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This international bestseller that changed the way we look at wolves “opens new horizons in understanding animal nature and intelligence” (Newsday). In 1948, Farley Mowat landed in the far north of Manitoba, Canada, a young biologist sent to investigate the region’s dwindling population of caribou. Many people thought that the caribous’ conspicuous decline had been caused by the tundra’s most notorious predator: the wolf. Alone among the...
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• Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
An exhilarating meditation on nature and its seasons—a personal narrative highlighting one year’s exploration on foot in the author’s own neighborhood in Tinker Creek, Virginia. In the summer, Dillard stalks muskrats in the creek and contemplates wave mechanics; in the fall she watches a monarch butterfly migration and dreams of Arctic caribou. She tries to con a coot; she collects pond water...4) It's spring!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A child observes the arrival of spring and its effects on plants and animals. Includes suggestions for nature study projects.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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"The Call of the Wild," penned by the renowned American author Jack London, is a literary masterpiece that transcends time and genre, immersing readers in a thrilling journey through the unforgiving landscapes of the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. Published in 1903, this novella remains a testament to London's profound understanding of the wild, his keen insights into the primal instincts that lie dormant within every being, and his ability...
10) The blue hour
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English
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Animals, birds, and even flowers of blue hues color their landscapes, from the Arctic to the jungle, as they enjoy a moment of peace in the hour between day and night.
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Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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On a walk through the woods and a marsh to the seashore, the reader is encouraged to notice all sorts of plants, animals, insects, and shells. Flaps fold out on two-page spreads.
12) Winged migration
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
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English
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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.
13) A new green day
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Evocative riddles and bold imagery take readers on a tour of the sites and sounds of nature"--
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Muriwai Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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As a world authority on insect anatomy, Snodgrass has given us this book a brilliant account of the anatomy of the honey bee and how it relates to the way that bees develop and how and why they function as they do in their interesting communal life. This book should be in the library of every student of the honey bee and bee behaviour beekeepers as well as scientists. The book is delightfully written and is enjoyable reading. American Bee Journal...
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The Kent State University Press
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[2020]
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English
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A guide to identification and control of invasive plants
Problem Plants of Ohio is an informative guide, providing information on the identification and control of nonnative plant species formally listed as invasive or prohibited noxious weeds in Ohio. In addition, the book treats many additional species that are considered a nuisance in gardens, landscaping, or natural settings.
The book includes more than 900 photographs of diagnostic features...
19) Nature's art box
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Storey Books
Pub. Date
c2003
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English
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Presents more than sixty projects made from natural materials that are available almost anywhere.
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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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.
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