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Arbor Week Resource List

Films
The Man Who Planted Trees by Frederic Back.
An award winning animation available through the library system or CBC Enterprises,
Box 500, Station A, Toronto, Ontario M5W 1E6, (416) 205-3500, Telex 06-218269 CBC ENT TOT .

Books
Sharing Nature With Children by Joseph Bharat Cornell.
A parents' and teachers' nature awareness guidebook.
Ananda Publications, Dec. 1979
ISBN 0-01612401402

Journey Through a Tropical Jungle by Adrian Forsyth.
Owl, Greeyde Pencier Books
ISBN 0-920775-26-8

Good Plants are Hard to Find!
An environmental information guide, dictionary and action book for kids and adults.
Contact Marvin Melnyk Associates Ltd., P .0. Box 220, Queenston, Ontario LOS 1LO,
Tel (416) 262-4964, Fax (416) 262- 5303.

Make a Difference by Toni Ellis and Tom Scanlan.
Student activities for a better world.
Contact Marvin Melnyk Associates Ltd. (same as above).

Trees. ExaminingYour Environment, J.C. MacBean, A. Stecher, D.F. Wentworth, J.K. Couchman.
Holt Rinehart and Winston.
ISBN 0-03-922297- 7

Arbor Day Council of Canada Kit, compiled by J. Northwood.
Excellent reference material under the following headings:
Arbor Day, World and Ontario Overview, Important Role Trees Play in Our Environment, Educational Kit and Activities for Arbor Day, Bibliography and Sources of Additional Information. Available through:
Landscape Ontario, 7856 Fifth Line South, RR4, Station Main, Milton, ON, L9T 2X8, 1-800-265-5656 (Ontario only) or (905) 875-1805, Fax: (905) 875-3942

Saving the Planet (The Young Person's Guide to), Debbie Silver and Bernadette Vallely.
Dedicated to the only people who can get us out of this mess.
Virago Press Ltd. 1990.
1853811483 Virago Upstart.

The Canadian Junior Green Guide
How you can help save our world.
McClelland and Stewart Inc.
ISBN 0-7710-7157-4.

Information provided courtesy of
Ron Kelly
of the Arboretum at the University of Guelph

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