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Who Needs a Swamp?

By: Karen Patkau

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Tundra introduces the first three books in its important new ecosystems series. Each title celebrates the world’s diversity by presenting a different ecosystem: its land and water, its animals and plants. The art is brimming with creatures and ecological features, described in fact-filled notes at the end of each book and in a useful glossary and map. Swamps are often seen as a dangerous and useless. They are often drained to create farmland or to reduce diseases. But such measures can be disastrous. Who Needs a Swamp? explores wetlands and their importance in the food chain and in preserving our soil and clean water. Not only is each book informative and beautiful, but it is a call to action for everybody who cares about the world in which we live.

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1770499075

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Who Needs a Jungle?

By: Karen Patkau

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Who Needs a Jungle?

By: Karen Patkau

Tundra introduces the first three books in its important new ecosystems series. Each title celebrates the world’s diversity by presenting a different ecosystem: its land and water, its animals and plants. The art is brimming with creatures and ecological features, described in fact-filled notes at the end of each book and in a useful glossary and map. Jungles are treasures for all of us, regardless of where we live. In Who Needs a Jungle? we learn about its vital role in providing us with oxygen, food, medicinal ingredients, and raw materials we use every day. Not only is each book informative and beautiful, but it is a call to action for everybody who cares about the world in which we live.

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0887769926

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Who Needs a Prairie?

A Grassland Ecosystem

By: Karen Patkau

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Who Needs a Prairie?

A Grassland Ecosystem

By: Karen Patkau

Karen Patkau takes readers on an amazing voyage of discovery to find out • How wild and rugged prairies become grasslands • Why prairie inhabitants depend on each other and their surroundings • What wildlife and plants thrive in large open spaces • How seasons and weather conditions affect life on the prairies • How fire restores the land • What life is like on the Great Plains • How a food chain forms • How some prairie plants protect the land • Why we need prairies

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1770493883

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Who Needs an Iceberg?

An Arctic Ecosystem

By: Karen Patkau

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Who Needs an Iceberg?

An Arctic Ecosystem

By: Karen Patkau

Tundra introduces the first three books in its important new ecosystems series. Each title celebrates the world’s diversity by presenting a different ecosystem: its land and water, its animals and plants. The art is brimming with creatures and ecological features, described in fact-filled notes at the end of each book and in a useful glossary and map. Who Needs an Iceberg? The Arctic ecosystem is changing rapidly. The Arctic Ice Cap is melting, the habitat for the creatures that live in the north is shrinking, and the earth is warming up. The impact is enormous for all of us. Not only is each book informative and beautiful, but it is a call to action for everybody who cares about the world in which we live.

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0887769934

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Who Needs a Jungle?

By: Karen Patkau

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Who Needs a Jungle?

By: Karen Patkau

Tundra introduces the first three books in its important new ecosystems series. Each title celebrates the world’s diversity by presenting a different ecosystem: its land and water, its animals and plants. The art is brimming with creatures and ecological features, described in fact-filled notes at the end of each book and in a useful glossary and map. Jungles are treasures for all of us, regardless of where we live. In Who Needs a Jungle? we learn about its vital role in providing us with oxygen, food, medicinal ingredients, and raw materials we use every day. Not only is each book informative and beautiful, but it is a call to action for everybody who cares about the world in which we live.

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1770499067

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Who Needs a Swamp?

By: Karen Patkau

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By: Karen Patkau

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Triceratops Stomp

By: Karen Patkau

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Triceratops Stomp

By: Karen Patkau

Deep in the forest is a nest full of eggs. But what could be inside? With picks, pokes, pops, and wriggles a gaggle of baby dinosaurs hatch. They are quick to scamper and scramble about under mother Triceratops’ watchful eye, but could danger lurk in the forest for the little dinos? With mother’s fierce protection to keep them safe, the little dinosaurs can settle in for a well-needed nap. Full of onomatopoeic text that will delight young listeners and readers alike, this fun and frolicsome story from lauded visual artist and author Karen Patkau abounds with glorious colour.

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Pajama Press Inc.

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1772780790

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Who Needs a Desert?

A Desert Ecosystem

By: Karen Patkau

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Who Needs a Desert?

