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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
"A popular classic written for young adults, in nineteenth-century Yorkshire, the passionate attachment between a headstrong young girl and a foundling boy brought up by her father causes disaster for them and many others, even in the next generation."--
Author
Language
English
Description
"A lifelong environmentalist, Annie Proulx brings her wide-ranging research and scholarship to the subject of wetlands and the vitally important yet little understood role they play in preserving the environment--by storing the carbon emissions that greatly contribute to climate change. Fens, bogs, swamps, and marine estuaries are the earth's most desirable and dependable resources, and in four stunning parts, Proulx documents the long-misunderstood...
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Master of the moor: As a boy, Stephen Whalby took to his beloved moor to escape trouble at home. Trouble follows him there as an adult, however, when women's bodies begin turning up among the rocks, heather, and bogs. Stephen finds no refuge when D.I. Manciple--a rude outsider, unwelcome in the village of Vangmoor--targets him as the prime suspect.
Vanity dies hard: In the town of Salstead, the lives of two friends seem to take different trajectories....
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Introducing, the wetlands: unique ecosystems that are not only a home for an extensive amount of wildlife, but also a vital storage place for one of Earth's most precious resources, water. What lives there? Find out in this simple yet extensive exploration of marshes and swamps and what they are, why they're important, and the birds, fish, and wildlife that make it their homes." -- Amazon.com.
Language
English
Description
When the Magic School Bus takes a dive, Wanda discovers that one of Ms. Frizzle's ancestors was Redbeard the Pirate and a treasure map leads the class to a coral reef where they learn first hand that life there is risky. In The Magic School Bus gets swamped, the class learns that swampland is an important haitat and natural water filter. In the Magic School Bus goes to Mussel Beach, the class learns about life along a shore.
12) A wetland walk
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text depict a day-long walk through a marsh and introduce the plants and animals of a wetland environment.
14) Wetlands
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive look at the wetlands biome, examining its climate, plants, animals, people, and future, plus detailed views of some famous or important wetlands locations.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Freshwater marshes are found throughout the United States and in many countries around the world. And in every marsh, there is an opportunity to view dozens of species of animal life. Written in a rhyming cumulative style like The House that Jack Built, At the Marsh in the Meadow portrays the wetlands food chain, showing how all forms of life, from the mud at the bottom of the marsh to the birds in the sky, are directly connected to their marsh home....
19) Wetlands
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes swamps, marshes, and bogs, places which are almost always wet and soggy and which are habitats for hundreds of kinds of plants and animals.
