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Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"We share the planet with millions of plants and animals. Sometimes human behavior can harm them. This title introduces readers to the plants and animals that are now classified as threatened, endangered, and extinct. Readers will learn about the threats and dangers these species face or once faced and the consequences that follow. Important concepts such as conservation and protection are explored in this title, which will help readers understand...
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"It is the year 2025, and Tyrone O'Shaughnessy Tierwater is eking out a bleak living in Southern California, managing a pop star's private menagerie of the species "only a mother could love" - scruffy hyenas, jackals, warthogs and three down-at-the-mouth lions. Global warming is a reality. The biosphere has collapsed in a grim but pointed way, and most of the major mammalian species - not to mention fish, birds and frogs - are extinct." "At one time,...
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"Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper is a celebration of found family, an exploration of truth versus power, and the triumph of hope in the face of despair. "Fans of Delia Owens will swoon to find their new favorite author." (Hank Phillippi Ryan) It's been more than a decade since the world has come undone, and Sasha Severn has returned to her childhood home with one goal in mind-find the mythic research her father, the infamous Last Beekeeper,...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Science fiction becomes reality in this Jurassic Park-like story of the genetic resurrection of an extinct species-the woolly mammoth-by the bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and The 37th Parallel."With his knack for turning narrative nonfiction into stories worthy of the best thriller fiction" (Omnivoracious), Ben Mezrich takes us on an exhilarating true adventure story from the icy terrain of Siberia to the cutting-edge genetic labs...
29) Allosaurus
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book introduces readers to the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and fossil record of Allosaurus. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning.
30) Diplodocus
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"This book introduces readers to the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and fossil record of Diplodocus" --
35) Coelophysis
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book introduces readers to the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and fossil record of Coelophysis. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning.
36) Me want pet!
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
When Cave Boy wants a pet, he tries a woolly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger, and a dodo bird, but none seems suitable.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Hundreds of years ago, Earth was home to some strange animals. There was the giant beaver taller than a human; the Sicilian dwarf elephant; the ten-foot-tall elephant bird; the giant lemur nicknamed the tratratratra; the world famous dodo. Hunted by humans and weakened by climate change, these animals gradually disappeared. All that remains are footprints and fossils, explorers' stories and fascinating folk tales--all waiting to be discovered in...
38) Big Birds
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Pub. Date
2000
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, eating habits, defense behavior, and other aspects of large flightless birds both living and extinct, including ostriches, emus, cassowaries, rheas, elephant birds, and moas.
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