Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
1) Wild Turkeys
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and life cycle of wild turkeys.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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.
3) Saving the Tasmanian devil: how science is helping the world's largest marsupial carnivore survive
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
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. --Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Documents the contributions of specially trained military dogs, profiling noteworthy canine heroes while covering of such topics as how they are trained and what happens to them when they retire.
10) Horses
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
Discusses the physical characteristics and behavior of horses and describes how domestic horses evolved from their wild relatives.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Tells of the transformative period in the early 16th century when the Spaniards introduced horses to the Great Plains, and how horses became, and remain, a key part of the Plains Indians' culture.