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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
960L
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English
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"Wuthering Heights is one of the most famous love stories in the English language. It is also one of the most potent revenge narratives. The intense and unbreakable bond between the fiery Catherine Earnshaw and the foundling Heathcliff has startled and fascinated readers since its first publication in 1847. Of uncertain parentage and ethnicity, Heathcliff comes to Wuthering Heights as a child when Catherine's father finds him wandering alone through...
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"A lifelong environmentalist, Annie Proulx brings her wide-ranging research and scholarship to the subject of wetlands and the vitally important yet little understood role they play in preserving the environment--by storing the carbon emissions that greatly contribute to climate change. Fens, bogs, swamps, and marine estuaries are the earth's most desirable and dependable resources, and in four stunning parts, Proulx documents the long-misunderstood...
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Bloomington, "The Gateway to Southern Indiana," is a lively university town and also Indiana's premier outdoor playground. The Bloomington area is home to some of the finest scenery in the state and the Midwest. Set in the midst of a myriad of parklands, the Bloomington area features a blend of walking opportunities, thanks to a collaboration of government, private agencies, organizations, and individuals. The nature walks herein range from popular...
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July 1831. It's been fifteen years since Sebastian Gage has set foot in Langstone Manor. Though he has shared little with his wife, Lady Kiera Darby, about his past, she knows that he planned never to return to the place of so many unhappy childhood memories. But when an urgent letter from his grandfather reaches them in Dublin, Ireland, and begs Gage to visit, Kiera convinces him to go. All is not well at Langstone Manor. Gage's grandfather, the...
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Nature Walks in the Indiana Dunes highlights 25 outings that traverse an uncommon landscape along the south shore of Lake Michigan. The guidebook briefly describes the natural and social history of each walk. Accurate maps and detailed highway directions and trail descriptions help in planning your trips. Numerous color images of this unique region enhance the pages. The author has personally experienced each nature walk and has made a solid effort...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
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"Introducing, the wetlands: unique ecosystems that are not only a home for an extensive amount of wildlife, but also a vital storage place for one of Earth's most precious resources, water. What lives there? Find out in this simple yet extensive exploration of marshes and swamps and what they are, why they're important, and the birds, fish, and wildlife that make it their homes." -- Amazon.com.
A picture book that defines marshes and swamps, discusses...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Springs have held our deep-seated fascination since time immemorial. With profound significance, spring waters have long been associated in folklore, medicine & religion as a sacred symbol of life, healing & purification. The gifts of pure water from the earth were of the utmost importance to the indegenous Indiana. Springs were an important factor in the settlement of Indiana. In addition to providing domestic water, they provided power for mills...
14) Wetlands
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes swamps, marshes, and bogs, places which are almost always wet and soggy and which are habitats for hundreds of kinds of plants and animals.
16) Wetlands
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English
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An exploration of wetlands, discussing the geography, geology, atmosphere, chemistry, biology, biodiversity, history, economics, health, and management of the ecosystems. Includes a glossary.
17) Hicotea
Author
Series
Nightlights volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"On a school field trip to the local wetlands, Sandy wanders away from her classmates and discovers an empty turtle shell. Peeking into the shell, she suddenly finds herself within a magical new dimension. Filled with sculptures, paintings and books, the turtle's shell is a museum of the natural world. But one painting is incomplete, and the shell's mystery inhabitant needs Sandy's help to finish it..." -- Back cover
18) Wetlands
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
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English
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"A wetland is an area where the land is covered by water for some or all of the year. Wetlands are important because they clean water as it moves through them." --
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[2012]
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English
Description
Documentary reveals the diverse ecology, illustrates the astonishing history, and explores the controversial saga of the Grand Kankakee Marsh by examining how people have used and perceived this wetland for more than 10,000 years. Tells of how this marshland of nearly a million acres was almost completely destroyed but is now being slowly and partially restored.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 690L
Language
English
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There are freshwater marshes in every county of every state in the United States, as well as in every country of the world except Antarctica. And in every marsh, there is an opportunity to view dozens of species of animal life. Written in a rhyming cumulative style like The House that Jack Built, At the Marsh in the Meadow portrays the wetlands food chain, showing how all forms of life, from the mud at the bottom of the marsh to the birds in the sky,...
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