Lassieur, Allison

Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023

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Worby, Rebecca

Summary: Inside Wildsam Big Bend you'll find park stories from prize-winning authors, past and present; a detailed road trip plan to base camp towns; interviews with river guides, native plant experts, chefs and silversmiths, thought-provoking miscellany from the archives, selective recommendations about authentic Big Bend experiences and a deep-drive into how to best explore the national park.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.649 BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK WIL

Hall, Margaret

Summary: Describes the national park located in southwestern Texas that was given its name by the Rio Grande causing a big bend near it.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2006

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 976.4932 HAL

Summary: Big Bend National Park covers 788,682 acres in the bend of the Rio Grande in Brewster County, Texas. Created in 1943, the park is in an area that the early Spanish explorers called "the uninhabited place" and was once home to fierce Apache and Comanche warriors. With its varied topography, the park is filled with a startling array of plants and animals, some of which are found nowhere else in...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: GoodTimes Entertainment 2003

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Barr, Nevada.

Summary: Hoping the adventure of a raft trip in Big Bend National Park will lift her spirits, Paul takes Anna to southwest Texas. Instead of the soul-soothing experience they'd longed for, the couple finds a pregnant woman--more dead than alive--and soon they are sucked into a labyrinth of intrigue that leads from the Mexican desert to the steps of the Governor's Mansion in Austin.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2009

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Summary: Showcasing the natural magic of an extraordinary part of the border between the United States and Mexico over four seasons, the film explores Rio Grande's Big Bend - a vast unspoiled wonderland of serene beauty and astounding desert landscapes which are home to some of North America's most enchanting animals such as black bears, rattlesnakes, woodpeckers and scorpions.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: "Yellowstone is no ordinary wilderness, it is the world's first national park, a lost world of vast plains and endless forests defended on all sides by towering mountains, home to America's last great bison herds, the grizzly bear and realm of the wolf ... Join the charismatic cast of Yellowstone's wildlife as they turn to face the extreme challenges of the seasons ... The daily struggles of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide 2009

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