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A breathtaking look into the mysterious world of dolphins and their conflicted history with man. Since the dawn of recorded history, humans have felt a kinship with the sleek and beautiful dolphin, an animal whose playfulness, sociability, and intelligence seems like an aquatic mirror of mankind. In recent decades, scientists have discovered dolphins recognize themselves in reflections, count, feel despondent, adorn themselves, rescue one another,...
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2020
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Kids will love this watercolour illustrated book packed with outdoor and nature-related craft projects! When children are outside and interacting with nature, they learn lots about the world through fun, creativity and skill-building. Tiny Explorers: Into the Wild is a book for children of all ages.
With heaps of ideas for outdoor fun, children will engage with nature with all their senses while learning, making nature-inspired art, getting closer...
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[2023]
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"Owls have existed for over sixty million years, and in the relatively short time we have shared the planet with these majestic birds they have ignited the human imagination. But even as owls continue to captivate our collective consciousness, celebrated British nature writer Miriam Darlington finds herself struck by all she doesn't know about the true nature of these enigmatic creatures. Darlington begins her fieldwork in the British Isles with her...
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2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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Durante generaciones, cuatro clanes de gatos salvajes se han dividido el territorio del bosque según las leyes de sus belicosos antecesores. Ahora, sin embargo, los gatos del Clan del Trueno se ven amenazados por el creciente poder del Clan de la Sombra, y cuando algunos de sus nobles guerreros mueren en extrañas circunstancias, la supervivencia del grupo corre peligro. Pero todo cambia el día que aparece Colorado, un gato de compañía criado...
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2009
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"En abril de 1992, Chris McCandless, de 24 años, se internó solo y apenas equipado por tierras de Alaska. Habia regalado todo su dineroy abandonado su coche, y soñaba con una vida en estado salvaje. Cuatro meses mas tarde, unos cazadores encontraron su cuerpo sin vida. Su historia, difundida en un reportaje de Jon Krakauer, suscitó una agitada polémica; para unos, era un intrépido idealista; para otros, un loco y un ingenuo sin el menor conocimiento...
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[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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A collection of short stories explore what it is like to be young and black, centering on the experiences of black teenagers and emphasizing that one person's experiences, reality, and personal identity are different than someone else.
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2017
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With enthusiasm and witty intelligence, Mahaffey unearths lost reactors on far-flung islands and finds trees that were exposed to active fission--which then changed gender or bloomed in the dead of winter. He explains why we have nuclear submarines but not nuclear aircraft and why cold fusion does not--and cannot--exist. And who knew that radiation-counting was once a fashionable trend? Though parts of our nuclear history might seem like fiction--such...
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[2017]
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This easy introduction to outdoor life will ensure that even a novice wont get lost in the woods while finding an activity he loves to do in the great outdoors--whether its hiking a 14er or camping on ice. With 400 strategies for engaging in the outdoors, and expert tips and tricks, Brendan Leonard shows the reader how rewarding it can be to get outside. From mountain climbing, to skiing, sledding, and sailing, Leonard shows that you dont need to...
33) Juvenile Book Bundle "Warriors" Books 1-3: #1 Into the Wild ; #2 Fire and Ice; #3 Forest of Secrets
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
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Into the Wild: For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their ancestors. But the warrior code has been threatened, and the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger.
Fire and Ice: Deep in the heart of the forest, four Clans of warrior cats coexist in uneasy harmony—but uncertain times are upon them, and dangers threaten the precarious balance of the forest.
Forest of Secrets: Allegiances are...
34) Wild fliers!
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[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"The Kratt Brothers take off as they learn about birds, bats, and other creatures that fly!"--Back cover.
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2019.
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Documents the biologist adventurer's treks in the vast wilderness region spanning the Pacific rainforest through the Alaskan Arctic, where she and her husband tested their physical boundaries while making profound natural-world connections.
For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure. During graduate school, as...
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©2007
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From the Publisher: This new combined edition of We Shall Overcome and Freedom Is A Constant Struggle weaves together the leadsheets of 115 songs, 135 moving documentary photos, and stirring firsthand accounts. Grouped together in chapters on each of the key stages of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, they create a stunning vision of this critical moment in world history. Includes an introduction by the editors, Guy and Candie Carawan. Arranged chronologically,...