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Author
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
960L
Physical Desc
147 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
An authorized portrait about Grandin's life with autism and her groundbreaking work as a scientist and designer of cruelty-free livestock facilities describes how she overcame key disabilities through education and the support of her mother.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
1050L
Physical Desc
65 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Part science, part carnival--this winding adventure down the Amazon River with award-winning author Sy Montgomery and photographer Keith Ellenbogen explores how tiny fish, called piabas, can help preserve not only the rainforest and it's often misunderstood inhabitants, but the fate of our entire environment."--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
1010L
Physical Desc
152 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows a safari team led by Dr. Richard Estes as they track one of the largest land migrations--wildebeests crossing the Serengeti--with information on other animal migrations and the importance of protecting the African savanna ecosystem.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Lexile measure
890L
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the research that Samuel Marshall and his students are doing on tarantulas, including the largest spider on earth, the Goliath birdeating tarantula.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
1000L
Physical Desc
70 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Great White Shark Scientist is the latest ocean adventure from the venerable team of Sy Montgomery and Keith Ellenbogen. In it, they follow Dr. Greg Skomal, biologist and head of the Massachusetts Shark Research Program, as he strives to better understand the habits and habitats of Great Whites in order to save this amazing, if maligned, creature of the deep." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
1000L
Physical Desc
71 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Travel to the African bush with Sibert medal winning team Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop in this myth-busting new addition to the Scientists in the Field series as they join the internationally acclaimed woman researcher conducting one of the longest and most important studies of African mammals in the history of science."--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
950L
Physical Desc
74 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth. Originally this bird numbered in the millions before humans brought predators to the islands. Now on the isolated island refuge, a team of scientists is trying to restore the kakapo population.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015].
Lexile measure
1020L
Physical Desc
71 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the work of renowned octopus scientist Jennifer Mather and a team of researchers on the island of Moorea, near Tahiti in the South Pacific, where they work to learn more about octopuses and their behavior.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Lexile measure
1000L
Physical Desc
75 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the cheetah's essential role in the ecosystem and the ways in which Namibia's Cheetah Conservation Fund is promoting cohabitation between cheetahs and farmers.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
This title in the Scientists in the Field series introduces young readers to one of the weirdest and most fascinating animals on the planet and recounts the extraordinary work of the dedicated scientists trying to save them. Full color.
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
A naturalist who spent months at a time living on her own among wild creatures in remote jungles, author Montgomery was more comfortable with animals than with people. So she gladly opened her heart to a sick piglet, with no inkling that this piglet would not only survive but flourish--and she soon found herself engaged with her small-town community in ways she had never dreamed possible. Unexpectedly, Christopher provided this traveler with something...
14) Condor comeback
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
89 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In April of 1987 the last wild California condor was captured and taken to live in captivity like the other twenty-six remaining birds of its kind. Many thought that the days were over of of this remarkable, distinguished bird that had roamed the skies of North and Central American for thousands of years. Sy Montgomery employs her skill for on-the-ground reporting, shrewd observation, and stunning narrative prose to detail the efforts of scientists,...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
261 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus--a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature--and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. Sy Montgomery's popular 2011 Orion magazine piece, "Deep Intellect," about her friendship with a sensitive, sweet-natured octopus named Athena and the grief she felt at her death,...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
1000L
Physical Desc
200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A naturalist and adventurer discusses the personalities and quirks of thirteen animals who have profoundly affected her, exploring themes of learning to become empathetic, creating families, coping with loss, and the otherness and sameness of people and animals.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
189 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book reveals new science and remarkable discoveries about the octopus, one of nature's most elusive and intelligent animals"--
This journey into the world of the octopus will reveal how the large and capable brain of these creatures occupies their whole body--not just their heads--and they can actually adjust their genetic makeup to respond to the demands of the environment. It will allow readers to watch them change shape and color in order...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
79 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at falconer Nancy Cowan's farm, home to a dozen magnificent birds of prey, it was the start of a deep love affair. Nancy allowed her to work with Jazz, a feisty, four-year-old, female Harris's hawk with a wingspan of more than four feet. Not a pet, Jazz was a fierce predator with talons that could pierce skin and bone and yet, she was willing to work with a human to hunt. From the first moment Jazz swept down...
