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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"Do you want to know what dogs are thinking? What they're feeling? Now you finally can. The answers will surprise and delight young readers as scientist and dog-owner Alexandra Horowitz explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human."--
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In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey - a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, one by one in a single file. They will endure freezing temperatures, in brittle, icy winds and through deep, treacherous waters. They will risk starvation and attack by dangerous predators, under the harshest...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"This is the first in a series of four books that explore unexpected animal bonds. In this book you'll meet four unlikely pairings, including Billy and Lilly. Billy the boxer adopted Lilly the goat when she was abandoned by her mother. Billy and Lilly are rarely apart since Billy has taken on the role of Lilly's protector, caretaker, and constant companion. This and the other stories in this book will enchant readers and empower them to devour the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"This lyrical, nonfiction text honors animals who live in solitude, in contrast to others who live in groups. Against a backdrop of the specific names of various animal tribes (a parade of elephants, a tower of giraffes, a dazzle of zebras), Stein shines a spotlight on those animals who go through life on their own. With nature at his back, Stein invites readers to draw strength and comfort from the behaviors of fellow mammals. Perfect for children...
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"The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world.This book welcomes us into a previously unfathomable dimension--the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires (and fireworks), songbirds that can see the Earth's magnetic...
10) Lion lessons
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"Learning to be a lion takes some serious lessons, but luckily, this kid has a teacher who is a real pro"--
13) Jaguar vs. skunk
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
What would happen if a jaguar and a skunk met up and had a fight. Who do you think would win? Find out in the latest Who Would Win book.
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Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"In How Do Animals Use Their Five Senses, Kate and her little brother, Jack, discover how animals from foxes to falcons and beyond interact with the world using taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound. Kids who join them on this adventure-filled quest will learn lots of fascinating scientific facts about how animals use their senses to eat, hide, find each other, and more."--
15) Life story
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
The makers of the Emmy Award-winning series Life take viewers deeper than ever into the perilous and exhilarating drama humans share with every other animal on the planet, from the circumstances of birth and the struggle to reach adulthood, secure a home and find a mate, to the unpredictable challenges thrust on all creatures by the environment, enemies and even families.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Heartwarming stories of interspecies friendship, documented in amazing photographs.Introduction -- The African Elephant and the Sheep -- The Asiatic Black Bear and the Black Cat -- The Bobcat Kitten and the Fawn -- The Bobtailed Dog and the Bobtailed Cat -- The Cheetahs and the Anatolian Shepherds -- The Cockatoo and the Cat -- The Dachshund and the Piglet -- The Diver and the Manta Ray -- The Donkey and the Mutt -- The Duckling and the Kookaburra...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Count backwards from ten to one during one of the most colorful times of the year. Learn about the bright, colorful leaves and the trees from which they fall. Watch the animals frolicking in the crisp, autumn air as they get ready for the approaching cold winter. Includes section "For Creative Minds" with cards and activities.
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Get ready to explore the incredible world of animal architects! Lift the flaps and open gatefolds to discover amazing animal homes up high, underground, on land, and under the sea. From spider webs and rabbit warrens, to bird's nests and ant colonies, we reveal the secrets to these extraordinary structures and learn how they're built."--Back cover.