A Desert Ecosystem

By: Karen Patkau

Karen Patkau takes readers on an amazing voyage of discovery to find out • How deserts are formed • Where deserts are found • How plants and animals adapt to the severe environment • What wildlife thrives there • Which plants bloom under the blazing sun • How desert plants and animals get energy and food • What happens in the rainy seasons • Why desert land becomes barren • Why we need deserts

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Who Needs a Reef?

A Coral Ecosystem

By: Karen Patkau

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Who Needs a Reef?

A Coral Ecosystem

By: Karen Patkau

The Ecosystem Series explores jungle, icebergs, swamps, deserts, prairies and reefs. In Who Needs A Reef? Karen Patkau takes readers on an amazing voyage of discovery to find out how coral reefs form. Not only this, but readers will discover why coral reefs bustle and teem life, which plants and animals can be found on the reef, and why there are more kinds of living things on coral reefs than anywhere else in the world.

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1770493905

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Creatures Great and Small

By: Karen Patkau

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Creatures Great and Small

By: Karen Patkau

Join Toronto author and illustrator Karen Patkau as she explores the world of insects, mammals, sea jellies, reptiles, amphibians, birds, crustaceans, arachnids, and mollusks. From extremely large creatures, such as the blue whale, Chinese giant salamander, and goliath tarantula, to extremely small ones, such as the bumblebee bat, dwarf gecko, and fairy shrimp, embark on this informative, beautifully illustrated voyage of discovery. Even the simple fact-filled text is enchantingly presented in the voices of the animals themselves. A glossary, map endpapers, and handy charts — introducing the concepts of scale and proportion by comparing measurements of animals that are “Big” and “Really Big” to “Small” and “Really Small” — make this book a must-have for parents, schools, and libraries alike.

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1770493093

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Creatures Yesterday and Today

By: Karen Patkau

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Creatures Yesterday and Today

By: Karen Patkau

In this lively companion to Creatures Great and Small, author and illustrator Karen Patkau transports the reader to prehistoric times, when many creatures existed that have since disappeared. From the worlds of insects, fish, mammals, sea jellies, reptiles, amphibians, birds, crustaceans, arachnids, and mollusks, she presents living animals and their prehistoric ancestors. Meet Diplodocus and Skylark; Cameroceras and Blue-Ringed Octopus; Brontoscorpio and Fat-Tailed Scorpio; and learn what links them across the ages. Scientists obtain clues from fossils about how these prehistoric creatures looked and lived, and Karen Patkau examines many of them in this fascinating look at extinct and present-day species. Captivating text in the voices of the animals themselves is complemented by the vibrant illustrations, map endpapers, glossary, geological timeline, and chart of the history of life, making this fact-filled book a welcome addition to any home or school library, where a budding scientist can happily explore.

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1770491287

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Who Needs an Iceberg?

By: Karen Patkau

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Who Needs an Iceberg?

By: Karen Patkau

Tundra introduces the first three books in its important new ecosystems series. Each title celebrates the world’s diversity by presenting a different ecosystem: its land and water, its animals and plants. The art is brimming with creatures and ecological features, described in fact-filled notes at the end of each book and in a useful glossary and map. Who Needs an Iceberg? The Arctic ecosystem is changing rapidly. The Arctic Ice Cap is melting, the habitat for the creatures that live in the north is shrinking, and the earth is warming up. The impact is enormous for all of us. Not only is each book informative and beautiful, but it is a call to action for everybody who cares about the world in which we live.

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Building Information Modeling

BIM in Current and Future Practice

By: Karen Kensek,Douglas Noble

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Building Information Modeling

BIM in Current and Future Practice

By: Karen Kensek,Douglas Noble

The bright future and exciting possibilities of BIM Many architects and engineers regard BIM as a disruptive force, changing the way building professionals design, build, and ultimately manage a built structure. With its emphasis on continuing advances in BIM research, teaching, and practice, Building Information Modeling: BIM in Current and Future Practice encourages readers to transform disruption to opportunity and challenges them to reconsider their preconceptions about BIM. Thought leaders from universities and professional practice composed essays exploring BIM's potential to improve the products and processes of architectural design including the structure and content of the tools themselves. These authors provide insights for assessing the current practice and research directions of BIM and speculate about its future. The twenty-six chapters are thematically grouped in six sections that present complementary and sometimes incompatible positions: Design Thinking and BIM BIM Analytics Comprehensive BIM Reasoning with BIM Professional BIM BIM Speculations Together, these authors provide stimulating ideas regarding new directions in building information modeling.

