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60 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm
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English
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A thousand years ago, more than 20,000 pandas roamed wild through their native China. But within the last few decades, human have destroyed more than half the pandas' habitat. Humans have also poached them, and polluted and overpopulated the earth - all of which makes the panda vulnerable to extinction. Yet now the giant panda is slowly making a comeback. How? From the Sibert Medal - winning author of Team Moon and Girls Think of Everything comes...
122) Mother of sharks
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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At la Playita del Condado in Puerto Rico, Meli meets a crab, Jaiba, who takes her on a dreamlike underwater adventure, teaches her about the importance of shark conservation, and reveals Meli's ultimate destiny--to become the Mother of Sharks.
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1 videodisc (approximately 130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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While on the African savanna, Martin and Chris observe lots of wild cats and dogs. Soon, the Wild Kratts kids are calling in from all over to ask about cats and dogs and whether they're like their own pets. Zach, who has been secretly listening to all the questions, comes up with a scheme to capture and sell these wild animals. Can Chris, Martin, and the team save the wild cats and dogs?
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192 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
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English
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"Brimming with breathtaking and iconic National Geographic photographs on every page and loads of fascinating animal facts, readers discover how these animals live and eat, the challenges they face, and how to help protect them"--
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254 pages : map ; 21 cm
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English
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In less than a century, a bison population that once numbered in the millions and stretched across North America was reduced to just a few dozen animals primarily in Yellowstone National Park. DeSilvestro explores one of the greatest conservation comeback stories in American history -- yet its "success" is qualified. Most bison today live in commercial herds, contained like cattle. Are we willing to coexist with them as wild animals who need freedom...
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87 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
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English
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"It's July on Alaska's North Slope, and scientist Denver Holt is in Utqiagvik surveying nests. Denver has been coming here since 1992, and the snowy owls he studies have been coming here much longer: thousands of years. With its mix of coastal, low-elevation tundra and a rich presence of lemmings, the North Slope is the only area in Alaska where snowy owls regularly nest. How do snowy owls decide where they will nest? How do they manage to arrive...
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30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Español
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Finn y su perro, Skip, exploran los cielos en ala delta cuando una bandada de cisnes se lleva su mapa. Al seguirlos para recuperarlo, descubren lo que ocurre en las alturas. Sigue a Finn y Skip y aprende con ellos cómo mantener el aire limpio de contaminación y cómo proteger las aves que viven en él.
"Follow the tale of Finn and Skip as they go on a hang-gliding adventure up in the clouds--when all of a sudden Finn's map gets caught around...
128) Aquicorn cove
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90 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Unable to rely on the adults in her storm-ravaged seaside town, a young girl must protect a colony of magical seahorse-like creatures she discovers in the coral reef ... A heartfelt story about learning to be a guardian to yourself and those you love. When Lana and her father return to their seaside hometown to help clear the debris of a big storm, Lana remembers how much she's missed the ocean--and the strong, reassuring presence of her aunt. As...
129) The last bear
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280 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
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English
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"There are no polar bears left on Bear Island. At least, that's what April's father tells her when his scientific research takes them to a faraway Arctic outpost for six months. But one night, April catches a glimpse of something distinctly bear shaped loping across the horizon. A polar bear who shouldn't be there--who is hungry, lonely, and a long way from home. As their unlikely bond grows, April is determined to save her new friend--and so begins...
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