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121) The last bear
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Description
"There are no polar bears left on Bear Island. At least, that's what April's father tells her when his scientific research takes them to a faraway Arctic outpost for six months. But one night, April catches a glimpse of something distinctly bear shaped loping across the horizon. A polar bear who shouldn't be there--who is hungry, lonely, and a long way from home. As their unlikely bond grows, April is determined to save her new friend--and so begins...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A middle grade graphic novel adventure based on a true story, in which a young conservationist overcomes the odds to save and return a sun bear to its natural habitat. When endlessly curious and tenacious Chang discovers a bear bile farm near her home in Vietnam, she decides to do everything she can to save wild animals--by becoming a conservationist! After teaching herself survival skills, documenting each rainforest plant and animal she sees in...
Author
Formats
Description
"An eye-opening and witty account of the global ecological transformations wrought by roads, from an award-winning author. Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, but we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. In Crossings, Ben Goldfarb delves into the new science of road ecology to explore how roads have transformed our world. Millions of animals are killed by cars each day in the US alone, and roads fragment...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"On Isle Royale, a remote island natioanl park surrounded by frigid Lake Superior, a thrilling drama is unfolding between wolves and moose, the island's ultimate predator and prey. For over sixty years, in what has been known as the longest study of a predator-prey relationship in the world, scientists have observed the importance of wolves to Isle Royale's unique ecology. But due to illness and underlying factors, the population of wolves on the...
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Creature teachers Chris and Martin Kratt will take families along on extraordinary animal-powered adventures. The show transforms the Kratt Brothers into animated versions of themselves, allowing the real-life zoologists to visit wild animals in their little-seen habitats and showcase key science concepts.
127) Sea otters
Author
Series
Publisher
Voyageur Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Provides insight into the world of the sea otter, their grooming habits, how they care for their young, how they live, and what they eat. Excellent general introduction to sea otters; for ages 10+. For those interested in nature and wildlife, especially those in the San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay regions of California and those in the Seattle area. An engaging look at the life of one of the most controversial ocean creatures.
128) Soaring high
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2014, 2007
Description
"First Julie is inspired to raise money so that two bald eagles can fly free. But will she be able to raise enough money to build a tower for their flight? Then, on a journey to commemorate the birth of a nation, Julie finds a way to include a very significant signature on the rededication scroll. And when Julie realizes she can make a positive change in punishments at school, she runs for student body president. Will Julie get the votes she needs?"--...
129) The buffalo are back
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The buffalo, an American icon once nearly extinct, has made a comeback. This stirring picture book tells the dramatic story, following bison from the Plains Indians to the cowboys, Teddy Roosevelt to the Dust Bowl, and from the brink of extinction to the majestic herds that now roam our national parks.
130) Aquicorn cove
Author
Publisher
Oni Press, an Oni Press Publication
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Unable to rely on the adults in her storm-ravaged seaside town, a young girl must protect a colony of magical seahorse-like creatures she discovers in the coral reef ... A heartfelt story about learning to be a guardian to yourself and those you love. When Lana and her father return to their seaside hometown to help clear the debris of a big storm, Lana remembers how much she's missed the ocean--and the strong, reassuring presence of her aunt. As...
131) Man-eater
Author
Series
Fact finders. Extreme! volume 6
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"Fourteen-year-old Sam is at a youth conference in Africa when the bus takes off without him, leaving him stranded. Within minutes he's attacked by an angry elephant and half-blinded by a spitting cobra. A young Masai tells Sam he needs medical attention--fast. But the only way to the hospital is through the Chui Hills. The same hills being terrorized by a ferocious, man-eating leopard"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
The Moon Sister is the fifth epic story in the Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley. After the death of her father - Pa Salt, an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe - Tiggy D'Apliese, trusting her instincts, moves to the remote wilds of Scotland. There she takes a job doing what she loves; caring for animals on the vast and isolated Kinnaird estate, employed by the enigmatic and troubled Laird, Charlie Kinnaird....
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Chris and Martin Kratt are brothers who explore the wild throughout the world to learn more about animals and share conservation information. They have three friends who travel in the Tortuga HQ with them named Aviva, Koki and Jimmy Z. The brothers have creature power suits that allow them to experience what it's like to be the animals they find. The team helps them by creating power suit creature disks for each animal they study. They also bring...
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Lobo, the legendary leader of a band of cattle-killing wolves has been terrorizing cattle ranchers and their livestock in the American Southwest. Bounty hunter Ernest Thompson Seton, sets out to trap and exterminate Lobo.
136) Wild dreamers
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Told in alternating voices, determined to make a difference and heal from their troubled pasts, teens Ana and Leandro fight to protect California wildlife and the endangered puma.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Creature teachers Chris and Martin Kratt will take families along on extraordinary animal-powered adventures. The show transforms the Kratt Brothers into animated versions of themselves, allowing the real-life zoologists to visit wild animals in their little-seen habitats and showcase key science concepts.
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