Ann Downer
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1220L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents an introduction to elephants, describing their different types, habitat, herd behavior, how they communicate using sound, touch, and bodily movement, and the dangers they face from illegal poaching.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What would you do if you found an alligator in your garage? Or if you spotted a mountain lion downtown? In cities and suburbs around the world, wild creatures are showing up where we least expect them. Not all of them arrive by accident, and some are here to stay. As the human population tops seven billion, animals are running out of space. Their natural habitats are surrounded - and sometimes even replaced - by highways, shopping centers, office...
3) Shark baby
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A shark, still in his egg case, sets out to determine what kind of shark he is.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1210L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When we think of intelligent creatures, we often think of vertebrates, or animals with spinal columns and relatively large brains. We don't usually think of invertebrates, or animals without a spine. But invertebrates can be astonishingly intelligent. These animals exhibit surprising feats of learning, memory, and problem-solving using their relatively simple, tiny brains some the size of a sesame seed or even smaller. In fact, some intelligent invertebrates...
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
Birds do it, bees do it, penguins do it, and orangutans do it. By having sex and giving birth to offspring, animals ensure that their species will survive into the next generation. And in this quest for survival, animals go to great lengths. Some animal mating techniques may strike you as strange or gross, but to the animals themselves, these practices are essential. Animals with the best strategies for choosing mates and making babies ensure that...
6) Tiburoncito
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"Who am I?" wonders Shark Baby. When his "mermaid's purse" egg case is torn loose in a storm, he finds himself on a journey through different ocean habitats: kelp forests, coral reefs, and seagrass meadows. He learns what kind of shark he isn't, but not what kind he is. He needs to find the "mermaid" to learn where he belongs, but the ocean is big and full of dangers. Will he find out who he is-and what he can do-in time?
Author
Language
Español
Description
"¿Quién soy yo?" se pregunta Tiburoncito. Cuando su saco de huevos, llamado "monedero de sirena", se rompe perdiéndose en una tormenta, él se encuentra en un viaje a través de diferentes habitats oceánicos, bosques de algas marinas, los arrecifes de coral, y praderas de pastos marinos. Él aprende qué tipo de tiburón no es, pero no qué tipo es. Él necesita encontrar a la "sirena" para saber a dónde pertenece, pero el océano es grande y...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Description
When a thirteenth-century wizard confronts twenty-first century Boston while seeking his pet dragon, he is followed by a rival wizard and a very unhappy demon, but eleven-year-old Theodora Oglethorpe may hold the secret to setting everything right.
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Bram, kidnapped to an underground kingdom to be consort to the Elf Queen, escapes with the help of the Goblin Pretender and returns to his mother Caitlin, who is seeking the Books of ancient magic from the Elder Age. Sequel to "The Spellkey" and "The Glass Salamander."