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Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth. Originally this bird numbered in the millions before humans brought predators to the islands. Now on the isolated island refuge, a team of scientists is trying to restore the kakapo population.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory. "Richard Powers, whose novels combine the wonders of science with the marvels of art, astonishes us in different ways with each new book." -Heller McAlpin, NPR Books. The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife....
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 26 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Endangered animals are drawn into uniquely crafted letters in this bold alphabet book that provides information on the habitat and class of these rare creatures and the threats facing them.
6) Grizzly bear
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
c2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Grizzly bears are powerful animals that eat a wide variety of foods. Grizzly Bear investigates the complex relationship between the bears and humans and how conservationists are using engineering and technology to restore the grizzly population.
7) Open season
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
As Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett races against time to save an endangered species, he finds himself plunged into a deadly mystery that soon threatens his family and the life he loves.
Author
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : ill., col. photos. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book is a brief introduction to cheetahs, describing their physical characteristics, habitat, young, food, predators, and relationship to people.
9) Gray wolves
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A true book. Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and endangered status of gray wolves.
11) Manatees
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A true book. Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and endangered status of the manatees.
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
This book is a stirring look at the tiger, a magnificent animal that has long fueled human fascination. In critical danger of extinction, only a few thousand of these giant cats remain. Matthiessen's exquisite prose stunningly captures the tigers' dramatic fight to survive.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 35 cm
Language
English
Description
A celebration of wildlife blends a counting exercise and charcoal drawings of ten threatened and endangered creatures, including lions, elephants, and pandas, complemented by poetic notes on their respective characteristics and behaviors.
18) Giant pandas
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A true book. Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and endangered status of the giant panda.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A vibrant history of the modern conservation movement-told through the lives and ideas of the people who built it. In the late nineteenth century, as humans came to realize that our rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving other animal species to extinction, a movement to protect and conserve them was born. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the movement's history: from early battles to save...
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents information about the world's largest existing land mammal, traces the efforts of individuals and organizations to learn about and conserve these creatures, and suggests that man and animal should be able to live together.