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Lourie, Peter

Summary: A riveting adventure biography of Fridtjof Nansen, the pioneer of polar exploration, with a focus on his harrowing three-year journey to the top of the world. A celebrity among the ranks of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton at the turn of the twentieth century, Fridtjof Nansen contributed tremendous amounts of new information to our knowledge about the Arctic. At a time when the North Pole was...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 NAN

Lourie, Peter.

Summary: Highlights the work scientists are doing to protect the manatee, an endangered species.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.55 LOU

Lourie, Peter.

Summary: Chronicle of a journey to the Maya ruins of Palenque, Mexico.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press 2001

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 972 LOU

Lourie, Peter.

Summary: Documents the annual efforts of a pair of biologists from the U.S. Geological Survey team to locate and tranquilize polar bears in the Alaskan wilderness to collect important information about species conservation and global warming.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2012

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.786 LOU

Summary: Nazi Panzer forces stage a last-ditch Belgian front offensive that could turn the tide of WWII. A spectacular recreation of a crucial campaign.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BAT

Heuer, Lourdes

Summary: "On this airplane...Someone travels solo, two travel as one, three return and four set out. In this simple and moving book, a young family takes a plane to their new home. While onboard, they encounter all the people you meet on a plane: a bookworm, a businessperson, tourists, crying babies and daydreamers...all with their own stories, all heading somewhere special." -- Inside front cover

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HEU

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