Book cover for Animal ark : celebrating our wild world in poetry and pictures

Animal ark : celebrating our wild world in poetry and pictures

Alexander, Kwame,
Call Number: x 590 A376

All ages

More than 50 creatures are presented in stunning, intimate photography, against a black or white background, to the accompaniment of three-line poems, celebrating their beauty, prowess, and very existence.  A lovely collaboration of word and image
Book cover for Animals by the numbers : a book of infographics

Animals by the numbers : a book of infographics

Jenkins, Steve, 1952-
Call Number: x 590 J524-14
Book cover for Apex predators : world's deadliest hunters, past and present

Apex predators : world's deadliest hunters, past and present

Jenkins, Steve, 1952-
Call Number: x 590 J524-15

Steve Jenkins introduces readers to some of the most powerful predators in history, from the Tyrannosaurus rex to the African lion.

 
Book cover for Cecil's pride : the true story of a lion king

Cecil's pride : the true story of a lion king

Hatkoff, Craig,
Call Number: x 599.7 H3635

Describes Cecil the lion's rise to power at the Hwange National Park, from his struggles as a cub and alliance with rival Jericho to his untimely death that shocked the world.

 
Book cover for Chasing cheetahs : the race to save Africa's fastest cats

Chasing cheetahs : the race to save Africa's fastest cats

Montgomery, Sy.
Call Number: x 599.7 M788-2

Describes the cheetah's essential role in the ecosystem and the ways in which Namibia's Cheetah Conservation Fund is promoting cohabitation between cheetahs and farmers.

 
Book cover for If you are a kaka, you eat doo doo : and other poop tales from nature

If you are a kaka, you eat doo doo : and other poop tales from nature

Martel, Sara, 1965-
Call Number: x 591.5 M376

This illustrated picture book explores the many ways in which birds, lizards, sloths, insects, wombats, and other animals use poop--their own or that of other animals.

 

Book cover for Lesser spotted animals : the coolest creatures you've never heard of

Lesser spotted animals : the coolest creatures you've never heard of

Brown, Martin, 1959- author, illustrator.
Call Number: x 590 B879

Grades 2 - 5

Funny and informative, this entertaining browser introduces a variety of lesser-known creatures: numbat, fairy armadillo, zorilla, banded linsang, hirola, and more.
Book cover for Living fossils : clues to the past

Living fossils : clues to the past

Arnold, Caroline,
Call Number: x 560 A752

While creatures around them have gone extinct, and new ones have evolved beside them, these six animals, including the horseshoe crab, the Hula painted frog, and the dragonfly, have survived over millions of years.

 
Book cover for The manatee scientists : saving vulnerable species

The manatee scientists : saving vulnerable species

Lourie, Peter.
Call Number: x 599.55 L892

Highlights the work scientists are doing to protect the manatee, an endangered species.

 

Book cover for Marsupials

Marsupials

Bishop, Nic, 1955-
Call Number: x 599.2 B622

Such animals as quolls and pademelons live on the continent of Australia, along with kangaroos, koalas, and many other marsupials. Bishop introduces the beauty and diversity of these amazing animals.

 
Book cover for Owen & Mzee : the true story of a remarkable friendship

Owen & Mzee : the true story of a remarkable friendship

Hatkoff, Isabella.
Call Number: x 590 H364

This is the true story of an orphaned hippopotamus in Kenya, and the 130-year-old giant tortoise who befriended him.

 
Book cover for Parrots Over Puerto Rico

Parrots Over Puerto Rico

Roth, Susan L, author, illustrator.
Call Number: x 598.05 R845

A combined history of the Puerto Rican parrot and the island of Puerto Rico, highlighting current efforts to save the Puerto Rican parrot by protecting and managing this endangered species.

 

Book cover for Pink is for blobfish : discovering the world's perfectly pink animals

Pink is for blobfish : discovering the world's perfectly pink animals

Keating, Jess,
Call Number: x 590 K25

Grades 1 - 4

Turns out that in nature, the pink creatures aren't necessarily cuddly and sweet.  Meet 17 of some of the strangest critters ever, like the naked mole rat and the pinktoe tarantula - and they're all pink. 

 

 
Book cover for Untamed : the wild life of Jane Goodall

Untamed : the wild life of Jane Goodall

Silvey, Anita,
Call Number: x 92 G6455So

This is both a biography of the famed zoologist and chimpanzee conservationist, Jane Goodall, and a look at the chimpanzees she studies and what her work has taught the world.