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Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The lightest birds in the sky, hummingbirds are capable of astonishing feats. They are also incredibly vulnerable when they first emerge from their eggs. Brenda Sherburn LaBelle rescues abandoned hummingbirds and nurses them until they can fly away and live in the wild. Montgomery follows the care that LaBelle provides, and in doing so readers will discover just how truly amazing hummingbirds are. -- adapted from jacket
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When acclaimed naturalist Sy Montgomery and wildlife artist Matt Patterson arrive at Turtle Rescue League, they are greeted by hundreds of turtles recovering from injury and illness. Endangered by cars and highways, pollution and poachers, these turtles—with wounds so severe that even veterinarians would have dismissed them as fatal—are given a second chance at life. The League’s founders, Natasha and Alexxia, live by one motto: Never give up...
Author
Series
Boy called BAT volume 1
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
198 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises -- some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat's mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he's got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Destiny was found by the Sloth Institute in Costa Rica, she was sick, thin, and one of her eyes was closed and not working. The Sloth Institute took her in and introduced her to other sloths as she started to recover. She never regained the use of her one eye, but that didn't stop Destiny from hanging out with her new buddies, or getting healthier and stronger. Last August, Destiny was fitted for her tracking collar and released back into the...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
192 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Gabby travels the world to care for wild animals. As a wildlife veterinarian, she's called in to help when animals are injured, sick, or just in need of a wellness checkup. Join her in an around-the-world tour of amazing animals, places, and wild vet stories. Readers are introduced to each "patient" including the animal's body and behavior, diet, family, dangers, and what it needs to successfully survive in the wild. -- adapted from back cover...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Details the experiences of a dolphin who was rescued five years after the tailless dolphin, Winter, was rehabilitated by the same group, describing the efforts made by the Clearwater Marine team to save the injured animal they named Hope.
13) Dolphin tale
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Third combo pack ; [blu-ray version; widescreen version.].
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 2 Blu-rays : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A boy named Sawyer discovers an injured dolphin, who is taken to a marine hospital and named Winter. Her injuries cost Winter her tail, without which she may not survive. But with Sawyer's devotion, a marine biologist's expertise and the work of a prosthetist creating a new tail, Winter may receive a second chance at life.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
38 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of Suzi and her personal rescue and rehabilitation of an orphaned serval cat named Moto. Ultimately, Moto was able to return to the wild because of Suzi's dedication to being the best foster mom she could be - and it wasn't easy! She was camping alone in the bush in Kenya, with very little contact with the outside world. Someone came to her with an orphaned serval cat because they knew she'd be willing and want to help - nobody...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The author discusses how she discovered two loves at once--a caring man she met in a dog park, and the raptor-rehabilitation center he introduced her to--and how caring for birds changed her mind about having children.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xiii, 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A leading hummingbird-rehabilitation therapist describes her work with dozens of remarkable varieties, including one bird that collided with a limousine before learning how to fly again.
17) Welcome, wombat
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
159 pages : color illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Photo-packed series explores the stories and science behind animal sanctuaries. A up-close look at what life is like at a real wombat sanctuary in Australia - straight from a wombat herself in a nonfiction chapter book for elementary-aged readers."--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
xvi, 283 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Bringing the contemporary environmental landscape to life, "The Odyssey of KP2" is also the heartwarming portrait of a Hawaiian monk seal whose unforgettable personality never falters, even as his fate hangs in the balance.
20) Kes
Series
Criterion collection volume 561
Language
English
Formats
Description
A portrait of working-class Northern England. Billy is a fifteen-year-old miner's son whose close bond with a wild kestrel provides him with a spiritual escape from his dead-end life. Special features included.
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