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Book

Rewilding : bringing wildlife back where it belongs

Call Number

  • J 333.72 STEE (CEN, EAS, OSH)

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Publication Information

London : Neon Squid US, ; New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2022.

Physical Description

79 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm

Audience

Grades 2-3 Neon Squid US.

Summary

"Discover inspiring stories of wildlife brought back from the brink of extinction in this kids' nonfiction book about animals and the environment"--Provided by publisher.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • What is rewilding?
  • The journey of the whooping cranes
  • The toads that needed a shower
  • The dam builders
  • Return of the scavengers
  • Why do species disappear?
  • The ancient tortoises
  • The desert dwellers
  • Swimming against the current
  • Rattlesnake island
  • The talking parrots
  • What is an ecosystem?
  • The wolves of Yellowstone
  • Life inside the fence
  • The aristocratic deer
  • Criticisms
  • The tigers of Sariska
  • A rocket through the sky
  • The snot otters
  • Beware of the toad!
  • Surrounded by plants
  • The meat-eating plant
  • The lynx effect
  • The wild horses
  • Measuring success
  • The missing caribou
  • Saving the sturgeon
  • The jaguars of the wetlands
  • The island foxes
  • Pleistocene rewilding
  • The emperor of the forest
  • The birds of Guam
  • The disappearing riverbank
  • A little beetle love story
  • What can you do?
  • Glossary.

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Added Authors

Chiara Fedele