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Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"A biography of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai, a female scientist who made a stand in the face of opposition to women's rights and her own Greenbelt Movement, an effort to restore Kenya's ecosystem by planting millions of trees"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Asian elephants are majestic creatures. But they are in danger. Humans are harming them and destroying their homes. Yet there is still hope for Asian elephants. Many people around the world have made it their mission to help these special animals. Conservationists are working hard to save them, and young people just like you are taking action to help. Find out inside how you too can make it your mission to save Asian elephants.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Acclaimed as 'the premier chronicler of America's complex relationship with our oceans' (Honolulu Weekly), David Helvarg has also been a war correspondent, investigative journalist, documentary producer, and private investigator. The one constant in this adventurous life has been love for the sea. This eloquent and honestly told tale of the changes in one man's journey and the world's ocean over the last half-century is a profound, startling, and...
86) Grey Owl
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
A frontier trapper adopts the ways of the wild, finds love among its people, and fights to protect the land he loves in this film based on the life of Archie Grey Owl.
88) Rachel Carson
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Often called the mother of the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson rocked the world in 1962 with her book Silent Spring, which warned the American public of the impact of pesticides on the environment and unleashed an extraordinary national debate about science and safety. At the center of that firestorm stood Ms. Carson, a strong, intensely private woman who balanced her love of the natural world and passion for writing with personal strife....
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"When Howard Sharpe spotted a group of southern sea otters floating off the coast of California, he was nearly as surprised as if he had seen a dinosaur. The otters were thought to be nearly extinct, and yet he spotted hundreds splashing in the water. Soon, Howard and other environmental activists sprang into action to make sure this once nearly extinct species didn't disappear forever. Follow along on this graphic adventure based on a true story...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Indigenous women have always worked tirelessly to protect our water, keeping it pure and clean for the generations to come. Yet there was a time when their voices and teachings were nearly drowned out, leaving entire communities and environments in danger and without clean water. But then came Grandma Josephine and her great-niece, Autumn. Speak for the water. Sing for the water. Dance for the water. With moving lyricism and arresting illustrations,...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Bindi Irwin is an Australian conservationist, actress, television presenter, and the latest winner of Dancing with the Stars. She grew up on camera, appearing with her dad, Steve Irwin, on The Crocodile Hunter and winning a Daytime Emmy when she was only 9-years-old. Today, she and her family live and work at the Australia Zoo! Learn all about Bindi and her awesome animal friends in this book full of color photos and fun facts!
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
Wallace Stegner was the premier chronicler of the twentieth-century western American experience, and his novels brought the life and landscapes of the West to national and international attention. Here, biographer Fradkin goes beyond Stegner's iconic literary status to give us, as well, the influential teacher and visionary conservationist, the man for whom the preservation and integrity of place was as important as his ability to render its qualities...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Publisher's description: The surprising story of our "naturalist president" Theodore Roosevelt and how his lifelong passion for the natural world set the stage for America's wildlife conservation movement. No United States president is more popularly associated with nature and wildlife than Theodore Roosevelt--prodigious hunter, tireless adventurer, and ardent conservationist. We think of him as a larger-than-life original, yet in The Naturalist,...
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