{"title":"Nancy F Castaldo","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"rainy-day-play-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9781556525636","title":"Rainy Day Play","description":"For ages 4-8. Sixty-four unique and entertaining activities will keep young children, along with their parents and caretakers, busy all day -- even when it's pouring outside. Indoor fun includes art projects such as finger painting and cereal mosaics, silly games like a Rainy Day Backwards Party and a Perfectly Preposterous Parade, cooking activities with simple recipes, and educational activities like counting games and elementary science experiments. The book also invites children to play outdoors (if it is warm and not raining too hard) with activities like taking a puddle walk, playing leapfrog in the squishy grass, and making mud pies. Parents and caretakers will appreciate these constructive activities, which encourage learning and understanding while keeping kids entertained on rainy afternoons.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49646901690641,"sku":"GOR012935045","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/155652563X.jpg?v=1751407781"},{"product_id":"rainforests-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9781556524769","title":"Rainforests","description":"North America boasts a surprising number of rainforests. This work takes kids through the common layers of the rainforest, from the forest floor to above the enclosed canopy, through the different types of rainforests as they are introduced to plants, animals, and people around the world.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49659538604305,"sku":"GOR005493909","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50389868806417,"sku":"CIN1556524765G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1556524765.jpg?v=1750894425"},{"product_id":"back-from-the-brink-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9780544953437","title":"Back From the Brink","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed author of Sniffer Dogs details the successful efforts of scientists to bring threatened animals back from the brink of extinction, perfect for animal lovers and reluctant nonfiction readers. With full-color photography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow could capturing the last wild California condors help save them? Why are some states planning to cull populations of the gray wolf, despite this species only recently making it off the endangered list? How did a decision made during the Civil War to use alligator skin for cheap boots nearly drive the animal to extinction?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBack from the Brink answers these questions and more as it delves into the threats to seven species, and the scientific and political efforts to coax them back from the brink of extinction. This rich, informational look at the problem of extinction has a hopeful tone: all of these animals' numbers are now on the rise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49660502507793,"sku":"GOR010324338","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50287534473489,"sku":"CIN0544953436G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51461150310673,"sku":"CIN0544953436VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51716577034513,"sku":"CIN0544953436A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0544953436.jpg?v=1751422169"},{"product_id":"back-from-the-brink-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9780358743231","title":"Back from the Brink","description":"The acclaimed author of Sniffer Dogs details the successful efforts of scientists to bring threatened animals back from the brink of extinction, perfect for animal lovers and reluctant nonfiction readers.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49742470185233,"sku":"NGR9780358743231","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49915527659793,"sku":"CIN0358743230G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53618096505105,"sku":"CIN0358743230VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0358743230.jpg?v=1751424237"},{"product_id":"pizza-for-the-queen-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9780823418657","title":"Pizza for the Queen","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Black Sea coast is different from the rest of Turkey. For more than 5,000 years Sinop, the central point on the Turkish coast, has seemed more remote from the rest of the Anatolian land mass than from Greece, Italy, Africa, the Crimea, Istanbul, and Rome. How was Sinop connected to them? The Black Sea Trade Project explores the perception of connectedness: how connected did people feel to those in other upland villages, coastal villages, ports, the big port of Sinop, and to distant shores? How did economic, infrastructural, and political institutions bind local populations to larger systems, and how were various institutional processes situated in landscapes?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this first volume from the Sinop Regional Archaeological Project, Owen P. Doonan rigorously explores connection through Sinop and its hinterland, from precolonial Greek settlements through ages of empires, Roman, Russian, and Ottoman conquests to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49859591930129,"sku":"GOR013801054","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50126326202641,"sku":"GOR013863966","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50368745308433,"sku":"CIN0823418650G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51458480439569,"sku":"CIN0823418650VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52419389227281,"sku":"CIN0823418650A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0823418650.jpg?v=1751202517"},{"product_id":"deserts-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9781556525247","title":"Deserts","description":"This activity guide introduces children to the wild and often misunderstood environment of the desert and the people and cultures that thrive in and around them. Information is included on all types of deserts--hot and dry, coastal, semiarid, and polar. Kids learn what defines a desert and the creative ways plants and animals have adapted to survive in harsh desert environments. Also discussed are urban sprawl and its effects on desert habitats and how children can help protect this delicate environment by conserving energy and reducing consumption of petroleum-based products. Engaging activities include drawing a petroglyph, making a coral snake bracelet, frying prickly pears, conducting a gerbil study, and making sand art.