Caroline Arnold
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1985]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the efforts of scientists who are trying to save the peregrine falcon from extinction by taking the fragile eggs that would not survive in the wild, hatching them, raising the chicks, and then releasing the birds back into the wild.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the native Americans known as the Anasazi, who migrated to southwestern Colorado in the first century A.D. and mysteriously disappeared in 1300 A.D. after constructing extensive dwellings in the cliffs of the steep canyon walls.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The skeletal system is made up of about two hundred and six bones. But what exactly is a bone? And how do bones help your body function? Explore the skeletal system in this engaging and informative book.
As part of the Searchlight Books™ collection, this series sheds light on a key science question-How Does Your Body Work? Interesting photos and useful diagrams will help you find the answer! Book jacket.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Tap-tap, tap-tap! A woodpecker welcomes morning to the Sonoran Desert, and with it, award-winning author/illustrator Caroline Arnold starts the clock ticking on one 24-hour cycle of animal activity in the desert habitat. Her cut-paper illustrations and story-like narrative entertains kids and as it informs them about desert life.
9) Rhino
Author
Description
Presents the characteristics and habits of rhinoceroses living in the wild and of a family living at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.
10) A zebra's world
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Facts about plains zebras, with cut paper illustrations.
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Over the past several decades, our world has been warming at a faster rate than ever before. Winters are shorter. Sea levels have risen. Territories of predators and prey have shifted. To survive in this new environment, animals everywhere have had to adapt, or face extinction. Complemented by Jamie Hogan's rich collage illustrations, A Warmer World offers young readers a clear-eyed look at the effects of climate change on animals around the world....
13) Llama
Author
Description
Describes the characteristics and behavior of llamas and their usefulness to man, discusses other members of the lamoid family, and reports on the growing number of llamas now being bred in the United States.
14) Lion
Author
Description
Text and photographs examine the daily life and behavior of lions in captivity and in the wild
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
One hundred million years ago, the skies were filled with enormous flying reptiles. With wings spans up to nearly forty feet, pterosaurs were the dominant life form on earth. The relationship of these giants of the air to dinosaurs and to other reptiles, their varied appearance and lifestyles, their evolution and extinction, the fossil discoveries that scientists are continually making throughout the world--all are depicted in this beautifully illustrated,...
19) African animals
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
Describes animals of the African plains, forests, jungles, and deserts, and explains how each is able to adapt to its special environment.