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Recycle It! (Saving Our Planet)
by Mary BooneIntroduces early readers to environmentalist concepts including recycling and composting, and what they can do to help the environment. Features real-life examples of kids who have made a difference.
Red
by Laura Vaccaro SeegerFrom the Two-time Caldecott Honor Award winning author/illustrator of Green and Blue comes Red, a story about a lost fox that explores emotions-- fear, love, anger, and more-- through the use of vivid color.With a combination of sumptuous illustrations, ingenious die-cut pages, and simple text, Red is a beautiful companion to the Caldecott Honor Book Green and the highly acclaimed Blue. In this book, award-winning artist Laura Vaccaro Seeger once again turns her attention to the ways in which color evokes emotion. Dark Red,Light Red,Lost red,Bright red. Separated from its family, a lone fox experiences, anger, fear, and ultimately love as it journeys home. Lost and alone, he makes his way through a dark forest, injures his paw, has glancing encounters with humans, and finds himself trapped in a cage, before an act of kindness returns him to the wilderness. A CCBC Choice
Red Alert (Puppy Patrol #9)
by Jenny DaleRed, the red setter that was the Parkers' first-ever kennel guest, is back, and is an instant hit with Neil and Emily. When a fire engulfs the kennels, can anyone save Red--and the other animals--from a terrible tragedy?
Red Alert! Endangered Animals Around the World
by Catherine BarrAn interactive look at endangered animals imploring readers to discover fifteen species facing extinction.Inspired and endorsed by the "Red List" database of animals in peril maintained by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) this brightly illustrated book introduces species from six different habitats on six continents. Blending approachable text, secondary facts and lush art, Red Alert! offers full portraits of animals such as the Chinese giant salamander, the snow leopard, the blue whale, and the giant panda, and provides young activists additional resources for how they can help save these beautiful creatures.
Red Book of Animal Stories
by Andrew Lang H. J. Ford"Leviathan, that crooked serpent . . . the dragon that is in the Sea." This quote is from the Bible. "If there were never any Dragons, why did all sorts of nations tell stories about them?" asks Andrew Lang in this classic and colorfulRed Book of Animal Stories. Not only do we find fiery dragons here, but dangerous dogs and demons; bears, bats, boars, and baboons; greyhounds and griffins; cows and crocodiles; hyenas and hippopotamuses; snakes, saints, and sheep; monkeys, mermaids, and mammoths; lions and llamas; and dozens of others from the wide and wonderful animal world. What a menagerie to excite the sensesand lure the adventurous! Lang, a noted historian, was also an incurableromantic-hence his great success in writing children's books. These stories, first published in 1899, were selected and edited by Lang. The ones about Tom the Bear are from the French work on natural history by Alexander Dumas. Most of the tales in the chapter "Thieving Dogs and Horses" were published by Sir Walter Scott. The ones about foxes are by Miss B. Grieve, who was a great friend of foxes and took their side when they were hunted by hounds. "After all, the fun is to pursue the fox, not to catch him." Lang and Mrs. Lang wrote some ofthese tantalizingly human tales, while others are from French and German books.Other titillating titles and tremendous stories are: "The Lion and the Saint," "The Ugliest Beast in the World" (rhinoceros), "The Story of Beowulf and the Fire Drake," "Hyenas and Children," "Kanny, the Kangaroo," " On the Trail of a Maneater," "Two Big Dogs and a Little One , " and " In the American Desert."People who live in the great American desert must expect to find strange sights, sounds, and dangers, as this Western saga by Captain Mayne Reid compellingly relates. The battle of the snakes, which had threatened settlers one day, turned into a deadly struggle between a big rattler and a bigger boa constrictor. Thestruggle also involved a weasel and a squirrel; only one of the reptiles lived to strike again. Preoccupied with myth and folklore, Lang brought to his stories an art and understanding possessed by very few writers on the subject. Nor does it stretch the imagination to call these stories little classics that have grown bigger with the test of time. Sixty-eight excellent and evocative illustrations enhance the stories and the reader's enjoyment of them.
Red Boots (Baby Max and Ruby)
by Rosemary WellsBefore Max and Ruby were preschoolers, they were Baby Max and Ruby. The popular bunny siblings are back in another board books as their baby selves.In Red Boots, Baby Max can dress himself . . . with mittens on his ears and a hat on his foot. Silly Max!With eye-catching novelty elements, these irresistible board books will introduce the very youngest readers to the beloved bunny pair, who star in their own show on Nick Jr. and Noggin.
