Adrienne Mason
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English
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Each year, more than a million people visit the spectacular sweep of sand that stretches along Vancouver Island's west coast between Tofino and Ucluelet to watch waves crash ashore on a series of beaches-essentially one long beach separated by small rocky headlands, a shoreline steps away from howling wolves and towering red cedars. In Long Beach Wild: A Celebration of People and Place on Canada's Rugged Western Shore, local resident Adrienne Mason...
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English
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It's not just humans combating global warming. Meet one of Earth's "ecosystem engineers"!
In this fascinating and unique book, a marine biologist reveals how whales are "ecosystem engineers" - animals that create, modify or maintain a habitat or ecosystem. Whales do this by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. They store loads of carbon in their bodies for decades, even centuries; when they die, they sink to the ocean floor,...
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English
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Young readers can learn how to be modern-day Noah and protect the world's plants and animals from extinction not by building a giant boat, but by making small changes in their everyday lives - from planting trees to turning off the tap - to help preserve the world's biodiversity. Planet Ark is part of CitizenKid™, a collection of books that inform children about the world and inspire them to be better global citizens.
7) Bats
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Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes different kinds of bats, including where they live, their physical characteristics, food, life cycle, and interactions with people
8) Otters
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Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes different kinds of otters, including where they live, their physical characteristics, food, life cycle, and interactions with people
10) The drop of doom
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English