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Author
Series
California natural history guides volume 81
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Through this true tale of wildlife survival, young readers discover the bold and creative ideas that Americans and their government have used to protect and care for the country's endangered California condors.
Author
Publisher
Grand Canyon Association
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In this endearing children?s tale, a grandfather teaches his grandson the way of Condor, North America?s largest flying bird and a rare resident of the American Southwest. While setting traps at the bottom of the canyon, Little Feather sees Condor flying overhead and runs to his grandfather to ask what he has seen. His grandfather looks into the fire, smiles, and says, ?Condor, you saw Condor.? The boy soon embarks on a magical adventure filled with...
Author
Series
Technical report) volume 86
Publisher
Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program, Arizona Game and Fish Dept
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
10) The condor
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, habitats, and endangered status of the Califorina condor.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 810L
Language
English
Description
A condor is an incredible bird. With a wingspan of 10 feet, it seems too large to fly. And yet, winds carry it so efficiently that it may only need to flap once an hour. Sadly, the world came very close to losing the California condor. At one point, only 30 were left. Readers of this book will find out why these birds were so close to extinction and what was done to bring them back. Beautiful photographs show these birds of prey as the majestic animals...
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of the California condor, its decline in numbers due to human population growth and activities, and the efforts being made to maintain its population.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of the condor in North America and the efforts to capture and breed the few remaining California condors to save them from extinction.
16) Condor comeback
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
Award-winning and best-selling author Sy Montgomery turns her talents to the story of California condors and the scientists who have fought against their extinction.
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Striking changes in American society resulted in the passage of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1973, one of many laws passed during the environmental era of the 1960s and 70s. In just a few decades, we as a society moved from vilification and elimination of many species (or indifference to their decline) to protecting them legally under the ESA--a ground-breaking law based on the belief that all species have a fundamental right to exist. The...
