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1) Chomp
Author
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
When the difficult star of the reality television show "Expedition Survival" disappears while filming an episode in the Florida Everglades using animals from the wildlife refuge run by Wahoo Crane's family, Wahoo and classmate Tuna Gordon set out to find him while avoiding Tuna's gun-happy father.
Author
Series
One and only Ivan stories volume 3
Language
English
Description
Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob . Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories both happy and sad of her life before the circus, and she recounts the time she spent in the African savannah to Ivan and Bob.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Although orangutans are not supposed to like water, an orangutan living at a wildlife preserve in South Carolina plays with her dog friend in the bathtub and learns to swim and dive in the pool. Based on a true story.
Author
Series
Alex Carter novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
Alex Carter heads to northeastern Washington State to investigate a possible sighting of a mountain caribou--an animal that became extinct in the contiguous U.S. years ago--and becomes embroiled in a clash between loggers and activists and the murder of a local forest ranger.
Author
Series
Happily Inc volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mathias Mitchell's easy smile hides a world of hurt. After the worst kind of family betrayal, he moves to Happily Inc., California--the wedding destination town supplies a steady stream of bridesmaids, perfect for his "no promises, no pain" lifestyle. Yet he can't stop watching for his beautiful, elusive neighbor on the animal preserve behind their homes. Gamekeeper Carol Lund knows she's not special enough to attract an alpha male like Mathias,...
Author
Series
Alex Carter novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While studying wolverines on a wildlife sanctuary in Montana, biologist Alex Carter is run off the road and threatened by locals determined to force her off the land. Undeterred in her mission to help save this threatened species, Alex tracks wolverines on foot and by cameras positioned in remote regions of the preserve. But when she reviews the photos, she discovers disturbing images of an animal of a different kind: a severely injured man seemingly...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
56 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Journey through the wilderness of the Liuwa Plains to discover a tale of struggle, balance, and survival against all odds. Rise of the Lioness offers both a lesson in the complexities and fragility of an ecosystem and a tale of rebirth.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Ivan has been happily living in a wildlife sanctuary, with his friend Ruby next door in the elephant enclosure, frequent visits from his canine friend Bob, and his mate Kinyani by his side. And in the happiest turn of all, Ivan and Kinyani have welcomed a set of twins to their family!
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Neve Halloran and her daughter have shared a fierce love for the austere beauty of Rhode Island's South County ever since Neve guided Mickey's first baby steps along the sandy shore. Now, with Mickey a teenager and Neve's last hope for happiness with her daughter's loving but unstable father gone, both will struggle to make a new life together amid the windswept landscape that sustains them.
Captivated by a fragile wildlife sanctuary, Mickey...
Captivated by a fragile wildlife sanctuary, Mickey...
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The author tells the story of the baby elephant she raised, adopted, toured with in zoos and circuses, and for which she eventually created a sanctuary.
Author
Series
Elephant whisperer volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A heart-warming sequel to the international bestseller The Elephant Whisperer, by Lawrence Anthony's wife Françoise Malby-Anthony. A chic Parisienne, Françoise never expected to find herself living on a South African game reserve. But then she fell in love with conservationist Lawrence Anthony and everything changed. After Lawrence's death, Françoise faced the daunting responsibility of running Thula Thula without him. Poachers attacked their...
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of the author's journey in the Amazon jungle, where she fell in love with a magnificent cat who changed her life.
16) Wandi
Author
Publisher
Lothian Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
iii, 140 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young cub is snatched from his family and home by a giant eagle, then dropped, injured and alone, in a suburban garden. This is where he meets his first Human, and begins his long journey to becoming the most famous dingo in the world. He will never see his mountain home again, or his family. But it is his destiny to save alpine dingoes from extinction, and he dreams of a time when all cubs like him can live in the wild in safety, instead of facing...
Author
Publisher
High Road Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Lynn Stegner's acclaimed novels and story collections have drawn comparisons to the works of Margaret Atwood, Barbara Kingsolver, Alice Munro, and John Updike. Now in her new novel, The Half-Life of Guilt, Stegner tells the story of Clair Bugato and Mason Comstock. Together they journey to the world's largest saltworks in Baja California, where a proposed expansion threatens the California gray whale popuation, recently come back from the brink of...
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