Wendell Minor
Author
Language
English
Description
The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike.
9) Julie
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When Julie returns to her father's Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and falls in love with a young Siberian man.
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
An Apollo 11 astronaut takes readers on his journey that began in his childhood and led him to achieve his dream of walking on the moon, bringing to life an unparalleled moment in history for a new generation and showing how everyone can strive to achieve their dreams.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1992.
Language
English
Description
"A young boy, who has never seen the sea, asks his mother to describe it. From there, Zolotow carefully chooses her words to create a poem full of the colors, sounds, and sights of a day at the beach. Minor's softly detailed renderings reinforce the gentle mood."
Author
Publisher
Laura Geringer Books
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Tigluk and his grandmother paddle out into the Arctic Ocean where they find a young polar bear whose mother has died because of the changes brought about by the warming climate, and they bring the cub back to their town so they can teach it how to survive in a changing world.
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Presents a history of man's exploration of space, discussing the Wright brothers' first airplane, America's space race with Russia, missions to the Moon and Mars, and a guide to the inner workings of the International Space Station.
16) Galápagos George
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Lonesome George, the giant tortoise who was the last of his species and lived to be one hundred years old in the Galapagos Islands.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In the icy waters of the Pacific, a massive humpback whale unexpectedly finds herself tangled in a net abandoned by fishermen. When a rescue boat and a convoy of divers arrive to help the struggling humpback, a realistic and moving encounter bridges the human and aquatic worlds.
19) Sequoia
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Standing tall above the tree line, Sequoia stretches his ancient arms and gathers clouds to him. He watches as days, seasons, years pass by. His branches are home to owls and choirs of frogs. Beneath his broad canopy, a world grows. This is his story.
Author
Series
[Julie of the wolves series] volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Description
Continues the story of Julie and her wolves, in which Kapu must protect his pack from famine and disease while uniting it under his new leadership.