Red Desert: History of a Place
by Martin StupichA photographic and multidisciplinary study of one of America&’s last undeveloped—and most endangered—landscapes, edited by a Pulitzer Prize–winning author.A vast expanse of rock formations, sand dunes, and sagebrush in central and southwest Wyoming, the little-known Red Desert is one of the last undeveloped landscapes in the United States, as well as one of the most endangered. It is a last refuge for many species of wildlife. Sitting atop one of North America's largest untapped reservoirs of natural gas, the Red Desert is a magnet for energy producers who are damaging its complex and fragile ecosystem in a headlong race to open a new domestic source of energy and reap the profits.To capture and preserve what makes the Red Desert both valuable and scientifically and historically interesting, writer Annie Proulx and photographer Martin Stupich enlisted a team of scientists and scholars to join them in exploring the Red Desert through many disciplines: geology, hydrology, paleontology, ornithology, zoology, entomology, botany, climatology, anthropology, archaeology, sociology, and history. Their essays reveal many fascinating, often previously unknown facts about the Red Desert—everything from the rich pocket habitats that support an amazing diversity of life to engrossing stories of the transcontinental migrations that began in prehistory and continue today on I-80—which bisects the Red Desert.Complemented by Martin Stupich&’s photo-essay, which portrays both the beauty and the devastation that characterize the region today, Red Desert bears eloquent witness to a unique landscape in its final years as a wild place.
Red Dirt Jessie
by Anna MyersJessie, a young girl living in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Depression, tries to tame a wild dog and help her father recover from a nervous breakdown.
Red Dog
by Bill WallaceTerror in the mountains. In the rugged Wyoming territory, the red pup is Adam's best friend. Adam and his family live in a lonely cabin in the mountains, facing the dangers of the wilderness alone. One day, Adam's stepfather announces that he must leave for a week long trip to Cheyenne. Adam is put in charge of the family. Everything goes smoothly until three cutthroat gold prospectors come crashing into the cabin and hold the family at gunpoint. Late that night, Adam manages to escape. Unfortunately, the men let the red pup loose, and the one thing that dog does best is track Adam... Will the pup lead the men to Adam? And if he does, can Adam still save his family?
Red Dog/Blue Dog: When Pooches Get Political
by Chuck Sambuchino"Totally worth the Milk-bones I traded for it." -- Bo Obama"So hilarious I peed on the rug." -- Barney BushPolitics Goes to the Dogs Have you ever considered that man's best friend has political leanings just like we do? Red Dog / Blue Dog reveals that some tails wag to the left and others to the right! With 140 full-color photos of opinionated pooches accompanied by clever captions from the dogs themselves, this amusing book will add some much-needed levity to politics -- whatever side of the political spectrum you are on.
Red Embers
by Dorothy LyonsThis swiftly moving story of a girl who trains polo ponies, and plays an excellent game as well, will delight all horse lovers. Phil Blake--lucky enough to live on a California ranch--had raised and trained her favorite pony, Red Embers, from the time she was a tiny colt. Informal polo games at the ranch with Jon and Dave, the Randall twins, under the expert supervision of Phil's father and Mr. Randall, lead to Phil's acceptance by a Western women's team after stiff competition. At the end of a whirlwind season, Phil is finally chosen to play in an East-West tournament on Long Island. Riding Red Embers, she comes through with flying colors, and gains a coveted position on the All-American women's team. Good sportsmanship, keen rivalry, the breathless excitement of hard-played chukkers, and a real knowledge of horses make this an outstanding horse story for girls. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis
Red Eyes or Blue Feathers (Journeys Grade K Read Aloud Unit 5 #Book 24)
by Patricia M. StocklandNIMAC-sourced textbook
Red Fox (Nature's Children)
by Merebeth SwitzerIn this book you will discover many things about the Red Fox. The author describes the physical features, natural environment and habits of this, the most common of the foxes.
Red Fox: The Catlike Canine
by J. David HenryIn this engaging introduction to the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), J. David Henry recounts his years of field research on this flame-colored predator. With its catlike whiskers, teeth, and paws, as well as vertical-slit pupils, the North American red fox not only resembles but often behaves like a feline, especially when hunting. Probing the reasons for these similarities, Henry reveals the behavior and ecology of a species that thrives from the edge of suburbia to the cold northern tundra.
