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Leo, the snow leopard : the true story of an amazing rescue
The true story of a baby snow leopard's amazing rescue. When Leo was less than seven weeks old, he became orphaned in the snowy Himalayan mountains in Pakistan. Snow leopards need their mothers during the first two years of their lives, but Leo was all alone. Luckily, the cub was rescued by a kind shepherd and his family, who hand-fed Leo and kept him safe. But Leo quickly grew too large and w…
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- 9780545229272
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- 599.7 HAT
The man-eating tigers of Sundarbans
Along the Bay of Bengal, between the countries of India and Bangladesh, stretches a strange and beautiful landscape—part ocean, part river, part forest. This is the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, and it is home to more tigers than anywhere else on the earth. Nowhere else do tigers live in a mangrove swamp. Nowhere else do healthy tigers routinely hunt people. Yet about three hundred people a year …
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- 9780618494903
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- 57 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- 599.7 MON
Knut : how one little polar bear captivated the world
From the bestselling author of Owen & Mzee, a picture book about Knut, the adorable polar bear cub who's captured hearts around the world. When Knut was born, the first polar bear cub at the Berlin Zoo in more than thirty years, he was no bigger than a snowball and unable to care for himself. His mother, a rescued East German circus bear, didn't know how to take care of Knut and rejected him…
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- 9780545047166
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- 599.7 HAT
What is an insect?
What is an insect? What is not? Look inside to find out!
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- 9780590397902
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- 16 pages : illustration ; 17 cm
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- 595.7 CAN
Growl! : a book about bears
A simple explanation of what bears look like, how they hunt, what they eat, how they sleep during the winter, and how their cubs are born and raised. Did you know that a grizzly eats about 35 pounds of food each day? Or that pandas were once thought to be raccoons? Each spread in this book features fascinating information and fabulous, full-color photographs.
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- 0439801834
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- Berger Science Readers
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- 599.7 BER
Cheetah
In the wild, cheetahs are among the most endangered species. Hunting, disease, and destruction of their natural habitat have all played a part in reducing the world population. This lively photo essay introduces young readers to this sleek and beautiful big cat.
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- 0688081444
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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- 599.7 ARN
Butterflies
A butterfly is moving from flower to flower, and its red-striped wings are shining in the sun. It looks beautiful. Maybe it is the most beautiful insect in the world. It is touching the flowers with its feet and its feelers (long, thin hairs on its head). What is it doing? It is looking for leaves where it can lay its eggs.
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- 9780751329353
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- 32 pages : illustration : 22 cm
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- ELT graded readers
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- 599.7 WOO
The giant panda
Photographs and text depict the characteristics, habitat, and behavior of giant pandas, including feeding habits and reproduction, as well as current efforts to protect and breed them in captivity.
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- 9780395618141
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- 46 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- 599.7 XUQ
Howl! : a book about wolves
Why do wolves howl? What are the different types of wolves? Find out the surprising answers to these questions and many more in this Level 3 Hello Reader! Science book by Melvin and Gilda Berger! Did you know that wolves howl to warn their enemies away? Or that there are many different kinds of wolves, such as the tundra, timber, and red wolf? Written by renowned non-fiction authors Melvi…
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- 9780439801805
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- Berger science readers
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- 599.7 BER
The true-or-false book of horses
Do horses really walk on tiptoe? Can they solve math problems? Are there wild horses today? Discover what's fact and what's fiction about horses! Award-winning author Patricia Lauber teams up with superb illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer to provide a fascinating introduction to the history, anatomy, and behavior of an animal that changed human history. The accessible true-or-false question-a…
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- 0439274303
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- 32 pages : illustration : 27 cm
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- 599.6 LAU
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