Summary: This 2016 follow-up to the 2006 documentary mini-series "Planet Earth" examines the natural features and wildlife found in various parts of the world, each of the six episodes corresponding to a different category of natural or man-made terrain (e.g., island, mountain, jungle, urban area, etc.).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: This book introduces readers to the large-billed bird of the rain forest: the toucan. Readers learn about the life cycle, behavior, physical characteristics, and habitat of toucans. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cody Koala 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A stunning 11-part series that captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corporation 2007
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Summary: Twelve-year-old Clara lives on an island that visitors call exotic. But there's nothing exotic about it to Clara. She loves eating ripe mangos off the ground, running outside in the rain with her Papa during rainy season, and going to her secret hideout with Gaynah--even though lately she's not acting like a best friend. The only thing out of the ordinary for Clara is that something happened to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GETBowen, Mark (Mark Stander)
Contents: I: The Sajama expedition -- The mountain God -- An island in the sky -- II: Early days -- Where next? -- Beginnings -- A decade on Quelccaya -- III: The warming sets in -- First signs -- The great experiment -- Temperature follows suit -- China opens up -- IV: The essence of life -- A city by a lake -- The seesaw -- V: More pieces for the puzzle -- Casting about -- From Tibet... -- ...to Peru...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.514 BOWSummary: Completing the Planet Earth trilogy, Planet Earth III explores the greatest habitats on our planet and the extraordinary animals that live in them. Filled with wonder and insight, Planet Earth III celebrates places and animals beyond our imagination. From the depths of the ocean to the most remote jungle, discover the planet's last great wild places and the astonishing strategies animals have...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: Explores the characteristics of land and weather in tropical climates, and how plants, animals and people have adapted to life in tropical regions, covering the effects of deforestation and other developments.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Raintree, an imprint of Capstone Global Library, LLC 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.6 SENSummary: "From the team behind the multi-award-winning The blue planet comes this epic series celebrating the earth as never before. Embracing the world's incredible landscapes and fascinating wildlife, Planet earth takes the defitive look at the diversity of our planet" (container).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A stunning 11-part series that captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY E-TV PLASoll, Karen
Summary: "Simple text and full-color photographs describe the hottest places on the planet"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.913 SolMuntz, Kendra
Summary: "Introduction to different types of tropical fish using simple text, illustrations, and photos. Features include puzzles and games, fun facts, a resource list, and an index"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597.17 MUNMartin, Laurelynn G.
Summary: "Laurelynn G. Martin and Byron E. Martin show you how to successfully plant, grow, and harvest 47 varieties of tropical fruiting plants - in any climate! This straightforward, easy-to-use guide brings papaya, passionfruit, pepper, pineapples, and more out of the tropics and into your home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2023
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2 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 635.9 MARWalker, Cameron
Summary: "Divided into eight chapters covering the breadth of the US, pictographic maps locate each of the monuments explored, while double-page, poster-worthy scenes convey the beauty of the areas featured. Monuments covered include Statue of Liberty, Stonewall, Katahdin, the National Mall, Forts of the East, Jewel Cave, Pipestone, Pullman, Grand-Staircase Escalante, Chiricahua National Monument,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of the Quarto Group 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 WALPettit, Jeremy W.
Summary: "Suicide is the second leading cause of death among teens in the US, and the need for effective prevention has never been greater. Written by two adolescent suicide experts, this gentle and effective guide will help teens overcome suicidal thoughts by reducing emotional pain, increasing hope, and building meaningful connections. Readers will learn specific skills grounded in evidence-based...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 362.28 PETSkeen, Michelle
Summary: "Stop comparing yourself to others--you're special just as you are!" That's the message psychologist Michelle Skeen and her daughter, Kelly Skeen, instill in teen readers with this unique self-help guide. With this fun and engaging book, teens will learn how to silence their nit-picky inner critic, overcome feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness, cultivate self-acceptance and self-compassion,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA155.5 SkeenKrosoczka, Jarrett
Summary: "In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Wilkerson, Isabel
Summary: "This work is based on Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, copyright © 2020. Originally published in the United States in hardcover by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC , New York, in 2020"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Nearly a hundred years ago, a radical artistic utopia was born in Germany. Founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, Bauhaus was supposed to unite sculpture, painting, design and architecture into a single combined constructive discipline. Bauhaus constituted one of the most significant contributions to everyday 20th-century culture and influential contemporary designs, and it was never just an...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Icarus Films 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BAUSummary: 1919: WWI has just ended, old imperial empires have collapsed and Europe is swept up in a wave of modern ideas. Young Doerte Helm arrives at the newly-founded Bauhaus art school in Weimar thrilled by the innovative approach of its director, the architect Walter Gropius. Like so many others, she becomes a true disciple of the new movement but something more to Gropius as they fall in love. They...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BAUForsyth, Adrian.
Contents: 1. In the realm of the tropics -- 2. Fertility -- 3. Canyons of light -- 4. Hangers-on -- 5. Matapalo -- 6. Listen to the flowers -- 7. "Eat me" -- 8. Bugs and drugs -- 9. Creeping socialists -- 10. Army ants -- 11. Artful guises -- 12. Southbound -- 13. Jerry's maggot -- 14. Singing in the rain -- 15. Night walks -- 16. The eternal tropics -- 17. Paradise lost?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.3 FORKennedy-Moore, Eileen
Summary: "Everyone likes the idea of "best friends forever," but friendships can be complicated, and they often involve dealing with difficult feelings. Almost all children have experienced feeling shy at a party where they don't know anyone, furious during an argument with a friend, or sad when a friend moves away. Because kids care a lot about friends, they often have big emotional responses about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beyond Words 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Sidestepper (Musical group)
Contents: Fuego que te llama -- On the line -- Supernatural love -- Come see us play -- Magangué -- Song for the sinner -- Lover -- La flor y la voz, pt. 1 -- La flor y la voz, pt. 2 -- Hear the rain come -- Celestial -- Supernatural soul.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015