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Early readers will love learning all about gorillas! This book includes engaging and colorful photographs that connect to simple sentences and exciting sight words, giving young readers the opportunity to enjoy learning about gorillas while building confidence in their reading skills. Each book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggest guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension. ¡A los primeros lectores les encantará...

"Cast out of his coalition, Stride the cheetah embarks on a perilous mission for the Great Parent, accompanied by a honey badger burdened with a dark and mysterious past. Whisper the water buffalo has been searching desperately for her brother Echo, presumed dead after a terrible fall. And the hyena now known as Breathstealer finds herself courted by the Great Spirit at one moment and other times tempted by the Great Devourer...The balance of power...

"In 1973, the United States Congress came together with bipartisan support to create and pass a bold and visionary act-one of protection, preservation, and promise. For the past fifty years this promise, The Endangered Species Act, has ensured that the most threatened and vulnerable species and their habitats are protected. From the Stellar Sea Lion to the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, from the Steelhead Trout to the Red Wolf-this landmark act has worked...