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Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Three years of shooting were needed by five teams in order to follow bird migrations flying over the seven continents: from one pole to another, from the seas to snowcapped mountains, from the canopy of heaven to mangroves and swamps.
2) It's spring!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A child observes the arrival of spring and its effects on plants and animals. Includes suggestions for nature study projects.
3) Leaf jumpers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text describe different leaves and the trees from which they fall.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A grandmother explains to her granddaughter how the arrival of winter brings changes in nature and the earth's creatures, and how the return of spring and summer will bring more changes.
5) Human nature
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Go for a walk on the wild side in this deliciously twisted tale about three strangers caught in a hair-raising love triangle -- Puff who was raised as an ape in the wild, Lila, who had once fled to the woods after hair entirely covered her body, and her boyfriend Nathan, who was brought up so strictly that his life now revolves around scientifically training white mice in proper etiquette.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.
8) In November
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes the autumn activities and traditions that November's cooling temperatures bring.
11) Outside in
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal ways nature affects our everyday lives, such as providing food and clothing, and showing when to go to bed and when to get up.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's children to some disturbing childhood trends, such as rises in obesity, Attention Deficit Disorder, and depression, arguing that children's obsession with the latest technology have led them to underappreciate nature.
16) The hike
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three friends set out on a day hike to explore their local forest, intending to climb to the top of the hill, where they will plant a flag, read a poem, and release feathers into the wind.
19) Alone
Publisher
HISTORY
Language
English
Description
This season on ALONE, participants will face the most punishing environment yet: The Arctic. Canada’s Great Slave Lake—the deepest lake in North America—is where season 6’s survivalists will endure frigid conditions & a slew of dangerous wild life, like a thriving bear population, territorial moose, wolves, muskox and the stealthy porcupine. No camera crew. No gimmicks. Last one standing wins.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A collection of entertainments geared toward boys, containing accounts of famous battles, William Shakespeare quotations, games, and instructions for activities such as building a go-cart, cutting flint heads, making an electromagnet, and folding the "greatest paper airplane in the world."
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