Washoe County Library System

The Wump World is an unspoiled place until huge monsters bring hordes of tiny creatures from the planet Pollutus.

In this variation on "The House that Jack Built," the cumulative text reveals that Jack's action of building a factory on his land has a damaging effect on his surroundings.

"The Laskarises' relocation to Wilford Island, Florida, is a big key change for Mimi...Then her science teacher, Ms. Miller, shows her class a TED Talk by Melati and Isabel Wijsen. At ages twelve and ten, they lobbied to ban single-use plastic bags on their home island of Bali--and won.Their story strikes a chord for Mimi. She's twelve. Could a kid like her make such a big change in a place that she's not yet sure feels like home?"-- Provided by publisher....

The inhabitants of a coral reef are threatened when a shady real estate deal started by the greedy Groper floods their area with poisonous waste.

"When Dottoressa Donato calls the Questura to report that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, waste no time in responding. "They killed him. It was bad money. I told him no," Benedetta Toso gasps the words about her recently deceased husband, Vittorio Fadalto. Even though he is not sure she can hear him, Brunetti softly promises he and Griffoni...

The Once-ler describes the results of the local pollution problem. ''¡Edición en español y rimada del famoso clásico de Dr. Seuss sobre la protección del medio ambiente! Mucho antes del triunfo de la corriente «ser verdes», Dr. Seuss habló en nombre de los árboles y nos advirtió del peligro de no ser respetuosos con el medio ambiente. En esta excelente traducción rimada (impresa en papel reciclado), conocemos a Fuena-Vez y cómo la tala...