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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Johannes is a free dog, a fast dog--such a fast dog! He lives in an urban park by the sea, and every day, he runs through the park, seeing all, missing nothing, and reporting what he sees to the park's three ancient Bison, the Keepers of the Equilibrium. But the Equilibrium has been disrupted. Mysterious rectangles are hypnotizing Johannes, the humans are erecting a mysterious new building, and an entirely new kind of animal has arrived in the park--and...
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
What's new? We casually say this to each other all the time, but when Daniel's grandpa asks him this question, Daniel's curiosity is sparked and he's determined to really find out! And there is so much new stuff to report on, since their local park is brimming with spring life. Birds have reappeared from their winter journeys, ducklings are hatching, and polliwogs are growing long legs--just like Daniel.
46) Trim Helps Out
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Series
Language
English
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Trim is eager to be the best ship's cat ever. Everyone else on board seems so busy.
Captain Flinders is at the helm, steering the ship. Cook is in the galley, making nice, warm biscuits. Will is high in the crow's nest, painting the sea and the sky.
Trim wants to help too. Can he find the purr-fect way?
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, an imprint of House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Two children wake up when they head the lake singing, then the wind wailing... or is it a wolf? They bundle up and venture out into the cold, spotting tracks of fox, deer, hare, mink, otter, and the wolf! In the bay, the ice is thick and smooth. They lace up their skates, then step onto the surface on the lake.
48) Small Mammals
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Series
Publisher
Essential Library, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
112 pages : color photographs ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Small mammals are soft, adorable pets, but they require special care. Small Mammals examines various small mammal species and their unique needs, as well as the laws, regulations, challenges, and controversies regarding owning these animals. It also looks at the industry and communities that have sprung up to support small mammal ownership and the many ways small mammals bring joy to their owners. Features include a glossary, references, websites,...
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In this masterful hybrid of nature writing and cultural studies, the author investigates our connection with deer, from mythology to biology, offering a unique and intimate perfective on a very human relationship while inviting us to contemplate the paradoxes of how we interact with and shape the natural world.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Steve Irwin did not have a typical childhood. Born in Melbourne, Australia, on February 22, 1962, he was raised on the wildlife park his parents owned. He cared for the animals and especially loved reptiles--he got a python for his sixth birthday! At nine years old, Steve was already helping his father wrestle small crocodiles. He became a crocodile trapper after graduating high school, catching the creatures before dangerous poachers could. Steve...
52) Salamanders
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Publishing, a division ABDO
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color photographs ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book introduces readers to the unique features of salamanders. Basic information is covered, such as habitat, life cycle, range, diet, predators, and threats. Table of contents, interesting facts, glossary, and index are included.
Author
Series
Cat Kid Comic Club volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Excitement and imagination run wild as Naomi, Melvin, Poppy, Gilbert, Curly, and their siblings get back to making comics with originality and laughter. But wait--have they cleaned their rooms yet?! After their chores, the rambunctious group presents even more amazing mini-comics. By working together, the baby frogs discover that small things can have a huge impact"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this exuberant and lyrical follow-up to the award-winning Over and Under the Snow, discover the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves . . . and down in the dirt. Explore the hidden world and many lives of a garden through the course of a year! Up in the garden, the world is full of green-leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt exists a busy world-earthworms dig, snakes hunt, skunks...
55) Scruffy
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
84 pages : 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. When Charles and Lizzy find Scruffy stuck in a fence at a scary old house, they aren't sure if she's lost or been abandoned. Either way, Scruffy has learned that smiling at humans always gets her what she wants... and soon so does the rest of the world. When she hits social media, Scruffy...
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Swim along with the pout-pout fish as he discovers that being glum and spreading "dreary wearies" isn't really his destiny. Bright ocean colors and playful rhyme come together in this fun fish story that's sure to turn even the poutiest of frowns upside down.
Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press, a division of Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colored illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Enter the beautifully illustrated world of Bear, Hare, Turtle, and Mouse and the adventure that ensues when they find a precious little egg in the woods. Who will get to care for the egg? What will they do when the egg hatches?
Throughout this endearing story that celebrates friendship and encourages young readers to share and trust in the power of community and their own resourcefulness, these forest friends will warm your heart with their caring,...
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
40 pages : color photographs ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
How could such a cute, exotic animal remain unknown to scientists for so long? Olinguitos live in cool, humid cloud forests in the mountains. For many years, scientists mistook their pelts and skeletons for olingos, a related mammal. But in the early 2000s, Kristofer Helgen noticed something different about some olingos. He suspects they might be a separate mammal species--a rare discovery. If they were, did they still exist in the wild? And where...
60) People Are Wild
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Wild creatures come in all shapes and sizes. They can be playful or loud or curious or cute--just like kids! People Are Wild turns the tables and asks what animals think of us. We may not always see eye to eye, but the more we understand each other, the better we're able to live in harmony.