SAM's Our Blue Planet: Global Visions Of Water
This list by librarians was created in support of SAM's Blue Planet: Global Visions of Water exhibit (March 18-May 30, 2022) with suggestions for readers of all ages. (Created March 2022).
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Agua, agüita
With stunningly beautiful illustrations by Felipe Ugalde Alcántara that depict the mountains, rocks, vegetation and animals of the natural world, this poem about the importance of water reflects Argueta's indigenous [Pipil-Nahua] roots and his appreciation for nature. (NoveList)
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The Blue Wonder
A marine biologist and diver, drawing on scientific discoveries and her own research, takes us deep within the depths of the ocean, reawakening our love for the sea and igniting a desire to protect this vital habitat. (NoveList)
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Death of Celilo Falls
For thousands of years, Celilo Falls on the Columbia River was a meeting place for Pacific Northwest Indians as well as a major fishing site, then was flooded behind The Dalles Dam in 1957. Barber (history, Portland State U. and Center for Columbia River History) looks at how the Indian community of Celilo Village, the non-Indian town of The Dalles, and other neighboring communities were impacted by the extraordinary economic, environmental, and cultural change. Annotation excerpt ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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Rain
A natural history of rain draws on myriad disciplines to trace the ocean-filling torrents from 4 billion years ago through the storms of the present world's climate change while sharing stories about humanity's efforts to control rain through science and magic. (NoveList)
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I Love You, Blue
An introductory tale about the impact plastic waste has on the ocean is told through a lighthouse keeper's friendship with a whale named Blue. (NoveList)
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Water
Spanning millennia and continents, here is a stunningly revealing history of how the distribution of water has shaped human civilization. (NoveList)
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The Wave
Casey, O magazine editor-in-chief, travels across the world and into the past to confront the largest waves the oceans have to offer. (NoveList)
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The Atlas of Disappearing Places
Our planet is in peril. Seas are rising, oceans are acidifying, ice is melting, coasts are flooding, species are dying, and communities are faltering. Despite these dire circumstances, most of us don't have a clear sense of how the interconnected crises in our ocean are affecting the climate system, food webs, coastal cities, and biodiversity, and which solutions can help us co-create a better future. (NoveList, excerpt)
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Treaty Words
Relationships between people and land, grandfather and granddaughter, frame a story on the significance of treaties. (Kirkus)
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The River That Made Seattle
"With bountiful salmon and fertile plains, the Duwamish River has drawn people to its shores over the centuries for trading, transport, and sustenance. Chief Se'alth and his allies fished and lived in villages here and white settlers established their first settlements nearby. Industrialists later straightened the river's natural turns and built factories on its banks, floating in raw materials and shipping out airplane parts, cement, and steel. Unfortunately, the very utility of the river has been its undoing, as decades of dumping led to the river being declared a Superfund cleanup site. Using previously unpublished accounts by Indigenous people and settlers, BJ Cummings's compelling narrative restores the Duwamish River to its central place in Seattle and Pacific Northwest history." (Publisher, excerpt)
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