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Adios Oscar! : a butterfly fable / by Elwell, Peter.;
Despite his friends' teasing, Oscar the caterpillar studies to prepare for becoming a butterfly and migrating to Mexico, so when things do not turn out as he expects, he is still able to make his dream come true.LSC
Subjects: Caterpillars; Identity (Psychology); Self-actualization (Psychology); Book-worms; Books and reading; Moths;
© 2009., Scholastic,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The four winds [sound recording] / by Hannah, Kristin,author.; Whelan, Julia,1984-narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Julia Whelan."An epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America's most defining eras--the Great Depression. Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli--like so many of her neighbors--must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life. The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Migration, Internal; Depressions; Droughts; Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939; Families; Farm life; Farmers; Mothers and daughters;
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The year without summer : 1816 and the volcano that darkened the world and changed history / by Klingaman, William K.; Klingaman, Nicholas P.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-323) and index.Traces a year of dramatic global change in the aftermath of a massive early nineteenth-century Indonesian volcanic eruption that disrupted weather patterns and triggered food shortages, religious revivals, migrations, and a typhus epidemic.
Subjects: Volcanoes; Weather;
© 2013., St Martins Press,
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Scottish genealogy / by Durie, Bruce.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
© 2012., History Press,
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Animals in winter / by Bancroft, Henrietta.; Van Gelder, Richard George,1928-; Davie, Helen.;
Describes the many different ways animals cope with winter, including migration, hibernation, and food storage.
Subjects: Animals; Winter;
© c1997., HarperCollins,
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Climate justice : hope, resilience, and the fight for a sustainable future / by Robinson, Mary,1944-author.; Palmer, Caitríona,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Environmental justice.; Climatic changes;
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Walrus : tusk, tusk / by Person, Stephen.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31), Internet addresses, and index.Introduces the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and migration of walruses, sea mammals that have flippers and tusks.LSC
Subjects: Walrus;
© c2011., Bearport Pub.,
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The sediments of time : my lifelong search for the past / by Leakey, Meave G.,author.; Leakey, Samira,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Meave Leakey's thrilling, high-stakes memoir-written with her daughter Samira-encapsulates her distinguished life and career on the front lines of the hunt for our human origins, a quest made all the more notable by her stature as a woman in a highly competitive, male-dominated field"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Leakey, Meave G.; Paleoanthropologists; Women anthropologists; Paleoanthropology;
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Kingdom of the blue whale [videorecording (DVD)] / by Selleck, Tom,1945-; National Geographic Television & Film.;
Narrated by Tom Selleck.Originally broadcast on television in 2009.Follows scientists as they track blue whales to determine their feeding habits, study migration patterns, and learn where they birth their young.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Baleen whales.; Blue whale.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Whales; Whales;
© c2009., National Geographic,
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The gathering swarms [videorecording (BLURAY)] : bats, butterflies, and more / by Downer, John.; PBS Distribution (Firm);
A look at some of the planet's great gatherings, creatures that come together in inconceivable numbers, sometimes in millions, billions, and even trillions. Some gather to breed, migrate, for protection, or simply to keep warm. But in the process, a kind of super-organism is created in which individual intelligence is superseded by a collective consciousness that shares information and moves with a single purpose for the benefit of all.E.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 DTS-HD Digital surround.
Subjects: Bats.; Butterflies.; Documentary television programs.; Swarming (Zoology); Wildlife television programs.;
© 2014., PBS Distribution,
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