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49993348940049,"sku":"CIN1556525249G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1556525249.jpg?v=1751055373"},{"product_id":"little-hands-nature-book-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9781885593160","title":"The Little Hands Nature Book","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50006604284177,"sku":"CIN1885593163G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50402993864977,"sku":"CIN1885593163VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52947385352465,"sku":"CIN1885593163A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1885593163.jpg?v=1750769019"},{"product_id":"when-the-world-runs-dry-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9781616209711","title":"When the World Runs Dry","description":"Award-winning science writer Nancy F. Castaldo gives a riveting narrative nonfiction account of the worldwide water crisis, explaining whats happening to the worlds water supply, from industrial pollution to harmful algal blooms, and what kids can do about it.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50098390728977,"sku":"CIN1616209712G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50115583279377,"sku":"NGR9781616209711","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50139974828305,"sku":"CIN1616209712VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51040437797137,"sku":"NIN9781616209711","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51533764559121,"sku":"GOR014319415","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":52816394912017,"sku":"CIN1616209712LN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1616209712.jpg?v=1751422492"},{"product_id":"leap-into-space-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9780824968151","title":"Leap into Space","description":"The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value to researchers of domestic and international law, government and politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and much more.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Harvard Law School Libraryocm21508191Includes index.London: Stevens and Sons, 1876. xx, 160 p.; 19 cm.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50177679851793,"sku":"CIN0824968158G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52104947761425,"sku":"CIN0824968158VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0824968158.jpg?v=1750703078"},{"product_id":"oceans-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9781556524431","title":"Oceans","description":"This book is suitable for ages 6 to 9 years. Even kids in the Midwest, far from any salt water, can learn about the ocean and have fun with this activity guide. Only a handful of the activities need to be done at the seaside; most can be done at the kitchen table or in the classroom. Kids will experiment with salty water and learn about tides, currents, and waves. They'll explore different ocean habitats, from tide pools to sunlit waters to the deep-water world where light does not penetrate. Tales of the ocean from around the world enhance the learning and the fun. Other activities include carving a polar bear in soap, playing an echolocation game, and testing various ways to clean up an oil spill. An extensive resource section lists aquariums around the world; books, videos, and interesting Web sites; a calendar of ocean events; and organisations that protect our oceans.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50256992403729,"sku":"CIN1556524439G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50381547208977,"sku":"CIN1556524439A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51750429294865,"sku":"CIN1556524439VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1556524439.jpg?v=1750798330"},{"product_id":"beastly-brains-exploring-how-animals-think-talk-and-feel-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9780544633353","title":"Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel","description":"In Beastly Brains, Castaldo delves into the minds of animals and explores animal empathy, communication, tool use, and social societies through interviews and historical anecdotes. Researchers from Charles Darwin to Jane Goodall have spent years analyzing the minds of animals, and today's science is revolutionizing old theories and uncovering surprising similarities to our own minds. Humans are not alone in our ability to think about ourselves, make plans, help each other, or even participate in deception. You'll think differently about the animals on this planet--maybe it's their world and we're just living in it!