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1) Jungle
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Description
Discover live in the tropical rain forest, from exotic birds to species of insects. Presents an illustrated guide to the plants, animals, and insects found in the world's tropical rain forests. Here is a spectacular and informative guide to some of the most extraordinary habitats on Earth. Superb color photographs offer a unique eyewitness view of the remarkable and colorful plants, animals and insects of the world's jungles. See the beautiful but...
2) Rain forest
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Prowl through the undergrowth and meet the amazing creatures that lurk in the rain forest. Favorite animals such as tigers, snakes, and chimpanzees rub shoulders with marmosets, katydids, and sloths, and every animal is shown in its correct layer of the forest.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Offers a thought-provoking look at the animals, plants, and people who live in the woodlands around the world. Focuses particularly on the damage that humans have caused to the woodlands and what can be done to save them. An Iroquois tale teaches how animals and hunters can peacefully coexist and encourages readers to apply their knowledge of woodlands.
Author
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Trees, Truffles, and Beasts, Chris Maser, Andrew W. Claridge, and James M. Trappe make a compelling case that we must first understand the complexity and interdependency of species and habitats from the microscopic level to the gigantic. Comparing forests in the Pacific Northwestern United States and Southeastern mainland of Australia, the authors show how easily observable species -- trees and mammals -- are part of a complicated infrastructure...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Description
Are trees social beings? Forester and author Peter Wohlleben makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending dangers. Wohlleben also shares his deep love...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie look at the plants, animals, people, and products that inhabit the Earth's rain forests, and offer suggestions for protecting this valuable resource.
13) Jaguars
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and life cycle of jaguars.
14) Ocelots
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book describes ocelots that live around the rain forests of South America, presenting information on their physical characteristics, their behavior, and their life cycle.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The author repeatedly visits a dozen trees around the world to stop, listen, and look, exploring each tree's connections with webs of fungi, bacterial communities, cooperative and destructive animals, and other plants, and demonstrating how the lives of trees and people are deeply interwoven. Several trees, including a balsam fir in Ontario and an Amazonian ceibo, are located in areas that seem mostly natural, but which are affected by industrial...