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Our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America's lakes and rivers. Goldfarb shares the powerful story about one of the world's most influential species. He explains how North America was colonized, how our landscapes have changed over the centuries, and how beavers can help us fight drought, flooding, wildfire, extinction, and the...
5) Beavers
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46 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
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"A scientific look at beavers, including their habitats, physical characteristics such as their gnawing teeth, behaviors, relationships with humans, and abundance of the rodents in the world today"--
6) Beavers
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96 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Uses humor to describe why the beaver is such an extraordinary animal.
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"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...
8) Beavers
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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"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"--
10) The busy beaver
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A very busy beaver learns a lesson from his friends.
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1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"Tireless worker, exceptional parent, and highly skilled builder, the beaver has earned its reputation as nature's great architect and engineer. For the beaver, dam building is an instinctive and irresistible reaction to the sound of rushing water. Surrounded by the majestic wilderness of the Rockies, a family of these industrious creatures creates and maintains a serene pond that supports an entire community of plants and animals in "Rocky Mountain...
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49 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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"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...
18) Beaver is lost
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
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A lost beaver looks for the way home.
19) Doris's dinosaur
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When Mrs. Jenkins proposes the class paint dinosaurs, Doris's unusual artistic talent is not recognized until the class visits a modern art museum.
20) Buck's tooth
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60 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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"All beavers have flat tails and furry coats. Most beavers have two front teeth. And then there's Buck. Unlike the rest of his family, he has one gigantic front tooth--and he hates it! His tooth ruins everything for him, especially the Annual Talent Show. Whatever Buck tries to do for the contest-- whistle, walk on stilts, blow bubbles-- his tooth gets in the way. Can Buck learn to embrace his inner tooth?"--Publisher. [This is an easy-to-read illustrated...
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