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English
Description
Dolphin researcher Justin Gregg dives deep into the scientific wonders of one the world's most-loved animals to bring you this collection of fascinating dolphin trivia. Twenty-Two Fantastical Facts about Dolphins will delight dolphin aficionados with eyebrow-raising tales, covering topics like:
Dolphins use tools
Dolphins don't sleep
Dolphins eat each other
Dolphins fight in human wars
Dolphins have ears in their jaws
Dolphins call each other by...
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Language
English
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Description
Based on the true story of the 1965 "dolphin house" experiment, this spellbinding novel captures the tenor of the social experiments of the 1960's in award-winning author Audrey Schulman's tightly paced and evocative style.
It is 1965, and Cora, a young, hearing impaired woman, buys a one-way ticket to the island of St. Thomas, where she discovers four dolphins held in captivity as part of an experiment led by the obsessive Dr. Blum. Drawn by a...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 21 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an up-close look at bottlenose dolphins, including their body features, habitat, and life cycle--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Aloha Reef volume 1
Language
English
Description
When a missile plows into a tourist boat, dolphin researcher Kaia Oana is one of the first into the water, risking her own life to help others. When called upon to investigate the incident, Lieutenant Commander Jesse Matthews enlists Kaia and her specially trained dolphins to help--and romantic sparks fly.
5) Dolphins
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief introduction to dolphins, discussing their characteristics, habitat, life cycle, and predators. Includes a range map, life cycle illustration, and amazing facts--Provided by publisher.
7) Dolphins!
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Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Illus. in full color. Chock-full of information about the most sensitive, intelligent, and friendly of large aquatic creatures, Dolphins! should fare swimmingly with kids who read about whales and sharks.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Mick Herron, author of the Slough House novels, is on his way to becoming one of the most critically acclaimed and culturally important crime fiction writers of the twenty-first century. He has been awarded both the Gold and Steel Daggers by the Crime Writers' Association and has been called "the John Le Carré of the future" (BBC). But Mick Herron does more than "just" write flawlessly suspenseful spy thrillers. He is a craftist of the highest order,...
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Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
351 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The unexpected appearance of a dolphin in her backyard creek helps a sixth-grader with cystic fibrosis learn to write her own story.
10) I like me better
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Language
English
Description
"This is not how soccer-star Zack Martin thought his summer would go. When the captain's prank means trouble for the whole squad, Zack's left with no choice but to take one for the team and cover for him. Now he's trading parties and beach days for community service at a seaside conservation center--fair enough. But thanks to his new reputation, the cute intern, Chip, won't even give him a shot. Still, Zack finds himself falling for Chip between dolphin...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Zoologists study animal intelligence using a combination of ethology, psychology, and neuroscience. In this episode, look at the behavior of different animals (the use of tools by animals as diverse as otters and elephants, social learning in primates and dolphins, the famous story of a “counting” horse) to determine whether or not animals think.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Aniana del Mar belongs in the water like a dolphin belongs to the sea. But she and Papi keep her swim practices and meets hidden from Mami, who has never recovered from losing someone she loves to the water years ago. That is, until the day Ani's stiffness and swollen joints mean she can no longer get out of bed, and Ani is forced to reveal just how important swimming is to her. What follows is the journey of a girl who must grieve who she once was...
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Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
120 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this volume, Zip, an enthusiastic beaked whale, is eager to share everything he can about whale pods by broadcasting his very own undersea podcast! He will travel across the global ocean interviewing a diverse assortment of whales and dolphins about their amazing behaviors and habitats, as well as their interactions with the human world. Can this one small whale tell the story of the whole ocean and the interconnectivity that affects us all?"--Provided...
Author
Series
New Directions paperbook volume 1469
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mei-mei Berssenbrugge's A Treatise on Stars extends the intensely phenomenological poetics of 'The Star Field' in Empathy, which appeared over thirty years ago. The book is structured as a continuous enfolding of poems, each made up of numbered serial parts, their presiding poetic consciousness moving from the desert arroyo of New Mexico to the white-tailed deer of Maine and between conversations with daughter, husband, friends, pets (corn snake...
15) Walking on eggshells: navigating the delicate relationship between adult children and their parents
Author
Publisher
Doubleday/Flying Dolphin Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
xvi, 240 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains how to create and maintain a lifelong bond with one's adult children, offering helpful insights, case studies, and inspirational reflections designed to help keep lines of communication open, alleviate strife, and enhance family relationships.
16) Starter villain
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano...
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Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xviii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Magazine spreads and Hollywood hits showcase stars with perfect skin, perfect faces, perfect hair, perfect lives, perfect... everything. But what if the absence of scars is really a lie? And what if, underneath all that perfection, something far more powerful and authentic is waiting to be seen, shown, and heard? In Braver Than I Thought, kids meet the true stories of remarkable people whose scars have been a part of their journey, who have helped...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Rosie is a little mermaid who loves dancing with dolphins and building towering sandcastles. But she's just moved to Trident City and doesn't have one single friend to join her. She's too young to go to Trident Academy with her older cousin Rocky, her parents are busy at work, and Manny Nanny, who takes care of Rosie, can be kind of boring, even though she's super nice. Then, Rosie meets Aqua and finds that having a new friend might be more trouble...
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