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Author
Publisher
Full Tilt Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"History has a way of repeating itself. We can watch mistakes happen again, or we can make moves to stop them. Scientists know how amazing animals like the saber-toothed tiger lived and then died out forever. They can also see modern big cats, like the endangered Siberian tiger, are following that same path. How can the past help us learn about the future? Find out what steps are being taken to protect big cats from going extinct."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Full Tilt Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The woolly mammoth once roamed across the frozen tundra. It was perfectly adapted to its environment. But then, the earth began warming, and the mammoth couldn't adapt. It went extinct. Its cousin, the Asian elephant, loves the warmth. But humans have put these gentle giants at risk. What can animals from the past tell us about their modern-day endangered relatives? Learn how people played a role in the past and can change the future" -- Amazon website....
44) Mega Meltdown
Author
Publisher
Blueprint Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"This amazing, informative book displays all the huge, wild creatures that existed during the last Ice Age! The Ice Age started around two and a half million years ago, when our planet was covered in ice sheets. Oceans froze, forcing some animals to extinction, but some fearsome Ice Age giants survived and roamed the Earth. Giant sloths fought off saber-toothed cats, and huge birds owned the skies. Mammoths walked across ice bridges over parts of...
45) Stone age beasts
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Are you brave enough to come face-to-face with the biggest and most awe-inspiring prehistoric beasts? In this dramatic introduction to the Stone Age world, the stupendous giants that shared the earth with our human ancestors--from the woolly mammoth and the fearsome saber-toothed cat to the elephant bird and the giant wombat--leap, slither, and swoop to life on eighteen atmospheric and densely packed double-page spreads spotlighting animals from...
Author
Series
Extincts volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Meet Scratch, Martie, Lug, and Quito, members of a secret organization called R.O.A.R., or the Rescue Ops Acquisition Rangers. When their boss, Dr. Z, finally calls on them for their first big mission, the team heads to Siberia to retrieve an ancient unicorn horn from the thawing permafrost. Scratch is thrilled at the chance to prove his worth to Dr. Z--but as soon as they land, the team runs into a mysterious enemy determined to take them down.
47) Music for tigers
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Middle-schooler Louisa wants to spend the summer practicing violin for a place in the youth symphony, but is instead sent to the Tasmanian rainforest camp of her Australian relatives. There she learns that her family secretly protects the last of the supposedly extinct Tasmanian tigers. When an encroaching mining operation threatens the hidden sanctuary, Louisa realizes her music can help."--
48) Bone poems
Author
Publisher
Workman Pub
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems about dinosaurs, Ice Age mammals, prehistoric people, and other ancient creatures.
Author
Publisher
Full Tilt Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The oceans were once full of enormous, sharp-toothed carnivores. Megalodon was the king of the sea. Even the biggest dinosaurs fled when they saw its fin break the surface. But megalodon is no more; it went extinct. Its cousin, the great white shark, is still here, but it is endangered. What will happen if these huge fish disappear? Learn about the similarities between megalodon and great whites, and what people are doing to avoid losing another...
Author
Series
Extincts volume 02
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Deciding to leave the Extincts and determined to do work that will actually make a difference, Lug helps a group of smoke jumpers stop the wildfires in California but must call upon his friends when it's discovered that the fires may not be so natural.
52) The last animal
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A playful, witty, and resonant novel in which a single mother and her two teen daughters engage in a wild scientific experiment and discover themselves in the process, from the award-winning writer of Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty Jane is a serious scientist on the cutting-edge team of a bold project looking to "de-extinct" the wooly mammoth. She's privileged to have been sent to Siberia to hunt for ancient DNA, but there's a catch: Jane's...
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