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Gaia Girls

Posted in May 13th, 2006
by Martha Geddon in Books, Kids, Resources, Stories

Enter the Earth is the first of the Gaia Girls series written by Lee Welles. The story takes place on 10 year old Elizabeth Angier’s family run farm in upstate New York. Elizabeth’s adventure with Gaia is launched by the arrival of a factory farm in her community.
“What would you do if you could hear [...]

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The Ant & the Grasshopper

Posted in March 22nd, 2006
by Martha Geddon in Kids, Stories

This cautionary tale is one of Aesop’s fables, written in the sixth century B.C.E. Long before there was high density polyethylene. So, preparedness (and the need to encourage others to do it) has been around for a very long time.
The Ant and The Grasshopper
In a field one summer’s day a Grasshopper was hopping about, [...]

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