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John Wiley & Sons

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111876661X

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9781118766613

Eco-Urban Design

By: John A. Flannery,Karen M. Smith

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Eco-Urban Design

By: John A. Flannery,Karen M. Smith

Eco-Urban Design" focuses on the unprecedented challenges currently faced by architects and designers. In a world where climate change, diminishing natural resources and an increasing global population have become indisputable facts of life there is now a rising demand for evolved buildings that no longer endanger the Earth's fragile ecological systems. This book endeavours to tell the positive side of the story by featuring considered design solutions provided by the world's most innovative architects and engineers. By only including realised projects which have been subjected to post construction monitoring this publication provides evidence-based information that measured reductions in carbon emissions, water and energy usage can actually be achieved in the field and not just on the drawing board. These completed projects demonstrate best practice and will inspire a new hybrid generation of designers who will combine architecture and engineering skills to resolve a key environmental challenge. Furthermore, these creative construction projects from a variety of genres including, commercial property, public buildings, social housing and private homes give testimony to the fact that investment in green archineering also provides a commercial advantage to forward thinking developers and investors.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9400703694

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9789400703698

Eco-Library Design

By: John A. Flannery,Karen M. Smith

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Eco-Library Design

By: John A. Flannery,Karen M. Smith

The ancient pairing of architecture and books has always been an interesting topic for debate, and the increasing popularity of electronic books has recently added fuel to the fire. However, the bonfires built for the printed version remain unlit. Research undertaken for this publication suggests that the traditional reading room is currently enjoying a renaissance in many different guises, with print and digital media enjoying a symbiotic relationship. The digital revolution is just one of the many challenges faced by the library architect. To satisfy the varied requirements of library users, flexible, future proof, indoor and outdoor spaces must now support both passive and active pursuits. These often contrasting demands can vary dramatically from quiet, contemplative reading to audible public performance. This publication explores in detail the evolution of the eco-library, focusing on how design teams cope with diminishing resources in diverse geographic and climatic conditions. The featured projects demonstrate measurable reductions in both construction and operating costs through innovative designs that utilise the ecology of a selected site in a positive way. A library development will now inevitably seek to lead by example, visibly demonstrating sound environmental practice, and providing an enhanced user experience for increasingly more discerning patrons. Eco-Library Design provides a worldwide perspective on 21st century trends in library architecture.

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9400740786

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Who Needs a Reef?

A Coral Reef Ecosystem

By: Karen Patkau

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A Coral Reef Ecosystem

By: Karen Patkau

Karen Patkau takes readers on an amazing voyage of discovery to find out • How coral reefs form • Why coral reefs bustle and teem with life • Why there are more kinds of living things on coral reefs than anywhere else in the sea • What the types of hard corals are • Which plants and animals attach themselves to coral reefs • How coral reefs protect shorelines • How coral reefs help develop natural harbors and beaches • Where the coral reef areas of the world are • Why we need coral reefs

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Who Needs a Swamp?

Who Needs a Swamp?

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Who Needs a Jungle?

Who Needs a Prairie?

Who Needs a Prairie?

Who Needs an Iceberg?

Who Needs an Iceberg?

Who Needs a Jungle?

Who Needs a Jungle?

Who Needs a Swamp?

Who Needs a Swamp?

Triceratops Stomp

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Who Needs a Desert?

Who Needs a Desert?

Who Needs a Reef?

Who Needs a Reef?

Creatures Great and Small

Creatures Great and Small

Creatures Yesterday and Today

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Who Needs an Iceberg?

Who Needs an Iceberg?

Building Information Modeling

Building Information Modeling

Eco-Urban Design

Eco-Urban Design

Eco-Library Design

Eco-Library Design

Who Needs a Reef?

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