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62) Saving the Tasmanian devil: how science is helping the world's largest marsupial carnivore survive
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"In this addition to the critically acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, Dorothy Patent follows the scientists trying to put a stop to a gruesome disease before it's too late. Tasmanian devils are dying at an alarming rate from a type of tumor that appears to be contagious. What scientists are learning while researching the Tasmanian devil has potential to affect all animals, and even humans, as they learn more about how to prevent and hopefully...
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Paraclete Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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"A new, revised edition of the novel first published over 14 years ago. Rachel Piers, a brilliant young conservatrice at a Manhattan art gallery, is given the dream assignment of restoring a mysterious medieval painting in a church in Rome. Choosing to leave behind a bitter divorce and painful childhood incident, Rachel meticulously restores the damaged artwork, meanwhile uncovering layers of her soul that she would rather be kept hidden."--
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Animal Rescue Agency Book 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"When an animal is in trouble, there's only one place to turn: the Animal Rescue Agency! Dashing Esquire Fox used to organize the world's most elaborate chicken raids until the day she encountered Mr. Pepper. Meeting the blustery old rooster changed her heart, convincing her to turn from a life of crime and instead form the Animal Rescue Agency, which masterminds rescue operations across the globe. Esquire and her unlikely chicken business manager...
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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"Follow researcher Carl Safina as he treks with a herd of elephants across the Kenyan landscape, then travel with him to the Pacific Northwest to track and monitor whales in their ocean home. Along the way, find out more about the interior lives of these giants of land and sea--how they play, how they fight, and how they communicate with one another, and sometimes with us, too. Weaving decades of field research with exciting new discoveries about...
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PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Creature teachers Chris and Martin Kratt will take families along on extraordinary animal-powered adventures. The show transforms the Kratt Brothers into animated versions of themselves, allowing the real-life zoologists to visit wild animals in their little-seen habitats and showcase key science concepts.
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
"Features all-new songs and animation plus appearances by iconic characters Interplanet Janet and Mr. Morton. These fun and high-energy songs will teach a new generation of fans all about recycling, biodiversity, solar energy and more. The beloved voices that sang timeless classics such as 'I'm just a Bill' and 'Conjunction Junction' are back to sing again in these all-new tunes!"--Container.
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PBS Kids
Pub. Date
c2019.
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"The Wild Kratts aren't sure what to do for Halloween. Should they go trick-or-treating, or just enjoy a Halloween party? The Kratt Brothers decide that the best thing to do is to discover some new 'creepy, cool' creatures. But when they set off to find these new animal friends, Martin and Chris discover that Zach and the other villains have come up with a plan to ruin Halloween. Can the Wild Kratts defeat the villains and still get to celebrate Halloween?"--Container....
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Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
c2020.
Description
To the creature rescue! Join Chris Kratt and Martin Kratt as they embark on more than twenty action-packed adventures! Together, the brothers spring into action to rescue an injured endangered Florida panther and recover Aviva's precious family heirloom from the leaping Caracal cat.
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Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"A bilingual story, inspired by the childhood of Valentina Cruz, whose family was one of the first permanent inhabitants of the Galapagos islands. Valentina makes a promise to protect the islands and her animal friends"--
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