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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"From Kristin Hannah, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone, comes an epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America's most defining eras-the Great Depression. Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens...
Author
Language
English
Description
Scientist and author Bernd Heinrich has returned every year since boyhood to a beloved patch of western Maine woods. What is the biology in humans of this deep-in-the-bones pull toward a particular place, and how is it related to animal homing? Heinrich explores the fascinating science chipping away at the mysteries of animal migration: how geese imprint true visual landscape memory; how scent trails are used by many creatures, from fish to insects...
Author
Language
English
Description
Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces animal migration and why some animals migrate, including the zebras in Botswana, the red crabs of Christmas Island, and the walruses in the Bering and Chukchi Seas.
5) Migrations
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Franny Stone has always been a wanderer. By following the ocean's tides and the birds that soar above, she can forget the losses that have haunted her life. But when the wild she so loves begins to disappear, Franny can no longer wander without a destination. She arrives in remote Greenland with one purpose: to find the world's last flock of Arctic terns and follow them on their final migration. She convinces Ennis Malone, captain of the Saghani,...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Nobel Peace Prize winner Yousafzai shares her own story of displacement, along with the personal stories of some of the incredible girls she has met on her various journeys to refugee camps and the cities where refugee girls and their families have settled"--Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
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Formats
Description
"An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. In the past two decades, our understanding of bird migration-the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans or fly above the highest mountains, to go weeks without sleep, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch-has exploded. Scientists have made astounding discoveries: certain species, such as thrushes, can avoid dehydration...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces African elephants, including what they eat, how they travel in groups, their migration patterns, and how they care for their young.
10) Butterflies
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the migration patterns of monarch butterflies, describing the vast distances they cover, why they migrate, and the dangers they face along the way.
11) Whales
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces sperm whales, including their different body parts, how they travel in groups, what they eat, and how they care for their young.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Topics include why birds migrate, how they find their way, how geography influences their routes, how scientists study migration, and how rain forest destruction in Latin America affects bird populations in the eastern woodlands of North America.
14) Winged migration
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three years of shooting were needed by five teams in order to follow bird migrations flying over the seven continents: from one pole to another, from the seas to snowcapped mountains, from the canopy of heaven to mangroves and swamps.
Author
Publisher
Disney, Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
190 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On the eve of her Quinceanera, Princess Solimar discovers that it will take more than magic to save her kingdom and prevent the destruction of the Monarch butterfly.
17) Human flow
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
More than 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war, the greatest displacement since World War II. Filmmaker Ai Weiwei examines the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact. Over the course of one year in 23 countries, Weiwei follows a chain of urgent human stories that stretch across the globe, including Afghanistan, France, Greece, Germany...
18) Earth
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A remarkable story of three animal families on a journey across our planet -- polar bears, elephants, and humpback whales. An astonishing and heartwarming film filled with adventure, suspense, and humor as it captures rare footage of nature's wildest and most elusive animals.
19) Earth
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
A remarkable story of three animal families on a journey across our planet -- polar bears, elephants, and humpback whales. An astonishing and heartwarming film filled with adventure, suspense, and humor as it captures rare footage of nature's wildest and most elusive animals.
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"Little Blue, a young humpback whale, has never made the long migration up the coast, and he is worried about his first long journey with Papa"--
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