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Meet the most unforgettable characters and embark on a thrilling adventure with Mowgli as he journeys deep into the jungle and learns 'The Bare Necessities' of life from happy-go-lucky Baloo the bear. Meet Bagheera, the wise old panther, and crazy King Louie, the orangutan. But watch out for the cunning tiger Shere Khan and Kaa, the sneakiest snake in the jungle! It is an extraordinary adventure and a heartwarming tale that celebrates the true meaning...
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1080L
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"The story of the man-cub Mowgli, who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, guided by his mentors Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther and the ancient python Kaa, and who confronts his archenemy Shere Khan the tiger, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created. Mowgli's adventures are juxtaposed with other animal stories set in the British Empire, ranging from the heroic battle of "Rikki-tikki-tavi" and the Himalayan pastoral "Purun...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
680L
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English
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"Martin, a stutterer, can talk smoothly and freely with the jungle animals that populate his father's zoo in South America--until a mysterious man-eating black jaguar that his father catches and brings back home talks back" --
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
1270L
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English
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When Tarzan is orphaned as a baby deep in the African jungle, he is saved from certain death when he is adopted by a she-ape. Raised as one of her own, Tarzan learns the way of the Kerchak--the tribe of great apes who rule the jungle. They teach him how to survive, to hunt, to swing through the trees, and to communicate with the other animals of the jungle. By the time he is a young man Tarzan has the courage and strength of ten men. But it is his...
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"Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, nothing could prepare Dora for her biggest challenge yet--High School. When her parents mysteriously disappear while searching for the Lost City of Gold, Dora must swing into action and lead a group of ill-equipped high schoolers on a wild quest to save them. Hold on for a high-stakes mission as Dora and her new friends navigate the jungle, outrun treasure hunters, and solve ancient...
7) Tarzan
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"Deep within the jungle ... baby Tarzan is adopted by a family of gorillas. But his 'Two Worlds' collide with the arrival of humans, forcing Tarzan to choose between a 'civilized' life with the beautiful Jane and the life he shares with his fun-loving friends and his gorilla family"--Container.
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"J.H. "Billy" Williams always had an affinity for animals. So, when he responded to a job offer with the East India Company to work with logging elephants his family wasn't surprised, though worried that he had already come back from World War I in one piece, would he be so lucky with India? Not only did he find his calling with the elephants in India, Billy and his elephants became war heroes. At the onset of World War II, Williams formed Elephant...
10) Up
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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"Pixar Animation Studios presents a hilariously uplifting adventure where the sky is no longer the limit. Carl Fredrickson is part rascal, part dreamer, and ready for his last chance at high-flying excitement. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, he sets off to the lost world of his childhood dreams. With an overeager Wilderness Explorer named Russell and Dug, a dog who can speak, as companions, Carl realizes that sometimes life's biggest adventures...
11) Jungle
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1150L
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"Discover life in the tropical rain forest--from exotic birds to millions of species of insects."--Cover.
12) Madagascar
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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A lion and zebra and two other of their pampered friends, from New York's Central Park Zoo, accidentally find themselves on a ship heading for Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, they become shipwrecked on the exotic island of Madagascar where they discover it really is a jungle out there!
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[2005]
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Before he was King of the Jungle, Tarzan was an awkward young kid just trying to fit in. When one of his missteps puts his family in jeopardy, Tarzan decides they would be better off without him. Along his new journey he must come face to face with the mysterious Zugor, the most powerful force in the land. Together, Tarzan and Zugor discover that being different is not a weakness and that friends and family are the greatest strength of all.
14) Jurassic Park
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
710L
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English
Description
Before seeing Jurassic World film this June read the original, multimillion copy number 1 bestselling thriller that inspired the first major motion picture Jurassic Park. On a remote jungle island, genetic engineers have created a dinosaur game park. An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now one of mankind's most thrilling fantasies has come true and the first dinosaurs that the Earth has seen in the...
15) Madagascar
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When four pampered animals from New York's Central Park Zoo accidentally find themselves shipwrecked on the exotic island of Madagascar, they discover that it really is a jungle out there. Along the way, the four team up with a quartet of mischievous penguins and legions of lemures, led by the outrageous King Julien.
16) Life of Pi
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
830L
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English
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Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat,...
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Biologist Janine Benyus takes us inside the animal kingdom and explains the whys and hows behind the behavior of creatures great and small in their natural environments.
Humans have always pondered what makes us different from animals. After all, many species exhibit behaviors that resemble our own (or is it the other way around?). This informative volume covers 20 of the world's most well-known animals, including African elephants, flamingos, giant...
18) Jungle stink
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"Sam is one of the strongest, kindest, and most courageous animals in the jungle. There's only one problem--he stinks! Funny illustrations and carefully leveled text help young readers improve their reading independence."--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Nanda Singh, the youngest elephant driver in Nepal, enjoys a very special relationship with his tusker, Hira Prashad, through which he grows in understanding and compassion with all animals, including humans.
20) Two brothers
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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Two mischievous twin tiger cubs are born in the jungle but are soon seperated and taken into captivity. One is sold off to the circus and the other becomes the pampered pet of the governor's son. They are reunited years later by an explorer who trains them to be sport fighters and inadvertently forces them to fight each other.
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