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50353143218449,"sku":"CIN0544633350G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50353145905425,"sku":"CIN0544633350VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51430056198417,"sku":"GOR014272311","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53686741696785,"sku":"NIN9780544633353","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0544633350.jpg?v=1751455618"},{"product_id":"leap-into-space-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9780824968168","title":"Leap into Space","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50367738478865,"sku":"CIN0824968166G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50682131874065,"sku":"CIN0824968166VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52842425745681,"sku":"GOR006048607","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0824968166.jpg?v=1750882328"},{"product_id":"keeping-our-earth-green-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9780824968250","title":"Keeping Our Earth Green","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eMuch of what has been written about pollution and global warming is not only difficult to understand, but misleading as well. In this book, the author presents the issues, gives the science behind the happenings, focuses on individuals who have had an impact on our world, offers ways the reader can take action, and includes many fun and informative experiments and things to make. From replacing incandescent light bulbs with fluorescent ones to making a compost pile and recycling cans, bottles, and plastics this is a book young readers will enjoy for its hands-on fun and straight talk that presents possibilities.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50367759450385,"sku":"CIN0824968255G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53619189022993,"sku":"CIN0824968255VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0824968255.jpg?v=1751395706"},{"product_id":"river-wild-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9781556525858","title":"River Wild","description":"This work is aimed at ages 9 to 12 years. Children will delight in learning about the formation of rivers, the water cycle, and the variety of habitats that exist along the length of a river in this introduction to the precious natural resource of rivers. All major rivers that run through the United States, Canada, and Mexico are discussed in regional chapters, including the Chattahoochee, Colorado, Columbia, Hudson, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Rio Grande, and St. Lawrence Rivers as well as many others. Kids will discover how rivers have shaped our history and learn of the issues that are currently facing these important waterways. More than 30 fun-filled activities including Build Your Own Dam, Huckleberry Finn Log Raft, Salmon Trap Game, and Settling Sediment are provided. Sidebars on river keepers around the country, and a complete resource section listing books, videos, and websites complete this activity guide.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50381626147089,"sku":"CIN1556525850G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1556525850.jpg?v=1751182107"},{"product_id":"buildings-that-breathe-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9781728419466","title":"Buildings That Breathe","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eImagine looking out from your 18th floor apartment in the middle of the city and seeing trees right in front of you. \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an effort to stem climate change, reduce pollution, combat heat, and protect biodiversity, architects are teaming up with botanists, urban wildlife ecologists, and other scientists to design high-rise forests, living walls, and vertical farms in some of the world's most populated places. These projects are happening all around the world, and they will not only change the urban landscape, but they will provide urban dwellers with a healthier place to live and work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor \u003cem\u003eBuildings That Breathe\u003c\/em\u003e, author and environmental journalist Nancy Castaldo connected with architect Stefano Boeri at the World Forum on Urban Forests and was invited to his office in Milan where she visited Bosco Verticale, the first high-rise forest. Planted with 750 trees, 5,000 shrubs, and 11 perennials on two apartment towers, the project provides an urban habitat for birds, insects, and people while creating a micro-climate that produces oxygen and provides shade for high-rise residents. Explore Bosco Verticale, as well the planned Liuzhou Forest City in China and other green architecture projects around the world, looking at how people are working together to change the urban landscape of the future. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50388462141713,"sku":"CIN1728419468G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1728419468.jpg?v=1751279498"},{"product_id":"winter-day-play-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9781556523816","title":"Winter Day Play!","description":"Intended for ages 4-8. This work includes basic science projects that involve observing and studying snowflakes and tracking and measuring snow prints. It also includes party ideas that range from a teddy-bear sleepover to activities for celebrating the Chinese New Year.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50389818671377,"sku":"CIN1556523815VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52106475831569,"sku":"CIN1556523815G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1556523815.jpg?v=1751212856"},{"product_id":"rainy-day-play-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9781885593009","title":"Rainy Day Play!","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50392079532305,"sku":"CIN1885593007G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52819378766097,"sku":"CIN1885593007VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52959436112145,"sku":"CIN1885593007A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1885593007.jpg?v=1750867334"},{"product_id":"sniffer-dogs-how-dogs-and-their-noses-save-the-world-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9780544932593","title":"Sniffer Dogs: How Dogs (and Their Noses) Save the World","description":"In Sniffer Dogs you will meet many dogs and their handlers and learn all about their jobs. Some of these dogs are raised from birth to detect blood sugar levels in their owners. Others are rescued from animal shelters and their boisterous personalities help make them excellent sniffer dogs.