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1) Beavers
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents basic facts about beavers: where they live, how they build their dams and lodges, their family life, etc.
2) Beavers
Author
Series
Publisher
AV2
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores the physical characteristics, natural habitats, history, and folklore of beavers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
By cutting trees and building dams, beavers shape landscapes and provide valuable wetland homes for many plants and animals. These radical rodents were once almost hunted to extinction for their prized fur, but today we are building a new relationship with them, and our appreciation of the benefits they offer as habitat creators and water stewards is growing. Packed with facts and personal stories, this book looks at the beavers biology and behavior...
Author
Publisher
Sylvan Dell Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Along a stream a dam pops out of the water. Beavers are busy at work! These aquatic mammals have unique traits that aid them in building the perfect lodge to raise young beavers and keep predators away. Mary Holland's vibrant photographs document the beavers' activities through the course of a year.
5) Beavers
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of beavers, nature's swimming engineers. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why beavers slap their tails"--
7) Beavers
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Beavers, the first book in the new middle-grade nonfiction Superhero Field Guide series by Rachel Poliquin and award-winning illustrator Nicholas John Frith, is a delightfully informative, laugh-out-loud full-color look at the most unsuspecting of animal heroes, perfect for readers who like their facts served with a large dose of humor. Meet Elmer, an ordinary beaver. He may not be as mighty as a lion or as dangerous as a shark. He may be squat and...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Resourceful Beaver and his family work every day to build the perfect lodge in the pond, made of branches from the shore willow and silty mud from the streambed, in a book that introduces the engineering feat of dam-building and the life cycle of beaver families"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America's lakes and rivers. Goldfarb shares the powerful story about one of the world's most influential species. He explains how North America was colonized, how our landscapes have changed over the centuries, and how beavers can help us fight drought, flooding, wildfire, extinction, and the...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the rich naturalist tradition of H Is for Hawk and The Soul of an Octopus, Beaverland tells the tumultuous, eye-opening story of how beavers and the beaver fur trade shaped America's history, culture, and environment. Before the American empires of steel and coal and oil, before the railroads, there was the empire of fur. Beginning with the early trans-Atlantic trade in North America, Leila Philip traces the beaver's profound influence on our...
Author
Series
Life in the wild volume 6
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"There once was a bear, a moose and a beaver who loved to celebrate Christmas. One Christmas Eve, the three friends were so caught up with their holiday preparations that they forgot about the most important decoration of all: a tree! So they ran out to the forest to find the perfect sweet-smelling, soft-needled, just-the-right-size tree! But there was one problem: the bear, who loved all trees, wouldn't let his friends cut it down. How could they...
Author
Publisher
Dawn Publications
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A family of beavers love their pond, which they've worked hard to turn from a bedraggled landscape into a thriving wetland. But when a family of otters move in and start reaping the rewards of the beavers' efforts, the only thing the beavers can do is tolerate their new neighbors as best they can. Despite the fact that the otters can be rather annoying, the two species eventually strike a balance, and in the process benefits the rich new ecosystem...
16) Buck's tooth
Author
Publisher
Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"All beavers have flat tails, furry coats, and two front teeth. And then there's Buck. Unlike the rest of his family, he has one gigantic front tooth--and he hates it. It's ruining everything for him, especially the annual talent show. Whatever Buck tries to do for the contest--whistle, walk on stilts, blow bubbles--his tooth gets in the way. Will Buck ever learn to love what he hates the most, and embrace his inner tooth?" --
19) Dude!
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A platypus and a beaver who love surfing encounter a shark -- with unexpected results. Using just the one word "dude" this almost wordless picture book shows how much gnarly fun the dudes have surfing together.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Beaver's friends insist on baking him a birthday cake, but Beaver, the ultimate perfectionist, would rather do it himself, and in doing so realizes perfection does not necessarily mean perfect.
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