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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Why do we do the things we do? Over a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert Sapolsky's genre-shattering attempt to answer that question as fully as perhaps only he could, looking at it from every angle. Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: he starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from...
Author
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"The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world.This book welcomes us into a previously unfathomable dimension--the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires (and fireworks), songbirds that can see the Earth's magnetic...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Enter stories of the most unlikely cross-species relationships imaginable: a chimp bottle-feeding tiger cub, a giant tortoise snuggling with a baby hippo, a black crow parenting a meerkat. Look at these remarkable relationships first hand, and through caregivers, biologists, and animal behaviorists. Explore what they suggest about the nature of animal emotions.
4) The inner life of animals: love, grief, and compassion : surprising observations of a hidden world
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Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Presents a revelatory exploration of the diverse emotional intelligence of animals as demonstrated in stories about loving pigs, cheating magpies, scheming roosters, and rats who regret bad choices.
"Through vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies, and scheming roosters, The Inner Life of Animals weaves Peter Wohlleben's wealth of personal experience observing nature in forests and fields with the latest scientific research into how animals...
8) Lion lessons
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Learning to be a lion takes some serious lessons, but luckily, this kid has a teacher who is a real pro"--
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Series
Publisher
Pebble, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Animals are busy! Sea dragon fathers care for babies. Eagle parents build giant nests. Sea lions stand guard for one another. In every animal community, animals have jobs to do, just like people! Accessible and fun K-3 level information reveals the animal world to young readers and researchers in this Pebble Explore title from the Animal Societies series"--
11) Animal mouths
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Introduces, in simple text and photographs, the mouths of a puffin, child, housefly, dragonfly nymph, butterfly, chameleon, alligator, and caiman.
12) Animal tails
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Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Introduces, in simple text and photographs, the tails belonging to a mosquito larva, lemur, guppy, tadpole, pig, earwig, and chameleon.
Series
Publisher
Questar, Inc. [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Animals behaving badly looks at the adaptation of certain wild animals to human encroachment on their habitats. The good, the bad, and the grizzly discusses the success of grizzly repopulation and its impact on the people who live in grizzly territory.
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Did you know the natural world is a construction zone? Amazing animals all over the world are building all kinds of structures every single day. This fascinating, fact-filled book will captivate young scientists and naturalists and have them looking out for animal construction projects happening in their own backyards!"--
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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Skip, splash, sniff and cuddle with the cutest animals in the rough with Wild Baby Animals. Venture out into the world of monkeys, squirrels, bears, foxes and more and as they play, learn, and explore in their natural habitats.
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When seeking to understand animals, context is key. Humans have a habit of viewing the animal kingdom through the prism of our own narrow existence. Zoologist and documentary filmmaker Lucy Cooke is fascinated by the myths people create about animals to fill in the gaps in our understanding, and how much they reveal about the mechanics of discovery and the people doing the discovering. In this book she has gathered together the biggest misconceptions...
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