Catalog Search Results
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Provides information on endangered species, including how endangered plants and animals are faring today, what factors can lead an animal or plant species on a path toward extinction, what steps are being taken to help protect endangered animals and plants, and more.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The Edge of the Wild is a documentary about a 30-year land-use battle over privately owned property that is also home to endangered butterflies. The film takes place on San Bruno Mountain, a remarkably intact wilderness that is completely surrounded by urbanization and is just one mile south of San Francisco. The film follows resident Michele Salmon as she fights to uphold the Endangered Species Act and reverse a national policy that allows landowners...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A celebration of wildlife blends a counting exercise and charcoal drawings of ten threatened and endangered creatures, including lions, elephants, and pandas, complemented by poetic notes on their respective characteristics and behaviors.
7) Open season
Author
Series
Joe Pickett novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Don't miss the JOE PICKETT series—now available to stream on Paramount+ The first novel in the thrilling series featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box. Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts and the game warden—especially one like Joe who won't take bribes or look the other way—is far from popular. When he finds a local hunting outfitter...
8) Cheetahs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Come eye-to-eye with the world's cheetahs and get to know all about their lives through simple text and dazzling full-color photographs.
Author
Language
English
Description
Wildness beats in the heart of California's urban areas. In Los Angeles, residents are rallying to build one of the largest wildlife crossings in the world because of the plight of one lonely mountain lion named P-22. Porpoises cavort in San Francisco Bay again because of a grassroots effort to clean up a waterway that was once a toxic mess. And on the Facebook campus in Silicon Valley, Mark Zuckerberg and his staff have provided a home for an endearing...
11) The Sixth Extinction: by Elizabeth Kolbert | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review: An Unnatural History
Author
Language
English
Description
Inside this Instaread of The Sixth Extinction: Overview of the book; Important People; Key Takeaways; Analysis of Key Takeaways.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 74
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Aldens investigate when exotic and endangered animals begin to disappear from the zoo where their new friend Lindsey works.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A vibrant history of the modern conservation movement-told through the lives and ideas of the people who built it. In the late nineteenth century, as humans came to realize that our rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving other animal species to extinction, a movement to protect and conserve them was born. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the movement's history: from early battles to save...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
At a time when animal species are becoming extinct on every continent and we are confronted with bad news about the environment nearly every day, Jane Goodall, one of the world's most renowned scientists, brings us inspiring news about the future of the animal kingdom. With the insatiable curiosity and conversational prose that have made her a bestselling author, Goodall-along with Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard-shares fascinating survival...
20) Grizzly bear
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Grizzly bears are powerful animals that eat a wide variety of foods. When people started living closer to grizzlies, the two species clashed. This book investigates the complex relationship between the bears and humans and how conservationists are using engineering and technology to restore the grizzly population.
In MnLINK
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Plum Creek Library System can be requested from other MnLINK libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.