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Author
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Formats
Description
Practical and easy-to-follow information on how to create a backyard habitat that will attract a variety of birds throughout the year, from cardinals, orioles, and chickadees to woodpeckers, hummingbirds, bluebirds, goldfinches, and more.
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
A quick-reference guide to attracting birds and butterflies for gardeners with little experience and time.
In the eye of a bird or butterfly, the typical suburban landscape resembles an unfriendly desert. Closely mowed lawns, tightly clipped shrubs, raked-up borders, and deadheaded flowers mean no place to nest, no food to eat, and nowhere to hide. To the humans who live there, this means no bird songs, no colorful butterflies, no dazzling...
In the eye of a bird or butterfly, the typical suburban landscape resembles an unfriendly desert. Closely mowed lawns, tightly clipped shrubs, raked-up borders, and deadheaded flowers mean no place to nest, no food to eat, and nowhere to hide. To the humans who live there, this means no bird songs, no colorful butterflies, no dazzling...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that support bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. The recommendations are simple: pick the right plants for pollinators, protect them from pesticides, and provide...
5) Mammals
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Presents an overview of mammals, including their history, various kinds, physical characteristics, behavior, and endangered and extinct species.
6) Bugs
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Describes a variety of insects and their behavior, discussing metamorphosis, camouflage, defenses, and their benefits to people.
8) Drama for students: Volume 22 :presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.
9) Seashore
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub., Inc
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Features the animal inhabitants of the seashore, including fish, crustaceans, snails, and shorebirds.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gale/Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This new supplement explores all aspects of extinctions and extinct life, featuring approximately 80 articles outlining major extinctions and related scientific areas. Entries are written by nationally renowned subject experts specializing in zoology, paleontology, and environmental science. Written for students and general researchers.
Series
Publisher
St. James Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Multi-volume major reference work bringing together histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location. For students, job candidates, business executives, historians and investors.
13) Machine vendetta
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series--Machine Vendetta is a thrilling tale of deadly conspiracies and old enemies that refuse to die. Panoply is a small, efficient police force, dedicated to maintaining the rule of democracy among the ten thousand disparate city-states orbiting the planet Yellowstone. Ingvar Tench was one of Panoply's most experienced operatives. So why did she walk alone and unarmed...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Erebus Resort, occupying a valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through genetic manipulation. When a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists, Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent Frances Cash partners with...
15) Ostriches
Author
Series
Publisher
Cody Koala
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This book introduces readers to the physical characteristics, behaviors, habitat, and life cycle of ostriches. Features include a table of contents, fun facts, a labeled diagram, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
16) Iguanas
Author
Series
Publisher
Pop!, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This book introduces readers to the physical characteristics, behaviors, habitat, and life cycle of desert iguanas. Features include a table of contents, fun facts, a labeled diagram, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
17) Dingoes
Author
Series
Publisher
Pop!, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This book introduces readers to the physical characteristics, behaviors, habitat, and life cycle of dingoes. Features include a table of contents, fun facts, a labeled diagram, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
18) Rattlesnakes
Author
Series
Publisher
Pop!, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This book introduces readers to the physical characteristics, behaviors, habitat, and life cycle of rattlesnakes. Features include a table of contents, fun facts, a labeled diagram, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
19) Meerkats
Author
Series
Publisher
Pop!, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This book introduces readers to the physical characteristics, behaviors, habitat, and life cycle of meerkats. Features include a table of contents, fun facts, a labeled diagram, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
20) Scorpions
Author
Series
Publisher
Pop!, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This book introduces readers to the physical characteristics, behaviors, habitat, and life cycle of scorpions. Features include a table of contents, fun facts, a labeled diagram, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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