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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xviii, 334 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Description
A conservationist who has dedicated her life to saving orphan elephants in Africa describes her relationships with her late husband, Tsavo Park warden David Sheldrick, and a host of animals, including the majestic elephant, Eleanor.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 cm
Description
Celebrating the achievements of ten noteworthy activists, a board book discovery primer for the youngest environmentalists-in-training shares engaging, age-appropriate facts about some of the important people who help protect the Earth.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xviii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Traces the conservation movement by ranchers, farmers, river workers, and fishermen who in spite of separating themselves from political environmentalism are helping to restore and protect America's grasslands, wildlife, wetlands, and oceans.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
201 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Four kids with the power to speak to creatures, shake the earth, manipulate water, and control the wind, are on a mission to save the earth from the evil Calamity Corporation--and readers must make a choice in three scenarios that change the course of the adventure.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explore humanity's relationship with nature and wildlife, as scientists and conservationists from all over the world examine ways that can restore the planet? The documentary series asks whether newfound awareness of nature could bring about a new chapter in the human story.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
41 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 28 cm.
Description
A biography of John Muir, naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club, whose travels, speeches and writings led directly to the creation of the Yosemite National Park in 1890 and other national parks that followed.
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
c2022.
Physical Desc
xi, 211 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
To escape the tough streets of Southeast Washington, D.C. in the late 1980s, young Rodney Stotts would ride the metro to the Smithsonian National Zoo. There, the bald eagles and other birds of prey captured his imagination for the first time. In Bird Brother, Rodney shares his unlikely journey to becoming a conservationist and one of America's few Black master falconers. Rodney grew up during the crack epidemic, with guns, drugs, and the threat of...
12) Jane's journey
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A profile of British primatologist Jane Goodall. In Jane's Journey, we travel with her across several continents, from her childhood home in England, to the Gombe National Park in Tanzania where she began her groundbreaking research and where she still returns every year to enjoy the company of the chimpanzees that made her famous. An inspiring portrait of the private person behind the world-famous icon, featuring a wide range of interviews and spectacular...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 18 cm.
Description
As a Kenyan scientist and feminist, Wangari raised money to pay poor women to plant and care for new trees in the parts of her country where the forests had been cut down, earning her the Nobel Peace Price.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xviii, 232 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
"Vanity Fair" contributing editor Seal tells the mesmerizing story of the captivating life and shocking death of world-renowned naturalist and filmmaker Joan Root who was killed in her Kenyan home in 2006.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 92
Publisher
distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
888 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
18) Steve & me
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
xiv, 273 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
"Terri Raines took a vacation from her wildlife rescue work in Oregon, traveled to Australia, and there, at a small wildlife park, she met and fell in love with a tall, blond force of nature named Steve Irwin. They were married in less than a year, and Terri eagerly joined in Steve's conservation work. The footage of their crocodile-trapping honeymoon became the first episode of The Crocodile Hunter, and together, Steve and Terri began to change the...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
80 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Description
Traces the work of two wildlife veterinarians who protect and chart the lives of Assateague Island's wild horses, describing their shared efforts to balance the horses' ecosystem and raise awareness.
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