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Author
Publisher
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In a tiny village in Italy, the self-appointed mayor (and vacuum cleaner repairman) Signor Speranza will do anything he can to save his beloved town. When he learns that the water is going to be cut off in sixty days unless he can come up with some quick cash, he tries to boost tourism by spreading a harmless rumor that major movie star Dante Rinaldi is planning to film a movie in the village. The plan works a little too well, and soon everyone wants...
Publisher
The Video Project
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This film goes beyond the news headlines to spotlight the impact of the devastating water contamination crisis on the people of Flint, Michigan. The film highlights the stories of residents who were personally injured, along with the work of local organizations and individuals that rallied to support them. Flint is a city of 100,000 people, with 41% living below the poverty line and an African-American majority. The city switched in 2014 to water...
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's New Books: May 2022 Picture Books
Children's Recommended: Best of 2021 School Library Journal
Read in Full Bloom: Preschool - 1st Grade
Children's Recommended: Best of 2021 School Library Journal
Read in Full Bloom: Preschool - 1st Grade
Description
Cody is worried when his family on a New Mexico Navajo reservation runs out of water, but Darlene Arviso, called "The Water Lady," is on the way with her tanker truck. Includes glossary of Navajo terms and notes about Arviso and life on a reservation.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
Español
Description
Una larga travesía hasta el agua, best-seller del New York Times, comienza como dos historias, que se van alternando, sobre dos niños de once años en Sudán, una niña en 2008 y un niño en 1985. La niña, Nya, va a buscar agua a un estanque que está a dos horas de caminata desde su hogar; cada día, hace dos viajes hasta el estanque. El niño, Salva, se convierte en uno de los "niños perdidos" de Sudán, refugiados que recorren a pie el continente...
Publisher
Morena Films ; distribuido por Paramount Home Entertainment (Spain)
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
Español
Description
In the year of our Lord 2000, Spanish director Sebastián and his executive producer Costa are shooting a motion picture about Christopher Columbus, his first explorations, and the way the Spaniards treated the Indians. To get film made within the limitations of their modest budget, Costa has chosen the Cochabamba area of Bolivia, the cheapest and most Indian of Latin American countries as the location. They hire many supernumeraries, local actors,...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For two decades, the water in the taps and wells of Mingo County didn't look, smell, or taste right. Could it be the root of the health problems--from kidney stones to cancer--in this Appalachian community? Environmental lawyer Kevin Thompson certainly thought so. For seven years, he waged an epic legal battle against Massey Energy, West Virginia's most powerful coal company, helmed by CEO Don Blankenship. While Massey's lawyers worked out of a gray...
69) We use water
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Offers simple text to explain how we use water every day.
Author
Series
Flying beaver brothers volume 5
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ace and Bub must stop a team of smooth-talking baboons from stealing Beaver Island's water to supply their water park.
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