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Nature Ranger offers activities for investigating the natural world. It explains how plants can indicate direction, shows ways to follow signs left by wild animals, and includes making shelters for bats. The book also ranges from examining skull features to trying outdoor experiments, framing these observations and practical tasks as the work of a nature ranger in the world around you.
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Knowledge Encyclopedia Space!: The Universe as You've Never Seen It BeforeDKThis astronomy reference presents captioned photographs alongside layered text about the universe. Its subjects include planets and constellations, as well as black holes and neutron stars. The book uses photographs with captions to accompany information on these astronomical objects and phenomena. Its range of topics moves from familiar features of the night sky to dense stellar remnants and black holes.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Small WondersMatthew Clark Smith, illustrated by Giuliano FerriThis biography traces the life of Jean-Henri Fabre, a naturalist whose curiosity centered on insects. It follows his early interest in the insect world, the teasing he faced, and his later work as an expert. Fabre’s story includes his recognition as a Nobel Prize nominee and presents his life through the small creatures that continued to hold his attention.Winning TitlesLexile Text Measure AD880LATOS Book Level 5.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Fire Birds: Valuing Natural Wildfires and Burned ForestsSneed B. Collard IIIFire Birds explores the relationship between natural fire and plant and animal communities through the research of biologist Richard Hutto. It focuses on the many bird species that make substantial use of burned forests. The book challenges the idea that a forest after a fire has no value, instead examining the diversity of bird life associated with these places. It also addresses wildfire suppression and salvage logging of burned forests.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details