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2) Safari
Author
Language
English
Description
Introduces young wildlife enthusiasts to an array of creatures in their natural habitats on the African Savannah.
Author
Language
English
Description
A hilarious, highly original collection of essays based on the Botswana truism: "only food runs!"In the tradition of Bill Bryson, a new writer brings us the lively adventures and biting wit of an African safari guide. Peter Allison gives us the guide's-eye view of living in the bush, confronting the world's fiercest terrain of wild animals and, most challenging of all, managing herds of gaping tourists. Passionate for the animals of the Kalahari,
...4) The lioness
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Language
English
Description
"Tanzania, 1964. When Katie Barstow, A-list actress, and her new husband, David Hill, decide to bring their Hollywood friends to the Serengeti for their honeymoon, they envision giraffes gently eating leaves from the tall acacia trees, great swarms of wildebeests crossing the Mara River, and herds of zebra storming the sandy plains... The wealthy Americans expect civilized adventure: Fresh ice from the kerosene-powered ice maker, dinners of cooked...
5) Draw!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this wordless picture book, a boy who is confined to his room fills his sketch pad with lions and elephants, then imagines himself on a safari.
6) Assegai
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leon Courtney, ladies' man and former lieutenant in the King's African Rifles, becomes a professional big game hunter and high-profile safari guide in the years leading up to WWI. On the eve of war, Leon is recruited by his uncle, commander of the British forces in East Africa, who asks him to spy on his newest client, Count Otto von Meerbach, a German industrialist with a secret agenda. Courtney also begins an affair with Otto's mistress, Eva, who...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Meet the brilliant, the wonderful, the courageous ... Safari Pug! The third book in a joyful illustrated series for fans of Claude and Squishy McFluff. When Pug and Lady Miranda have a scary run-in with a lion one night (it might be hiding under the bed), Lady M decides Pug needs to face his fears and go on safari. Pug goes a bit wobbly when he finds out he'll be coming nose to nose with Florence, the rare white lion cub, but he soon realises that...
12) Yikes!!!
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A young boy sees such fearsome and exotic creatures as a cobra, gorillas, and crocodiles when he goes on safari.
Author
Publisher
Harper Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
From the author of Still Life with Elephant comes the story of one woman and her quest to save a majestic animal.
After a year spent caring for baby elephants in Africa, Neelie Sterling is preparing to return to the States and a life filled with exes-ex-boyfriend, ex-husband, ex-house, ex-horse. But she is leaving behind some unfinished business in Zimbabwe: a very special elephant targeted for execution. With the help of her new friend Diamond-Rose...
14) Safari
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reluctantly embarking on a group safari trip to Zambia, Stanley Hastings finds himself at the mercy of a reckless hunter guide who enjoys encounters with dangerous animals before suspicious accidents begin plaguing fellow tourists.
15) Safari, so good!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The Cat takes Sally and Nick to Africa, where they meet some really big cats, and all sorts of other animals, too, including elephants, zebra, giraffe, hippos, warthogs, buffalo, baboons, side-striped jackals, spotted hyena, galagos, pythons, vipers, and six kinds of antelope! Young readers will learn how animals are either predators or prey, that elephants tend to favor one tusk over the other, how to tell the difference between a white and black...
Publisher
St. Clair Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
At war with the Army: Jerry Lewis stars as a bumbling private and Dean Martin is his smooth buddy who tries to straighten him out.
Africa screams: Two bookstore clerks become involved in a safari to Africa to find diamonds.
19) The naked prey
Series
Criterion collection ; 415
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When a safari hunting ivory offends an African tribe, they are captured and tortured. One man is released without weapons or clothing, to be hunted in a life or death race. Includes essay booklet; interviews; and more.