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Author
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xvii, 483 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A household icon of the environmental movement, Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) may be the most quoted conservationist in history. A Sand County Almanac has sold millions of copies and Leopoldʼs writings are venerated for their perceptions about land and how people might live in concert with the whole community of life. But who is the man behind the words? How did he arrive at his profound and poetic insights, inspiring generations of environmentalists?...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 307 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A combination of Henry David Thoreau and Jane Goodall, Carol [Ruckdeschel] is a self-taught scientist who has become a tireless defender of sea turtles on Cumberland Island, a national park off the coast of Georgia ... In recent years, Carnegie heirs and the National Park Service have clashed with Carol over the island's future. What happens when a dirt-poor naturalist with only a high-school diploma tries to stop one of the wealthiest families in...
166) John James Audubon
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
92 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
In the early 1900s, a wild little girl nicknamed Squirrel meets John Muir, later to become a famous naturalist, when he arrives at her parents' hotel in Yosemite Valley seeking work and knowledge about the natural world.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A biographical novel in verse of three different girls in three different time periods who grew up to become groundbreaking scientists"--
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
viii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Internationally renowned as an exciting guide to unknown peoples and places, Norwegian Carl Lumholtz was a Victorian-era explorer, anthropologist, natural scientist, writer, and photographer who worked in Australia, Mexico, and Borneo. His photographs of the Tarahumara, Huichol, Cora, Tepehuan, Southern Pima, and Tohono O'odham tribes of Mexico and southwest Arizona were among the very first taken of these cultures and still provide the best photographic...
173) Rachel Carson
Author
Publisher
Boom! Box
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
79 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel biography of Rachel Carson, the woman who changed the way America fought against the environmental crisis through her bestselling books, ultimately spurring the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Presents the true story of the marine biologist whose dedication, compassion and integrity gave a new generation of Americans hope for a brighter tomorrow.
Author
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
GN 540L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Brothers John and Frank Craighead knew there was a problem when they saw fewer and fewer grizzly bears at Yellowstone National Park. But how did grizzlies--with a population size once as big as 100,000--wind up on the endangered species list? Follow along in this graphic adventure based on a true story of how the Craighead brothers learned all they could about these beautiful bears in order to save the silvertip. Then, learn more about grizzlies...
177) Little Muir's song
Author
Series
Publisher
Yosemite Conservancy
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
[Board book edition]
Physical Desc
14 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explore nature with Little Muir. --
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (67 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"What makes an American legend? find out in these fascinating stories of three of our national treasures, including Johnny Appleseed, whose apple trees bore the fruit that fed a nation of pioneers; Sacagawea, the Native American woman who bravely guided Lewis and Clark on their westward journey; and John Muir, a valiant protector of the West's natural wonders and founder of the Sierra Club"--Container.