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Author
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
PROTECTING THE EARTH S ANIMALS8 titles64 pages eachFrom whales to chimps, from cats and dogs to sharks and coral, the animals of the world are under threat. Human influence on their habitats and on world climate, along with direct attacks by poachers, are creating crisis after crisis. This series looks at some of the most pressing problems in animal conservation and describes some of the steps that humans are taking to help.Each title in PROTECTING...
Publisher
[PBS]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
In 2000, Ana Salceda, a young journalist, moved from her native Spain to explore the wilds of Panama. She became the caregiver for a tiny orphaned baby sloth named Velcro. This is the story of Ana's return to Central and South America to see how much has changed since Velcro came into her life. Sloths, once largely ignored, have become a hot topic of scientific researchers.
45) Whitetail
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c1987
Description
A fawn is born and grows up, dealing with the dangers present in nature, learning to avoid cars, hunters, snowmobiles, and dogs, and occasionally being aided by a friendly young man.
Author
Series
Publisher
G. Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes some animal species in the southern continents of South America, Africa, and Australia and the various factors that have contributed to their endangerment. Illustrated with color photographs and reproductions of artwork depicting selected animals.
Author
Publisher
The University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"All across the world, irreplaceable habitats are under threat. Unique ecosystems of plants and animals are being destroyed by human intervention. From the tiny to the vast, from marshland to meadow, and from America to England, Greece, and India, they are disappearing. Irreplaceable is not only a love letter to the haunting beauty of these landscapes and the wild species that call them home, including prairie chickens, nightingales, lynxes, hornbills,...
48) The islanders
Author
Series
Islanders volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Spending the summer with his grandmother on South Carolina's Dewees Island, eleven-year-old Jake finds two friends who are also struggling with family issues and together they try to save a sea turtle nest from predators.
Author
Publisher
Schiffer Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
From the estuaries of the East Coast, to the urban rivers of our cities, to your own backyard, get ready to share in the adventure. Through field notes, pack lists, and natural history lessons on a diversity of species, join in the exploration or wetlands, meadows, woodlands, and beaches. Each project includes the surveys and studies of young community scientists who are dedicated to exploring nature and helping to protect the natural world.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The tiger is just one of thousands of animals -- including the ground iguana, the white-rumped vulture, and the partula snail -- currently in danger of becoming extinct, joining the dodo, the marsupial wolf, the great auk, and countless others we will never see again.
Pub. Date
2020
Description
"Featuring rare footage of endangered animals and interviews with the world's leading animal welfare and conservation specialists, this pioneering feature explores the work of zoos and aquariums across the globe as they race to protect and preserve animals from al seven of the Earth's continents." -- Container.
A look at the world's leading animal welfare specialists and conservation scientists working to protect animals from all seven of Earth's...
53) Born to be wild
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
A short, nature documentary that examines the lives of orphaned orangutans and elephants because of poaching and habitat encroachment and follows the efforts of individuals who work to rescue, rehabilitate, and return these animals to the wild.
54) Polar bear
Author
Series
Publisher
Gloucester Press
Pub. Date
1989
Description
Discusses past and present treatment of the endangered polar bear and examines current efforts to protect it in its natural habitat.
56) The loop
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1998
Description
A conflict breaks out between cattle ranchers and government agents in Montana over the killing of wolves, a protected species. On the positive side this is how Luke Calder, son of the leading rancher meets and falls in love with Helen Ross, a government biologist. By the author of The Horse Whisperer.
Author
Series
Orca wild volume 7
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Dogs are working with humans to find new ways to solve environmental problems and conserve wildlife, just a few of which are sniffing out invasive species and poisons, as well as identifying wildlife traffickers.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Sixth-grader Liza K., one of five homeless people living in an unspoiled forest in southern Florida, searches for a missing alligator destined for official extermination and studies the delicate ecological balance keeping her outdoor home beautiful.
Author
Publisher
Wisdom Tales
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
When the villagers realize the fish's scales are real gold, each has a good reason to ask for one. Devorah needs clothes for her children. Old Joseph needs money for a cane. The fish has plenty to share, but he grows weak from giving away too much, too fast. Can Reuven stand up to the village and save his friend?
Young Reuven becomes friends with a fish which gladly shares his golden scales with the needy people of Reuven's village, although each...
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