman's heart ...

Growing up in Hawaii, eleven-year old Hana knows sharing food is about sharing gifts of love and aloha, but she doesn't know food can also be a gift of health. When she is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, Hana's mother promises to help Hana learn to live with it-that is, until Mom's sister Auntie Mili comes to visit with a suitcase full of surprises that hold the key to Hana's disease. Armed with new knowledge that diabetes can be cured with a ...

For millennia, the Chinese have practiced qigong to enhance body, mind and spirit. They understood that the key to good health and well-being resides within heart and mind. By using heart and mind to direct energy - qi - we can learn to balance our body and our life. Master Qing Chuan Wang is a qigong grandmaster, a gifted healer and 18th patriarch of the Wudang Qigong lineage. He brings you Shing-ling-mei Wudang qigong, an effective and uplif...

The conch is a symbol of the Caribbean. Conch meat is an important food and income source, and conch shells are sold as items of beauty throughout the world. Shelley the Conch presents the life story of a conch in word and picture. It is written with young children in mind, but the colorful artwork and interesting story will appeal to all ages. The story traces Shelley's life from her first days as a drifting baby the size of a pinpoint thro...

The spiny lobster is recognized around the world as a popular seafood item and an important fisheries resource, but few people know about the secret life and habits of this sought-after animal. In Leroy the Lobster, Leroy tells his own life story from the time of being hatched to maturity. Readers learn about the life of the spiny lobster and other marine animals with which it comes in contact. The author has created a narrative that is simple...

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