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1) Ranger Rick
Pub. Date
c1983
Language
English
Description
A monthly magazine containing stories, photographs, riddles, games, and crossword puzzles relating to natural history.
3) Reptile
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1160L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Uncover the lives of lizards, the tactics of tortoises, and the secrets of snakes as you dive into the world of scaly reptiles. Find out the clever ways these cold-blooded creatures thrive, from changing their color to injecting their prey with lethal venom"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
Honeybees are a crucial part of our food chain. As they gather nectar from flowers to make sweet honey, these bees also play an important role in pollination, helping some plants produce fruit. But large numbers of honeybees are disappearing every year...and no one knows why. Is a fungus killing them? Could a poor diet be the cause? What about changes to bees' natural habitat? In this real-life science mystery, scientists and beekeepers are working...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following the success of "The Burgess Bird Book for Children," Thornton W. Burgess' fans clamored for more, thus prompting the author to produce "The Burgess Animal Book for Children," a work similar to its predecessor. In this work the author instead turns his attention to the four-legged animals that populate the natural landscape of North America. Whimsically told through a conversation between Old Mother Nature and Peter Rabbit, characters that...
11) The bear report
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
370L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sophie is uninterested in writing a research report on polar bears until a polar bear named Olafur swoops her away to the Arctic, where she learns all about the playful bear's habits and habitat, from glacier mice to Northern Lights.
12) African cats
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Set against one of the wildest places on Earth--you'll experience the extraordinary adventure of two families as they strive to make a home in an untamed land. Stunning high definition images take your breath away as you come face-to-face with these majestic kings of the savanna and their true-life love, humor, and determination"--Container.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific exploration of owls, the most elusive group of birds, and an investigation into why these remarkable and yet mysterious animals exert such a hold on human imagination. For centuries, owls have captivated and intrigued us. Our fascination with these mysterious birds was first documented over 30,000 years ago, in the Chauvet cave paintings in...
Author
Language
English
Description
As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home, but no matter where she was transplanted she was able to turn to our world's fierce and funny creatures for guidance. The axoloti teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances; the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Even in the strange and the unlovely, she found that this was the way with wonder:...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In just the past twenty years, we have learned more about dinosaurs than we did in the previous two centuries. This book describes the extraordinary advances in paleontology that are beginning to solve many of the mysteries surrounding these marvelous prehistoric creatures, from their ways of communicating to their mating habits, the color of their skin, their migration patterns and extinction. How did dinosaurs rear their young? What did they eat?...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Most insects don't take care of their young, but some do -- in surprising ways. Some bugs clean up after their messy little ones, cater to their picky eaters, and yes -- hug their baby bugs. A fun and clever look at parenting in the insect world, perfect for backyard scientists and their own moms and dads.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
This edition includes 100 color photographs of tracks and sign, more than 1,000 line drawings, and updated nomenclature for all the mammals of North America. The text includes descriptions of habits, habitats, tracks, signs, and ranges and is filled with natural history stories.
Author
Language
English
Description
A true story and simple guide to teaching a dog to talk from a speech-language pathologist who has taught her dog to communicate using simple paw-sized buttons associated with different words.
When speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger first came home with her puppy, Stella, it didn't take long for her to start drawing connections between her job and her new pet. During the day, she worked with toddlers with significant delays in language...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Cats have been popular household pets for thousands of years, and their numbers only continue to rise. Today there are three cats for every dog on the planet, and yet cats remain more mysterious, even to their most adoring owners. Unlike dogs, cats evolved as solitary hunters, and, while many have learned to live alongside humans and even feel affection for us, they still don't quite 'get us' the way dogs do, and perhaps they never will. But cats...
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