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2) Open season
Author
Series
Joe Pickett novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Joe Pickett, a dedicated Wyoming game warden, finds the body of a well-known poacher in his back yard. As Joe starts to investigate, he gets some very strong indications from those in power that he should accept the explanation he's been given and put the matter to rest.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 19
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Having used their magic tree house to travel to India, where they must get a gift to help free the dog Teddy from a spell, Jack and Annie have adventures involving a tiger and other endangered jungle animals.
Author
Series
Bill and Pete volume 3
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Bill the crocodile and his toothbrush, Pete the plover, set out to save Bill's cousin, who has been captured along with other endangered animals and taken from Egypt to Bad Guy's Big Bad Brother's Exotic Animal Farm near New Orleans, Louisiana.
Author
Description
"A vibrant history of the modern conservation movement-told through the lives and ideas of the people who built it. In the late nineteenth century, as humans came to realize that our rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving other animal species to extinction, a movement to protect and conserve them was born. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the movement's history: from early battles to save...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Appears on list
Description
From the giant panda of China to Fiji's banded iguana, creatures all over the world are imperiled like never before in human history. Visit all inhabited continents via a series of striking graphic stamps by printmaker Tom Frost, depicting more than thirty species -- some familiar, some you may not have known existed -- all of which are in danger of not existing for much longer. Fact files from conservation biologist Martin Jenkins introduce readers...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Laws protecting the spotted owls in the old growth forest of northern California cost Borden's father his logging job. Angry, Borden vows to kill any spotted owl he sees, but has a change of heart when he and his father find themselves taking care of a young owlet.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Return of the Bison is the story of how this symbol of the American West was once almost lost to history and of the continuing journey to bring bison back from the brink. Author and naturalist Roger Di Silvestro explores the complex history of the bison's decimation and how a rising awareness of their possible extinction formed the roots of many modern wildlife conservation approaches. Weaving in natural history and fascinating historical context...
15) Giant pandas
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, and habitat of these endangered animals.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
This lush book of photography represents National Geographic's Photo Ark, a major cross-platform initiative and lifelong project by photographer Joel Sartore to make portraits of the world's animals-especially those that are endangered. His powerful message, conveyed with humor, compassion, and art: to know these animals is to save them. Sartore intends to photograph every animal in captivity in the world. He is circling the globe, visiting zoos...
19) Grizzly bears
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Introduces the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of grizzly bears, and discusses their endangerment in the lower forty-eight United States.
20) Giant pandas
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book describes the giant panda's physical characteristics, its behavior, its habitats, and its endangered status.