Red Gold: The Managed Extinction of the Giant Bluefin Tuna
by Jennifer E. TelescaIlluminating the conditions for global governance to have precipitated the devastating decline of one of the ocean&’s most majestic creatures The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) is the world&’s foremost organization for managing and conserving tunas, seabirds, turtles, and sharks traversing international waters. Founded by treaty in 1969, ICCAT stewards what has become under its tenure one of the planet&’s most prominent endangered fish: the Atlantic bluefin tuna. Called &“red gold&” by industry insiders for the exorbitant price her ruby-colored flesh commands in the sushi economy, the giant bluefin tuna has crashed in size and number under ICCAT&’s custodianship.With regulations to conserve these sea creatures in place for half a century, why have so many big bluefin tuna vanished from the Atlantic? In Red Gold, Jennifer E. Telesca offers unparalleled access to ICCAT to show that the institution has faithfully executed the task assigned it by international law: to fish as hard as possible to grow national economies. ICCAT manages the bluefin not to protect them but to secure export markets for commodity empires—and, as a result, has become complicit in their extermination.The decades of regulating fish as commodities have had disastrous consequences. Amid the mass extinction of all kinds of life today, Red Gold reacquaints the reader with the splendors of the giant bluefin tuna through vignettes that defy technoscientific and market rationales. Ultimately, this book shows, changing the way people value marine life must come not only from reforming ICCAT but from transforming the dominant culture that consents to this slaughter.
Red House, Tree House, Little Bitty Brown Mouse
by Jane GodwinA bit Each Peach Pear Plum, a bit Go, Dog, Go!, this read-aloud joy is deceptively simple yet packed with delights for the very young--a preschool standout deserving of modern-classic status.A little mouse makes her way around the world, and invites preschoolers along as she sets out: Red house / Blue house / Green house / Tree house! / See the tiny mouse in her little brown house? Seamless, simple, and inspiring, the rhyming story abounds in concepts for the very young, with a particular focus on colors, and a delightful search-and-find element on every spread--the intrepid mouse herself!* "Wonderful...Delightful" --Kirkus (starred review)* "Excellent...Perfectly aimed at the very youngest" --The Horn Book (starred review)"Appealing...Calls for engagement on multiple levels" --PW"Fun...offers multiple opportunities for reader interaction" --SLJ
Red Knit Cap Girl and the Reading Tree
by Naoko StoopThis new adventure with Red Knit Cap Girl and her friends uses simple prose and radiant illustrations to shine a light on the joy of reading and the importance of working together.One day Red Knit Cap Girl and her friends discover a hollow tree in the middle of the forest. What can be done with one ordinary tree? "I will keep my book in this nook so everyone can read it," Red Knit Cap Girl says.But the tree isn't only for books. Little by little, one by one, the animals share their unique gifts and turn the ordinary tree into a special spot for everyone to enjoy!
Red Knit Cap Girl and the Reading Tree (Into Reading, Read Aloud Module 10 #2)
by Naoko StoopNIMAC-sourced textbook <P><P>This new adventure with Red Knit Cap Girl and her friends uses simple prose and radiant illustrations to shine a light on the joy of reading and the importance of working together. <P><P>One day Red Knit Cap Girl and her friends discover a hollow tree in the middle of the forest. What can be done with one ordinary tree? "I will keep my book in this nook so everyone can read it," Red Knit Cap Girl says. <P><P>But the tree isn't only for books. Little by little, one by one, the animals share their unique gifts and turn the ordinary tree into a special spot for everyone to enjoy!
Red Knit Cap Girl to the Rescue
by Naoko Stoop'I hope it's not too far away,' says Red Knit Cap Girl. 'Follow the light of the Moon,' calls Owl. In this heartwarming follow-up to Naoko Stoop's debut Red Knit Cap Girl, Red Knit Cap Girl meets a lost Polar Bear Cub. Determined to help him find his way home, to an Arctic land of ice and snow, Red Knit Cap Girl, White Bunny, and Polar Bear Cub set off on an unforgettable voyage. Gorgeously illustrated on wood grain, Red Knit Cap Girl's curiosity, imagination, and joy will captivate the hearts of readers young and old. Simple prose and luminous pictures will remind readers that even small actions - such as recycling - can help to solve big world problems, in this inspiring story that celebrates friendship, bravery, and the importance of home.
Red Knit Cap Girl to the Rescue (Into Reading, Read Aloud Module 9 #4)
by Naoko Stoop'I hope it's not too far away,' says Red Knit Cap Girl. 'Follow the light of the Moon,' calls Owl. In this heartwarming follow-up to Naoko Stoop's debut Red Knit Cap Girl, Red Knit Cap Girl meets a lost Polar Bear Cub. Determined to help him find his way home, to an Arctic land of ice and snow, Red Knit Cap Girl, White Bunny, and Polar Bear Cub set off on an unforgettable voyage. Gorgeously illustrated on wood grain, Red Knit Cap Girl's curiosity, imagination, and joy will captivate the hearts of readers young and old. Simple prose and luminous pictures will remind readers that even small actions - such as recycling - can help to solve big world problems, in this inspiring story that celebrates friendship, bravery, and the importance of home.
