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Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and scientific career of Charles Darwin, especially his theory of evolution which was published in his famous book in 1859: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and career of Steve Irwin, famously known as the Crocodile Hunter, from his childhood and early love of animals to his rise in popularity as a film and television star and naturalist.
Author
Series
Calpurnia Tate volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Growing up with six brothers in rural Texas in 1899, 12-year-old Callie realizes that her aversion to needlework and cooking disappoints her mother. She prefers to study the natural world with her grandfather, which leads to an important discovery.
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
A biography of the English naturalist who, after collecting plants and animals from around the world, postulated the theory of evolution by natural selection. Includes related activities.
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Extraordinary environments endure through the efforts of conservationists such as John Burroughs. In this engaging biography, readers will learn about Burroughs's farming childhood, his mother's influence on his early love of nature, his education at various schools in New York State, his teaching career, and his wife and family. Readers will discover Burroughs's friendship with the poet Walt Whitman, who inspired Burroughs to become the famous...
Author
Publisher
Rb Flash Point
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Follows Charles Darwin on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle and presents the thinking that led him to the theory of evolution and the writing of The origin of the species. Includes historical photographs and passages from Darwin's personal diary.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A biography of the scientist-adventurer, Roy Chapman Andrews, focusing on the expeditions he led for New York's American Museum of Natural History to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia in an effort to uncover dinosaur fossils.
14) John Muir
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Text and illustrations provide a biograpy of naturalist John Muir.
15) Charlie's raven
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2004] ©2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Charlie Carlisle's grandfather is illustrations Charlie's friend, Singing Bird, a Teton Sioux, tells him that ravens have curing powers, so Charlie steals a baby bird from its nest. Granddad, a retired naturalist, encourages Charlie to record his observations of the bird and study the effect it has on humans. Charlie just hopes that the raven will make Granddad well.
16) Sigurd F. Olson
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life and accomplishments of the conservationist who worked to protect land in the Lake Superior region and in the Alaskan wilderness.
Readers will learn about Olson's birth in Norway, his immigration to the United States, his childhood in Wisconsin, and his later life in Minnesota. Olson's work on the National Parks Association and Wilderness Society are examined, and is his influence in drafting the Wilderness Act. Olson's work in...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself."--
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This book takes an engaging look at the work of ground-breaking conservationist, Rachel Carson, and her work to uncover the dangers of pesticides. It covers Carson's inspiration, her methods, findings, and the impact of her work on the environment movement."--
20) The lost kingdom
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
On the eve of the French and Indian War, Billy Bartram and his naturalist father travel into the American wilderness in an airship--pursued by a party of French soldiers and haunted by a terrifying bear-wolf--on a quest to find the lost kingdom of the Welsh prince Madoc.
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