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Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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A unique and artful blend of poetry, science, and activism, this picture book shows how city dwellers can intervene so that nature can work her magic. Perfect for fans of The Curious Garden and Harlem Grown.
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The world's wildest collection of animal knowledge and lore!
Lions, and tigers, and bears . . . and dinosaurs, dragons, and monsters. Oh my!
For hundreds of years, the most popular books in the Western world next to the Bible were "bestiaries," fanciful encyclopedias collecting all of human knowledge and mythology about the animal kingdom. In these pages, eagles and elephants lived next to griffins and sea monsters. Now, in The Big, Bad Book of...
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Español
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Los caballos ibéricos son admirados en todo el mundo y aplaudidos en los más diversos espectáculos de exhibición, como exponentes de la más refinada cultura ecuestre de antiquísimos orígenes.
A lo largo de su historia, España ha sabido conservar este magnífico patrimonio que son sus caballos de pura raza española (P.R.E.).
Esta obra es una magnífica aportación a la difusión del caballo ibérico (P.R.E., cartujano y lusitano). Ofrece una...
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English
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New York Times Bestseller
The remarkable true story of an extraordinary relationship between psychologist Irene M. Pepperberg and Alex, an African Grey parrot who proved scientists and accepted wisdom wrong by demonstrating an astonishing ability to communicate and understand complex ideas.
"You be good. I love you," were Alex's final words to his owner, research scientist Irene Pepperberg, before his premature death at age thirty-one on September...
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"Growing up in the diverse and bustling California Bay Area, renowned wildlife ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant always felt worlds away from the white male adventurers she watched explore the wilderness on TV. She dreamed of a future where she could spend sleepless nights under the crowded canopies of the Amazon and the starry skies of the savanna. But as Rae set off on her own expeditions in the wild, she saw nature's delicate balance in a new light....
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Things That Are takes jellyfish, fainting goats, and imperturbable caterpillars as just a few of its many inspirations. In a series of essays that progress from the tiniest earth dwellers to the most far-flung celestial bodies-considering the similarity of gods to donkeys, the inexorability of love and vines, the relations of exploding stars to exploding sea cucumbers-Amy Leach rekindles a vital communion with the wild world, dormant for far too long....
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The California condor
has been described as a bird
"with one wing in the grave."
Flying on wings nearly ten feet wide from tip to tip, these birds thrived on the carcasses of animals like woolly mammoths. Then, as humans began dramatically reshaping North America, the continent's largest flying land bird started disappearing. By the beginning of the twentieth century, extinction seemed inevitable.
But small groups of passionate individuals refused...
9) Solar bear
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Journey with a solar bear who shines a light on the endangered species around the world and . . . join the cause with your own mighty roar in this hopeful love letter to planet Earth and those who inhabit it"--Provided by publisher.
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Chronicles of the Yellowstone Wolves volume 1
Publisher
Greystone Kids
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Newly reintroduced along with his pack to Yellowstone National Park, Wolf 8 struggles at first. Small and often bullied by his siblings, he must learn to fend for himself in his new home. Soon enough, though, little 8 grows into one of Yellowstone?s greatest leaders"--Provided by publisher.
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Katrina's arrival on the Gulf Coast was a long time in coming. But it was assured. Since 1965, when Hurricane Betsy struck New Orleans, breached a levee, and flooded part of the city, everyone was waiting and talking about when the Big One would strike and do even more damage. Katrina was that hurricane, predictedand imagined before she struck, but so much worse in her reality.
Holding Back the Sea is about the consequences of ignoring the warning...
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Welcome to the amazing world of 30 Dangerous Animals Photos and Facts for Everyone! The animal facts in nature book to be amazed by 30 Dangerous Animals.You will find 30 Dangerous Animals in nature with pictures to include the many 30 Dangerous Animals species, size, breeding, eating habits, and interesting facts. 30 Dangerous Animals Photos and Facts for Everyone is Book 116 of the Learn with Facts Series. This book is around a clear concept: The...
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This field guide dedicated to the wildlife of Rocky Mountain National Park is an information-packed, pocket-sized book that introduces park visitors to animals, plants, insects and more that reside at Rocky Mountain National Park in a colorful and portable package. Includes more than 200 species, including elk, bighorn sheep, moose, ptrarmigan, pika, American dipper, greenback cutthroat trout, aspen, fairy slipper, Colorado columbine, mountain pine...
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World-renowned behavioral scientists Jane Goodall and Marc Bekoff have set forth ten trusts that we must honor as custodians of the planet. They argue passionately and persuasively that if we put these trusts to work in our lives, the earth and all its inhabitants will be able to live together harmoniously. The Ten Trusts expands the concept of our obligation to live in close relationship with animals -- for, of course, we humans are part of the animal...
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Nina is used to feeling like the odd one out, both at school and in her large family. But while trying to fit in at summer camp, she discovers something even more peculiar: two majestic birds have built a nest in the marsh behind an abandoned infirmary. They appear to be whooping cranes, but that's impossible -- Nina is an amateur bird-watcher, and all her resources tell her that those rare birds haven't nested in Texas for over a hundred years....
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Travel to Mauritius on a quest to save endangered species with the British naturalist whose work inspired Masterpiece production The Durrells in Corfu. The green and mountainous island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean was once the home of the ill-fated dodo. The island saw many other animals vanish from its soil, and by the 1970s, numerous species were close to being eliminated. Enter Gerald Durrell. Durrell sets out on a search for bats and pink...
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Welcome to the amazing world of Peacocks Photos and Facts for Everyone! The animal facts in nature book to be amazed by Peacocks.
You will find Peacocks in nature with pictures to include the many Peacocks species, size, breeding, eating habits, and interesting facts. Peacocks Photos and Facts for Everyone is Book 27 of the Learn with Facts Series. This book is around a clear concept: The amazing life of Peacocks with facts and color photos.
Be...
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Welcome to the amazing world of Roosters Photos and Facts for Everyone! The animal facts in nature book to be amazed by Roosters.You will find Roosters in nature with pictures to include the many Roosters species, size, breeding, eating habits, and interesting facts. Roosters Photos and Facts for Everyone is Book 66 of the Learn with Facts Series. This book is around a clear concept: The amazing life of Roosters with facts and color photos.Be sure...
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Welcome to the amazing world of Owls Photos and Facts for Everyone! The animal facts in nature book to be amazed by Owls.
You will find Owls in nature with pictures to include the many Owls species, size, breeding, eating habits, and interesting facts. Owls Photos and Facts for Everyone is Book 25 of the Learn with Facts Series. This book is around a clear concept: The amazing life of Owls with facts and color photos.
Be sure to read the other books...
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The conservationist whose work inspired Masterpiece production The Durrells in Corfu recounts the early years of the Durrell Wildlife Park. At the age of six, Gerald Durrell confidently told his mother he would one day have his own zoo. She told him it was a lovely idea and promptly forgot all about it. But the young naturalist's passion wasn't about to fade away any time soon. Written for the Durrell Wildlife Park's twenty-fifth anniversary,...
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