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50463013830929,"sku":"CIN0544932595VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50762344825105,"sku":"CIN0544932595G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0544932595.jpg?v=1751229934"},{"product_id":"riverkeeper-book-nancy-castaldo-9780823453771","title":"Riverkeeper","description":"\u003cb\u003eDive headfirst into the history of environmental activism in the Hudson River watershed and learn how you can help organizations like Riverkeeper protect clean water around the globe!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Every inch of the United States is in a river's watershed. But in 1966, one of our most important watersheds was dying. Dead fish washed up on the Hudson River's shores, and the once-clear water reeked of oil. With too much pollution to support human or animal life, America's \"First River\" was in too deep--until a Riverkeeper, a pioneering group of environmental activists, fought to get rivers around the globe out of troubled waters.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nonfiction pro Nancy Castaldo showcases Riverkeeper's achievements and the intersection of science and activism. With forty striking photographs and profiles of prominent water protectors, this resource-packed text is both a deep-dive into the history of the environmental movement and a guidebook for how individuals and communities can shape its future.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ●       Plunge into the dirty history of America's \"First River\" and learn how one of America's first environmental movements changed the course of activism around the world.\u003cbr\u003e ●       Meet trailblazers like Tracy Brown, the first female Riverkeeper, whose clean water advocacy offers a blueprint for generations of future scientists.\u003cbr\u003e ●       Learn about groundbreaking laws like the Clean Water Act, and how the hard work of activists--including people like you--has led to modern-day legislation that will help to heal our waterways for decades to come.\u003cbr\u003e ●       Discover surprising (and surprisingly effective!) methods for ecological conservation, like granting legal personhood to bodies of water.\u003cbr\u003e ●       Join the movement with engaging and accessible suggestions for cleaning up your local river, whether you're finding your local river sweep, volunteering as a water tester, or small things you can do at home!\u003cbr\u003e ●       Explore the outdoors! Complete with a list of fun Hudson River activities and annual events all around the United States, this text celebrates rivers wherever they flow--and invites you to join in on the party!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51397939036433,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51397939069201,"sku":"NIN9780823453771","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51860457586961,"sku":"CIN0823453774G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51909410914577,"sku":"CIN0823453774VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0823453774.jpg?v=1750946784"},{"product_id":"whales-in-the-city-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9780374308568","title":"Whales in the City","description":"This story spans from pre-colonization to today, so that readers can learn how the industrial revolution, overfishing, and pollution pushed whales out of New York Harbor and the Hudson River by the early 20th Century. But the story doesn't end there. Passionate citizens were able to clean up the harbor through activism and legislation. The first whales were spotted in the Hudson after over 100 years in 2019!  Here is a kid-friendly environmental success story chockfull of towering skyscrapers and underwater dramatics that highlights the power of activism and how each of us can make a difference. Also includes backmatter on whales and water pollution around the country.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51650822209809,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51650822373649,"sku":"NIN9780374308568","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52815734571281,"sku":"CIN037430856XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":53450452238609,"sku":"NGR9780374308568","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53601546633489,"sku":"CIN037430856XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/037430856X.jpg?v=1750910351"},{"product_id":"buildings-that-breathe-book-nancy-f-castaldo-9798765650493","title":"Buildings That Breathe","description":"\u003cp\u003eImagine looking out from your 18th floor apartment in the middle of the city and seeing trees right in front of you.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn an effort to stem climate change, reduce pollution, combat heat, and protect biodiversity, architects are teaming up with botanists, urban wildlife ecologists, and other scientists to design high-rise forests, living walls, and vertical farms in some of the world's most populated places. These projects are happening all around the world, and they will not only change the urban landscape, but they will provide urban dwellers with a healthier place to live and work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor Buildings That Breathe, author and environmental journalist Nancy Castaldo connected with architect Stefano Boeri at the World Forum on Urban Forests and was invited to his office in Milan where she visited Bosco Verticale, the first high-rise forest. Planted with 750 trees, 5,000 shrubs, and 11 perennials on two apartment towers, the project provides an urban habitat for birds, insects, and people while creating a micro-climate that produces oxygen and provides shade for high-rise residents. Explore Bosco Verticale, as well the planned Liuzhou Forest City in China and other green architecture projects around the world, looking at how people are working together to change the urban landscape of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53663558893841,"sku":"NIN9798765650493","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9798765650493.jpg?v=1781451934"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-nancy-f-castaldo.oembed?page=2","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}