Red Leviathan: The Secret History of Soviet Whaling
by Ryan Tucker JonesA revealing and authoritative history that shows how Soviet whalers secretly helped nearly destroy endangered whale populations, while also contributing to the scientific understanding necessary for these creatures’ salvation. The Soviet Union killed over six hundred thousand whales in the twentieth century, many of them illegally and secretly. That catch helped bring many whale species to near extinction by the 1970s, and the impacts of this loss of life still ripple through today’s oceans. In this new account, based on formerly secret Soviet archives and interviews with ex-whalers, environmental historian Ryan Tucker Jones offers a complete history of the role the Soviet Union played in the whales’ destruction. As other countries—especially the United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Norway—expanded their pursuit of whales to all corners of the globe, Stalin determined that the Soviet Union needed to join the hunt. What followed was a spectacularly prodigious, and often wasteful, destruction of humpback, fin, sei, right, and sperm whales in the Antarctic and the North Pacific, done in knowing violation of the International Whaling Commission’s rules. Cold War intrigue encouraged this destruction, but, as Jones shows, there is a more complex history behind this tragic Soviet experiment. Jones compellingly describes the ultimate scientific irony: today’s cetacean studies benefited from Soviet whaling, as Russian scientists on whaling vessels made key breakthroughs in understanding whale natural history and behavior. And in a final twist, Red Leviathan reveals how the Soviet public began turning against their own country’s whaling industry, working in parallel with Western environmental organizations like Greenpeace to help end industrial whaling—not long before the world’s whales might have disappeared altogether.
Red Meat Science and Production: Volume 1. The Consumer and Extrinsic Meat Character
by Joseph William Holloway Jianping WuThis book comprehensively describes the biological underpinnings of red meat production, discussing the current state of the science in the context of the provision of red meat products perceived by consumers to offer a quality eating experience. Covering advances in the science of red meat production, it focuses on production system elements that affect product quality. The chapters explore the latest developments in the determination of consumer preferences, and interpret of these preferences in terms of quality characteristics of red meat, investigating the science-based orchestration of red meat production to achieve product consistency. The book highlights topics such as consumer preferences, the biological and production system elements affecting red meat safety, and the intrinsic (appearance, aroma, and sensory quality) and extrinsic (humane animal and environmentally friendly production) characteristics of red meat. For each characteristic, it discusses the underlying biological and biochemical processes and examines means of altering production systems to impact consumer eating experiences. The book also features a perspective on creating holistic integrated systems for producing red meats to meet consumers’ expectations around the globe. Written by leading authorities in the area of global red meat production systems, it is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented red meat producers.
Red Meat Science and Production: Volume 2. Intrinsic Meat Character
by Joseph William Holloway Jianping WuThis book comprehensively describes the biological underpinnings of red meat production, discussing the current state of the science in the context of the provision of red meat products perceived by consumers to offer a quality eating experience. Covering advances in the science of red meat production, it focuses on production system elements that affect product quality. The chapters explore the latest developments in the determination of consumer preferences, and interpret of these preferences in terms of quality characteristics of red meat, investigating the science-based orchestration of red meat production to achieve product consistency. The book highlights topics such as consumer preferences, the biological and production system elements affecting red meat safety, and the intrinsic (appearance, aroma, and sensory quality) and extrinsic (humane animal and environmentally friendly production) characteristics of red meat. For each characteristic, it discusses the underlying biological and biochemical processes and examines means of altering production systems to impact consumer eating experiences. The book also features a perspective on creating holistic integrated systems for producing red meats to meet consumers’ expectations around the globe. Written by leading authorities in the area of global red meat production systems, it is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented red meat producers.
Red Panda Rescue (The Adventure Club #1)
by Jess ButterworthDo you like exploring, animals and adventure? Then join The Adventure Club this summer!A brand new illustrated series for younger readers about animals and adventure from much-loved author Jess Butterworth - writer of classic adventure stories in vibrantly described settings.Tilly has no plans for the summer holidays and is dreading months of boredom -- that is until she becomes part of The Adventure Club and wins a place to go track and monitor endangered red pandas in Nepal!In the Himalayas, she meets other members of the club, rides on yaks, plants a bamboo forest and even spots the secretive red panda. But then the red panda Tilly and her team has been monitoring disappears. Will Tilly be able to help find it, or will her first ever adventure end in disaster?Packed full of illustrations and set as Tilly's own diary, this new series is perfect for young readers who are beginning to read on their own.