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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Marine biologist Brent Hughes discovered a surprising connection between sea otters and sea grass at an estuary in northern California. Follow science in action as Hughes conducts the research that led to this major discovery."--
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Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this...
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Discover this beloved masterpiece of nature writing that is a hymn to creation and the power of the individual to do their bit to change the world for the better.In 1910, while hiking through the wild lavender in a wind-swept, desolate valley in Provence, a man comes across a shepherd called Elzéard Bouffier. Staying with him, he watches Elzéard sorting and then planting hundreds of acorns as he walks through the wilderness.Ten years later, after...
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During an ordinary visit to the library, a young girl pulls out a not-so-ordinary book from the shelves. As she turns the pages in this book about coral reefs, the city around her slips away and she finds herself surrounded by the coral cities of the sea and the mysterious plants and animals that live, hunt, and hide there.
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Español
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Los murciélagos resultan imprescindibles en los ecosistemas, pues controlan plagas e insectos, dispersan semillas, fertilizan flores, entre otras aportaciones. Esta "biografía" busca compartir conocimiento y pasión por los únicos mamíferos voladores del orbe, así como los peligros a los que se enfrentan –murciélagos y ecosistemas– debido al uso de pesticidas y herbicidas que los envenenan.
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"Over the past hundred years, gulls have been brought ashore by modernity. They now live not only on the coasts but in our slipstream following trawlers, barges, and garbage trucks. They are more our contemporaries than most birds, living their wild lives among us in towns and cities. In many ways they live as we do, walking the built-up world and grabbing a bite where they can. Yet this disturbs us. We've started fearing gulls for getting good at...
11) Creek critters
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
660L
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English
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"Do you like scavenger hunts? How do you tell if creek water is clean and healthy? Join Lucas and his sister as they act like scientists looking for certain kinds of bugs (aquatic macroinvertebrates) that can only survive in unpolluted waters. What will they find as they turn over rocks, pick up leaves and sort through the mud? Read along to find out if their creek gets a passing grade"--
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"When a good friend with a severe illness wrote, asking if he might have his "green burial" at Bernd Heinrich's hunting camp in Maine, it inspired the acclaimed biologist/author to investigate a subject that had long fascinated him. How exactly does the animal world deal with the flip side of the life cycle? And what are the lessons, ecological to spiritual, raised by a close look at how the animal world renews itself? Heinrich focuses his wholly...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Presents new animals discovered during a ten year project of documenting sea life, describing new species of such creatures as jellyfish, octopuses, squids, sea worms, and crabs, found along coral reefs, ocean mountain ranges, and in the dark zone.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Forest animals enjoy the sweet, plump fruit of a wild blackberry bush. But what happens when a bear arrives to take part in the feast? Includes "For Creative Minds" section with fun facts, a recipe and information on plants and animals.
17) Life in a Tundra
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Offering a stark contrast to hot, sandy deserts and tropical rain forests, the tundra is buried in snow and ice most of the year. However, life finds a way to flourish. During the short summer, flowers bloom and animals roam the land even though temperatures rarely reach 50 degrees Fahrenheit! This title will teach young readers how plants and animals survive in severe cold.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Meg Lowman was always fascinated by the natural world above her head. The colors, the branches, and, most of all, the leaves and mysterious organisms living there. As a scientist, Meg set out to climb up and investigate the rain forest tree canopies-- and to be the first scientist to do so. But she encountered challenge after challenge. Male teachers would not let her into their classrooms, the high canopy was difficult to get to, and worst of all,...
20) The ocean story
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Relates the story of the oceans that are home to so many creatures, that are part of the water cycle which produces rain, and that can become very messy if we do not take care of them.
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