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Author
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (512 pages)
Language
English
Description
Six centuries ago Polynesian explorers, who inhabited a cosmos in which islands sailed across the sea and stars across the sky, arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand where they rapidly adapted to new plants, animals, landscapes and climatic conditions. Four centuries later, European explorers arrived with maps and clocks, grids and fences, and they too adapted to a new island home. In this remote, beautiful archipelago, settlers from Polynesia and Europe...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
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Description
"Plants, animals, insects and fish are moving in. Invasive species threaten local ecosystems and the planet's biodiversity, but are they all as bad as we think they are? In Nature Out of Balance:How Invasive Species Are Changing the Planet author Merrie-Ellen Wilcox profiles all-star invasive species around the world, starting in her own neighbourhood, and warns that humans are the most invasive species of all. We find out how and why species become...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From healing to astronomy to our connection to the natural world, the lessons from Indigenous knowledge inform our learning and practices today. How do knowledge systems get passed down over generations? Through the knowledge inherited from their Elders and ancestors, Indigenous Peoples throughout North America have observed, practiced, experimented, and interacted with plants, animals, the sky, and the waters over millennia. Knowledge keepers have...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of California Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The characteristic look of California Chaparral-a soft bluish-green blanket of vegetation gently covering the hills-is known to millions who have seen it as the backdrop in movies and television productions. This complex ecological community of plants and animals is not just a feature of the hills around Hollywood, but is a quintessential part of the entire California landscape. It is a highly resilient community adapted to life with recurring fires...
Author
Publisher
Hunter Publishing, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
The author, a native Australian, covers everything you might want to know about Australia - guaranteed! The places to stay, from budget to luxury, rentals to B. and B.s, the restaurants, from fast food to the highest quality, the beachwalks and bushwalks, the wildlife and how to see it, exploring the country by air, on water, by bike and every other way. Following are a few excerpts from the guide: "The gathering of landscapes within the compact state...
67) Hawai'i
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports, art, and people of Hawaii, a state made up of a string of Pacific Ocean islands.
68) France
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, sports, arts, religions, culture, and people of France.
69) Rainforest
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
80 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Compares and contrasts the plants, animals, and indigenous peoples of the world's rainforests by continent, exploring secrets of survival in the forest and examining how human exploitation threatens these diverse habitats.
70) South Dakota
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of South Dakota.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living in America. It wasn't exactly a 'New World,' but an old one whose inhabitants had built a vast infrastructure of cities, orchards, canals, and causeways. But after Columbus set foot in the Americas, an endless wave of explorers, conquistadors, and settlers arrived, and with each of their ships came a Noah's Ark of plants, animals, and disease. Here is an exploration into...
73) Jungle
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pop-up pages and pull-out sheets present an illustrated guide to the plants, animals, and insects found in the world's tropical rain forests.
74) North Dakota
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of North Dakota.
75) Kansas
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of Kansas.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kidhaven Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the rain forest ecosystem discussing where the rain forests are found and how plants, animals, and humans survive in this environment.
77) West Virginia
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of the Mountain State.
79) Idaho
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of Idaho.
80) Oregon
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of Oregon.
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