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Discovering frogs
Par Douglas Florian. 1986
Koko's story (Scolastic hardcover)
Par Francine Patterson. 1987
In 1973 the author began teaching Koko, a baby gorilla, American Sign Language. This book recounts their incredible relationship and…
the growth of Koko's vocabulary to five hundred signs, with which she even tells lies. We also meet Michael, Koko's intended future mate. Continues the story of "Koko's Kitten." For grades 3-6The Sea World book of dolphins
Par Randall Reeves. 1987
Dolphins come in many different sizes, shapes, and colors. Some live in deep ocean waters while others live in rivers.…
This book describes the evolution, adaptations, habits, and physical characteristics of these beautiful, intelligent, and friendly mammals. For grades 5-8 and older readers101 questions and answers about pets and people
Par Ann Squire. 1988
What is the function of a cat's whiskers? How can dogs hear dog whistles? How can you tell if your…
gold fish is male or female? Why doesn't a sleeping bird fall off its perch? The author answers a host of questions about dogs, cats, birds, fish, and other creatures. Also includes chapters on "Understanding your Pet's Behavior" and "Pets Helping People." For grades 3-6 and older readersBearman: exploring the world of black bears (Charles Scribner's Sons books for young readers)
Par Laurence Pringle. 1989
Lynn Rogers is a United States Forest Service biologist who has studied "Ursus americanus," or the American black bear, for…
more than twenty years. This book tells of his early life and interest in wildlife, his introduction to black bears, and his education in their ways. The physical characteristics, natural environment, habits, and life cycle of the American black bear are examined. For grades 4-7Operation Siberian crane: the story behind the international effort to save an amazing bird
Par Judi Friedman. 1992
Chronicles the efforts of the International Crane Foundation (ICF) to save the endangered Siberian crane. The ICF was established by…
two Americans, Ron Sauey and George Archibald, in 1972. With the help of scientists from the Soviet Union and the support of environmentalists from other nations, the work of the ICF has made an impact. For grades 4-7 and older readersWhere to find dinosaurs today
Par Daniel Cohen. 1992
The authors scoured the United States and Canada in search of dinosaurs and developed a guide to dinosaur fossils, exhibitions,…
and memorabilia. Most of the listings are for museums, fossil quarries, and "dinosaur parks" with models of prehistoric animals. Nearly every state is represented, and the authors include for each site vital information for planning a visit. For grades 5-8 and older readersJane Goodall, living with the chimps
Par Julie Fromer. 1992
Jane Goodall knows the world of the chimpanzee better than anyone; for more than thirty years she has lived with…
the wild chimps of Africa. Born in London in 1934, Goodall loved to observe animals even as a young child. In 1957 she traveled to East Africa and began working for Louis and Mary Leakey, prominent anthropologists. In 1960 Goodall began her now well-known landmark study of chimp lives. For grades 3-6 and older readersShadows of night: the hidden world of the little brown bat
Par Barbara Bash. 1993
Bats, who come out at night to hunt, are the only mammals that fly. There are nearly a thousand different…
kinds of bats. The author describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and habits of the little brown bat, one of the most common species in North America. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the gray wolves
Par Jean George. 1969
The leader of the Toklat River wolf pack--which included his mate, three adult helpers, and five pups--sniffed the subzero November…
air heavy with the scent of caribou. A herd 1,000 strong was approaching Toklat Pass in Alaska on their yearly migration. The gray wolves would strike down for food the sick, weak, or old, and the pups would have the major test of their first year of life. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the monarch butterflies
Par Jean George. 1993
The warm, moist weather and lengthening days of May that trigger the migration of birds in groups of uncountable numbers…
also cause a monarch butterfly's solitary migration. She leaves her winter home in Mexico and flies northeast, on her way to the place where she was born--a meadowland in Ontario, Canada. Along the way she mates and lays eggs that will hatch, repeating the life cycle. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the fox pups
Par Jean George. 1992
Five fox pups, nine weeks old, are brought out of their den in Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley by the dog fox…
and vixen--their father and mother. June is the "growing up" month for the pups--when they will explore the woods and fields with their parents and learn to hunt so that by fall they will be ready to survive on their own. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the chickarees
Par Jean George. 1992
Red squirrels, who live across North America, are known as the chatterboxes of the forest, and they scream and scold…
to protect their rights. The author describes the activities of a feisty red squirrel, called a chickaree in the West, during the month of April. Now she is particularly frantic and loud as she nurtures her newborns in the Bitterroot River valley in Montana. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the alligators
Par Jean George. 1991
The six-foot alligator that lives in Sawgrass Hole in the Florida Everglades is hungry. She has eaten little since June,…
when the rainy season flooded her water hole and the wildlife she fed upon left. Now it is October, the beginning of the dry season in southern Florida. The water will fall, and the fish, frogs, and birds will come back to Sawgrass Hole. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the wild pigs
Par Jean George. 1992
On a July morning in the Great American Desert, as temperatures soar over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, a peccary piglet stands…
lost and squealing for his clan. In the Northern Hemisphere, July is the hottest and driest time of the year--with violent thunderstorms. These conditions are most extreme in the desert, where the piglet learns the discomfort of aloneness and explores his environment. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the salamanders
Par Jean George. 1992
On a wet March night--the night of the first spring rain after the first spring thaw--a spotted salamander in Michigan…
comes out of hibernation to act out a strange mating drama that is more than 300 million years old. Hidden in caves and under rocks and logs, and moving around only in the darkest hours of the night, salamanders have evolved but little from the first salamanders on earth. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the moles
Par Jean George. 1992
The little eastern mole, silvery-brown and as small as a child's hand, lives two feet under the ground near Crooked…
Creek, Kansas. Awakened by earth tremors, she speeds in total darkness along one of the tunnels in her underground network. The author calls the moon of December-January, when the nights are darkest in the Northern Hemisphere, the moon of the moles. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the mountain lions
Par Jean George. 1991
A young mountain lion who lives on the side of Mount Olympus in Washington tastes the August wind with his…
tongue and his nose. It tastes of change--the change of the season as fall brings the down-mountain migration of the elk and the deer. They are the young lion's staff of life, and he had followed them up-mountain in the spring. It is also time for the young lion to find a mate. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the bears
Par Jean George. 1993
A black bear, asleep in a shallow den in a Tennessee wilderness, begins to awaken after three days of warm…
February weather start the snow thawing. As a freeze returns at nightfall, the bear sleeps again. Bears are not true hibernators: they awaken if hungry and on warm days during winter. But mostly, they sleep. February is the month of awakening and sleeping, the "moon of the bears." For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the deer
Par Jean George. 1992
A young, white-tailed spiked buck who lives in the Mamacoke Marsh of Connecticut meets the challenges of September. These include…
the territorial challenge of older male deer as the mating season approaches, the challenge to eat a rich diet to prepare for the winter, and the challenge of weathering a hurricane. For grades 3-6 and older readers