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Pub. Date
2022.
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"When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at falconer Nancy Cowan's farm, home to a dozen magnificent birds of prey, it was the start of a deep love affair. Nancy allowed her to work with Jazz, a feisty, four-year-old, female Harris's hawk with a wingspan of more than four feet. Not a pet, Jazz was a fierce predator with talons that could pierce skin and bone and yet, she was willing to work with a human to hunt. From the first moment Jazz swept down...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook this one spot, and imagining what might have been happening elsewhere on the globe. Life's losses were sharp and deeply-felt, but the hope carried by the beings that survived sets the stage for the world as we know it now. Picture yourself...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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Understanding someone who belongs to another species can be transformative. Author, naturalist, and adventurer Sy Montgomery understands this well. To research her books, Sy has traveled the world and encountered some of the planet's rarest and most beautiful animals. From tarantulas to tigers, Sy's life continually intersects with and is informed by the creatures she meets. This memoir reflects on the personalities and quirks of thirteen animals...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm.
Description
Presents general information about different types of predators, looking at what they are, some of their methods of hunting, the characteristics of different species, their origins, and fun facts about them.
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A young llama asks his friends if their mamas are llamas and finds out, in rhyme, that their mothers are other types of animals. She grazes on grass, and she likes to say, 'Moo!' I don't think that is what a llama would do." In this favorite, whimsical rhyming riddles help Lloyd the baby llama guess what kind of animal everyone's mama really is. But it's his friend Lyn the llama that finally leads Lloyd to the answer he most longs to hear. Is your...
11) Orange animals
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Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Description
This title will help readers understand that colors in nature are not just for beauty, but sometimes have more important purposes. Also included in this title is a color wheel showing primary and secondary colors and their relationships.
12) Green animals
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Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Description
This title will help readers understand that colors in nature are not just for beauty, but sometimes have more important purposes. Also included in this title is a color wheel showing primary and secondary colors and their relationships.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
214 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
Sixteen essays about individual animals, including wild (woolly mammoth, rhinoceros, starling, crocodile, gorilla, lion) and domesticated (housecat, racing pigeons, elephant, horses, goats), named and made famous by humans.
14) Jungle bullies
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
To get what they want, the larger jungle animals bully the smaller ones until Mama Monkey shows them all the benefits of sharing.
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A deep-time history of animals and humans in North America, by the best-selling and award-winning author of Coyote America. In 1908, near Folsom, New Mexico, a cowboy discovered the remains of a herd of extinct giant bison. By examining flint points embedded in the bones, archeologists later determined that a band of humans had killed and butchered the animals 12,450 years ago. This discovery vastly expanded America's known human history but also...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
"May all of the animals of the earth And the animals of the sky And the animals of the sea Be at peace. This lyrical picture book from bestselling author and illustrator Daniel Kirk encourages young children to be kind to all the animals of the world. Kirk's loving and hopeful verse blesses and gives warm wishes to farm animals, house pets, wild animals, and other creatures. Sure to warm the hearts of children and parents alike, this book is perfect...
18) Wild about you!
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Series
Springfield Zoo volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Description
Joining the new baby animals at the zoo are the much-loved pengaroo and the pandacat.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Description
"In this beautifully illustrated guide, discover fascinating and unusual information about animals from all around the world. A delightfully quirky system of organization introduces the reader to the superlatives of the animal kingdom, from "super predators" to "expert architects." A must-have encyclopedia for any animal enthusiast!"--
20) I love animals
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. BabyLearning.tv is a fun, toddler-friendly way for kids to learn with educational movies and documentaries.
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