Frank Carlson Library

Peanut the Squirrel and the Nutty Copter take off to explore the world of African Animals. 3D high-resolution color graphics combined with beautiful photos and fun facts make learning exciting. Designed for young readers, Peanut's witty comments and jokes will entertain both children and parents. Formatted for easy reading on e-readers, the Peanut series of books has many cleverly modeled vehicles and gadgets to keep kids coming back for more. 45...

Young conservationists and those interested in these fascinating animals will delight in this informative, photo-filled book. Readers will find out why these are a threatened species, get details about the life of grizzly bears, including how they and their cubs hibernate in the winter, what they eat, and where they live. Readers will also learn about groups that are working to help this species, what they can do to help preserve this wonderful animal,...

There are few animals cuter than a panda, especially panda babies! From their fuzzy fur to their big bellies, pandas look like a real-life teddy bear. That's one reason why many kids choose pandas as their favorite animal! This book draws in these panda fanatics, as well as any animal lover, with text written especially for emerging readers. Fun facts about pandas include where they live, their habits, and their families. Colorful photographs bring...

El tercer volumen de la colección Culturas musicales en Colombia constituye un valioso aporte práctico para la descripción y la comprensión musical específica de las gaitas largas: explica y expone su construcción, su técnica básica de ejecución, las características del repertorio y presenta transcripciones musicales para este instrumento Así, se aporta al conocimiento musical de expresiones que durante siglos permanecieron invisibilizadas...

It is hard to imagine that these creatures as big as trucks could be vulnerable, but the giants of the sea are endangered. What is their biggest threat? What is being done to save them? Readers learn about blue whales and how to help the largest animal on the planet.

Even as the national bird of the United States, the bald eagle has not always been universally beloved. Hunting, poisoning by DDT, and other human activity reduced bald eagle numbers from many thousands to fewer than 1,000 by the 1960s. Young readers are introduced to this incredible bird and the story of its recovery after it reached the brink of extinction. They will learn what actions were undertaken to protect the species and how its disappearance...

Learn how employees at Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute are working hard to save animal species from extinction. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Spanish Smithsonian Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students' curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, it features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect...

"Cursed by an old carnival game, sixth-grader Rex Dexter uses his new ability to communicate with dead animals to investigate the mysterious deaths of endangered zoo animals"--

Blu, Jewel, and their three chicks travel to the Amazon to get closer to nature and discover that Jewel's family is still alive and well.

Dr. Niko Tinbergen was well known as a naturalist and a student of animal behaviour in England, on the Continent and in the United States. Ever since he was a young student in Holland he had been curious about nature, and in this book he sets out some of the facts that 25 years of curiosity gave him. As a biologist, anything living was his province-the bee-killing wasps and the digger wasps of the Dutch sand dunes; the Snow Bruntings and Phalaropes...