Pamela S Turner

Book - Children's, eBook, Kindle

Publisher

Charlesbridge

Language

English

Formats

Description

When Yoshitsune was just a baby, his father went to war with a rival samurai family -- and lost. His father was killed, his mother captured, and his surviving half-brother banished. Yoshitsune was sent away to live in a monastery. Skinny, small, and unskilled in the warrior arts, he nevertheless escaped and learned the ways of the samurai. When the time came for the Minamoto clan to rise up against their enemies, Yoshitsune answered the call. His...

2) The frog scientist

Author

Series

Physical Desc

58 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Book - Children's

Description

Tyrone Hayes works to discover the effects pesticides have on frogs and, in turn, us

3) Hachiko: the true story of a loyal dog

Author

Language

English

Description

Relates the true story of a dog who accompanied his master to and from a Tokyo train station for a year and, after his master died, continued to wait for him there every day for many years

4) Crow smarts: inside the brain of the world's brightest bird

Author

Series

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

[2016]

Physical Desc

73 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.

Language

English

Description

"In the newest addition to the ever-popular and authoritative nonfiction Scientists in the Field series, the team behind The Frog Scientist take you on a research trip to New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean to follow crows in aviaries and in the wild while answering many thought-provoking questions like: "Can a crow outsmart a scientist?" Remarkably engaging narrative nonfiction coupled with beautiful photographs, this is a trip you won't regret booking!"--...

5) The dolphins of Shark Bay

Author

Series

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

[2013]

Physical Desc

76 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm

Language

English

Description

A scientific journey to study the dolphins of coastal Australia considers the many potential sources of dolphin intelligence and what dolphin behavior can inform the scientific community about human intelligence, captive animals and the future of the oceans

6) Prowling the seas: exploring the hidden world of ocean predators

Author

Publisher

Walker & Co

Pub. Date

2009

Physical Desc

39 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm

Language

English

Description

An acclaimed science writer takes readers along with four underwater predators--a leatherback sea turtle, a bluefin tuna, a great white shark, and a Sooty Shearwater--on their remarkable journeys

7) A life in the wild: George Schaller's struggle to save the last great beasts

Author

Publisher

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

Pub. Date

2008

Physical Desc

103 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm

Language

English

Description

Spotlights Schaller working, observing some of the world's most endangered animals. Many of these species were previously considered impossible to study in the wild

8) Project Seahorse

Author

Series

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Pub. Date

2010

Physical Desc

56 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.

Language

English

Description

"Project Seahorse follows the work of two dedicated scientists as they explore the life cycle of the tiger tail seahorse and forge partnerships with the people of Handumon in the Philippines to save its habitat."--Amazon.com

9) How to build a human: in seven evolutionary steps

Author

Publisher

Charlesbridge

Pub. Date

[2022]

Physical Desc

ix, 166 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm

Language

English

Description