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Kelly, Lynne

Summary: "Nina is used to feeling like the odd one out, both at school and in her large family. But while trying to fit in at summer camp, she discovers something even more peculiar: two majestic birds have built a nest in the marsh behind an abandoned infirmary. They appear to be whooping cranes, but that's impossible--Nina is an amateur bird-watcher, and all her resources tell her that those rare...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2024

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Nguyen, Trang

Summary: "A young conservationist overcomes the odds to return a sun bear to its natural habitat"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 NGU

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 NGU

Warner, Gertrude Chandler

Summary: The Aldens head to Ladakh, a territory in northern India, to help save the elusive and critically endangered snow leopard.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)

Summary: After rescuing an orphaned deer, Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs club members decide to stage a neighborhood animal show to raise money for the local wildlife rescue center.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2012

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED DRA

Lewis, Gill.

Summary: When a baby albino dolphin caught in old fishing netting washes ashore, Paralympics sailing hopeful Felix and English school girl Kara work with veterinarians and specialists to save and reunite the dolphin with her mother, setting off a chain of events that might just save the reef from the environmental effects of proposed dredging.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEW

Collard, Sneed B.

Summary: Amy and her mother look for a very special butterfly while attending the annual Fourth of July Butterfly Count at a prairie restoration site. Includes factual information about butterflies and how to attract and watch them.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2002

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC COL

Ferry, Beth

Summary: "Journey with a solar bear who shines a light on the endangered species around the world and . . . join the cause with your own mighty roar in this hopeful love letter to planet Earth and those who inhabit it"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

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Kratt, Chris

Summary: The Kratt brothers travel to the Arctic to save animals from villains Zach Varmitech and Donita Donata.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WIL

Hiaasen, Carl.

Summary: Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HIA

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Stacks, Call number: JFIC Hia

Márquez, Melissa Cristina

Summary: At la Playita del Condado in Puerto Rico, Meli meets a crab, Jaiba, who takes her on a dreamlike underwater adventure, teaches her about the importance of shark conservation, and reveals Meli's ultimate destiny--to become the Mother of Sharks.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAR

Campbell, Rod

Summary: A first book about wildlife conservation presents five different endangered animals in their natural habitats for little ones to learn about.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD CAM

Summary: Noel Marshall stars as Hank, a doctor and outspoken naturalist in Africa who allows lions, tigers, cheetahs, and other big cats to roam freely around his remote estate. While away protecting animals from poachers, Hank's family, including Marshall's real-life wife and daughter, Tippi Hedren (The Birds) and Melanie Griffith (Working Girl), arrive at his home and are stalked by the massive lions...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ROA

Engle, Margarita

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: Told in alternating voices, determined to make a difference and heal from their troubled pasts, teens Ana and Leandro fight to protect California wildlife and the endangered puma.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2024

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Nuurali, Siman

Summary: Sadiq's class is visiting the pond on a nature field trip, but the dead fish they find there is disturbing; when he finds that the likely cause is pollution, he and a group of his classmates form the Clean Water Crew to do what they can to help clean up not just their pond, but other bodies of water as well.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE NUU

Mankell, Henning

Summary: "Cold and poverty define Hanna Renström's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes--or fears--prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2013

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MAN

Summary: In the African savannah, a group of animals waiting for the annual flood they rely on for food and water discover the humans who have been destroying their habitats have built a dam for a leisure resort. The animals endeavor to save the delta and send a message to the humans not to interfere with nature.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by ARC Entertainment 2011

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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD

Heikkilä, Cecilia

Summary: Grandpa and Little Bear share a dream to visit Faraway Valley -- a special, hard-to-find place full of wild and wonderful creatures, a place where the air smells of pine needles, a place they've only seen on a postcard. The determined pair study maps, read books and practice camping to prepare for their adventure, then set sail for the long journey. But when they arrive in the north, they find...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2023

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Applegate, Katherine

Summary: When the annual migration of hummingbears, a source of local pride and income, dwindles and no one knows why, Willodeen, armed with a magical birthday gift, speaks up for the animals she loves and vows to uncover this mystery.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC APP

Hinton, Lynne

Summary: Katie Sinclair climbed up a loblolly pine just to see if she could. And then she stayed, creating a media sensation and more than a little trouble for the folks in Jones County, North Carolina. There is a lot of speculation about why the state employee took to the tree. Some think she is making a political statement about the destruction of forests for urban development. Others believe her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: NewSouth Books 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIN

Peet, Bill.

Summary: When monstrous work machines from the city come and destroy Shady Glade, the animals hop a train to find a new place to live.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1966

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St. John, Lauren

Summary: A second prophesy, this time involving dolphins, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical powers over animals, when she embarks on a school trip to study marine life off the coast of Mozambique.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2008

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC StJ

Fraioli, James O.

Summary: Bella, twelve, and Marcus, thirteen, join Fabien Cousteau's research team off the coasts of South Africa and Australia as they try to find and tag an extraordinarily large great white shark. Inserts include facts about sharks and other marine animals, equipment used by researchers studying sharks, and more.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FRA

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Fraioli 2019

Frankenhuyzen, Robbyn Smith van.

Summary: Inspired by a school writing assignment, Kelly takes a fresh look at her family's Michigan farm and notes the ways in which her parents have chosen to nurture the land and the wildlife living on it.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2006

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION Von Frank.

Haas, Jessie.

Summary: Nora helps her grandfather mow the field by watching for little animals in the tall grass and warning him to circle the horses and mowing machine around them.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1994

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC Haas,

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