Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
1) Saving the Tasmanian devil: how science is helping the world's largest marsupial carnivore survive
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this addition to the critically acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, Dorothy Patent follows the scientists trying to put a stop to a gruesome disease before it's too late. Tasmanian devils are dying at an alarming rate from a type of tumor that appears to be contagious. What scientists are learning while researching the Tasmanian devil has potential to affect all animals, and even humans, as they learn more about how to prevent and hopefully...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1986.
Physical Desc
73 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of American bison today on the National Bison Range in Montana and in other parks and preserves, with an emphasis on how humans must crefully manage each herd for its own good.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
61 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the bond between humans and their canine companions, discussing scientific insights that demonstrate how sharing one's life with a dog reduces stress, provides companionship, and increases safety.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1990.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of the two species of wolves found in North America and discusses efforts to save them from extinction by reintroducing them to wilderness areas.
9) Horses
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c1994.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the physical characteristics and behavior of horses and describes how domestic horses evolved from their wild relatives.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
40 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of coral reefs as ecosystems, describing different types of corals and how they reproduce and discussing the variety of fishes and other animals that depend on coral reefs to sustain them.
11) Ospreys
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1993.
Physical Desc
63 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics and habits of ospreys, or fish hawks, as well as threats to their survival and efforts to protect them.
13) Arabian horses
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1982.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
77 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the Arabian horse, a versatile breed noted for its speed, beauty, and endurance.
14) Deer and elk
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1994.
Physical Desc
77 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
16) Christmas trees
Author
Publisher
Dodd, Mead
Pub. Date
c1987.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the origins of the Christmas tree and methods of farming Christmas trees.
Author
Language
English
Description
This meticulously researched and photographed account follows three University of Montana scientists and their interdisciplinary work with osprey: fish-catching birds with gigantic nests and a family that functions with teamwork and cooperation. Today the osprey is studied to monitor the effects of mercury on living things. The osprey hunts in a very small area around its large nest and so scientists can pinpoint where mercury is coming from. In Missoula,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The image of a Native American on horseback has become ingrained in the American consciousness. But the Plains Indians and the horse were not always inseparable. Once, Native Americans used dogs to help carry their goods, and even after the Spaniards introduced the horse to the Americas, horses were considered so valuable that the Spanish would not allow the Indians to have them. But soon horses escaped from Spanish settlements, and Native Americans...
19) Decorated Horses
Author
Language
English
Description
This nonfiction picture book about horses has a fresh focus: how people over the ages have decorated horses in special ways. Organized into three categories-warfare and hunting, performance and competition, performance, and ceremony-the book introduces horses such as the chariot-pulling war horse of the Persians to the rose-decorated winner of the Kentucky Derby.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Documents the contributions of specially trained military dogs, profiling noteworthy canine heroes while covering such topics as how they are trained and what happens to them when they retire.