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Author
Publisher
Comstock Pub. Associates
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Overview: Beavers can and do dramatically change the landscape. The beaver is a keystone species-their skills as foresters and engineers create and maintain ponds and wetlands that increase biodiversity, purify water, and prevent large-scale flooding. Biologists have long studied their daily and seasonal routines, family structures, and dispersal patterns. As human development encroaches into formerly wild areas, property owners and government authorities...
2) Beavers
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents basic facts about beavers: where they live, how they build their dams and lodges, their family life, etc.
3) Beavers
Author
Publisher
Creative Education/Creative Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A kindergarten-level introduction to beavers, covering their growth process, behaviors, the dams they call home, and such defining features as their flat tails"--
Series
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A growing number of scientists, conservationists and grass-roots environmentalists have come to regard beavers as overlooked tools when it comes to reversing the disastrous effects of global warming and world-wide water shortages. Once valued for their fur or hunted as pests, these industrious rodents are seen in a new light through the eyes of this novel assembly of beaver enthusiasts who reveal the ways in which the presence of beavers can transform...
5) Beavers
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of beavers, nature's swimming engineers. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why beavers slap their tails"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Everyone knows that twelve-year-old Madison "Madi" Lewis is not allowed to bring home any more animals. After she's saved hairless mice, two birds, a rabbit, and a stray tom cat that ended up destroying the front porch, Madi's parents decide that if they find one more stray animal in the house, she won't be allowed to meet Jane Goodall at an upcoming gala event. But when Madi and her two best friends, Aaron and Jack, rescue beaver kits whose mother...
8) Building
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A beaver family works hard to rebuild when their dam is threatened by storms in this beautifully illustrated follow-up to Nesting that introduces young children to beginning life science concepts.
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Dive into the fascinating world of beavers-the swimmers, builders, and engineers of the animal kingdom! What Goes on inside a Beaver Pond? takes kids ages 8 to 10 on a journey through a year in the life of a young beaver (called a "kit"). Throughout the seasons, vibrant illustrations and descriptions reveal the hidden inner-workings of a beaver lodge, how beavers fell trees with their teeth and create a wetland habitat, how they collect food and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Web of Life Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Using their extremely strong teeth, beavers chop down trees to build a dam. The dam creates a pond that is habitat for everything from algae to giant moose. After creating the pond, the beavers build a lodge. The lodge is sometimes used by other animals besides beavers. Muskrats may live inside the lodge either with or without the beavers, or geese may build their nest atop the lodge. The dam itself is used as a bridge to cross the water by deer,...
11) A beaver's lodge
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Busy as a beaver is not just an expression, it s a fact. In this book, young students can learn how these sharp-toothed engineers build dams to create a watery lot for their lodges. They also can see the ways these multi-chambered lodges provide protection, warmth, and comfort for extended beaver families. Full-Color Photographs, Glossary, Index, Pronunciation Guide.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Just after World War II, the people of McCall, Idaho, found themselves with a problem on their hands. McCall was a lovely resort community in Idaho's backcountry with mountain views, a sparkling lake, and plenty of forests. People rushed to build roads and homes there to enjoy the year-round outdoor activities. It was a beautiful place to live. And not just for humans. For centuries, beavers had made the region their home. But what's good for beavers...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Life never slows down or stops getting stranger in the woods outside Wayouttatown, Oregon for brothers Norbert and Daggett Beaver. From an encounter with a magical yak to a battle against an army of termites to a thrilling race to the world's largest pile of toenail clippings, everyone's favorite bachelor beavers always manage to find themselves encountering the wackiest situations and characters imaginable - and they've saved the best for last!
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the rich naturalist tradition of H Is for Hawk and The Soul of an Octopus, BEAVERLAND tells the tumultuous, eye-opening story of how beavers and the beaver fur trade shaped America's history, culture, and environment. Before the American empires of steel and coal and oil, before the railroads, there was the empire of fur. Beginning with the early trans-Atlantic trade in North America, Leila Philip traces the beaver's profound influence on our...
16) Beavers
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Uses humor to describe why the beaver is such an extraordinary animal.
Author
Series
Tinkerers volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a factory upstream starts polluting the water, beavers Felix and Oscar, who do not agree on much, work with the Tinkerers to design a solution that will make them both happy.
19) The haunting
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In the wilds of Scotland, a secret colony of beavers have been hiding in plain sight, safe from humans who crave their fur, until Dunwattle, a young beaver kit, exposes their hidden colony and faces a fate worse than death.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Vain Beaver is inordinately proud of his silky tail, to the point where he alienates his fellow woodland creatures with his boasting. When it is flattened in an accident (of his own making), he learns to value its new shape and seeks to make amends with his friends. Based on an Ojibwe legend"--Provided by publisher.
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