Barbara Bash

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1) Desert giant: the world of the saguaro cactus

Author

Bash, Barbara

Series

Tree tales

Publisher

Sierra Club Books

Pub. Date

[1989]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

980L

Language

English

Description

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Documents the life cycle and ecosystem of the giant saguaro cactus and the desert animals it helps to support.

2) Ancient ones: the world of the old-growth Douglas fir

Author

Bash, Barbara

Series

Tree tales

Publisher

Sierra Club Books for Children

Pub. Date

[1994]

Language

English

3) Shadows of night: the hidden world of the little brown bat

Author

Bash, Barbara

Publisher

Sierra Club Books for Children

Pub. Date

1993.

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

940L

Language

English

Description

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Describes the life cycle, physical characteristics, and habits of the little brown bat, one of the most widespread bats in North America.

4) In the heart of the village: the world of the Indian Banyan tree

Author

Bash, Barbara

Series

Tree tales

Language

English

Description

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Describes the importance of a banyan tree to an Indian village.

5) Urban roosts: where birds nest in the city

Author

Bash, Barbara

Series

Reading rainbow book

Publisher

Sierra Club Books

Pub. Date

[1990]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

AD 1080L

Language

English

Description

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Describes the birds that make their homes in the heart of the city and examines how they have adjusted to such a harsh urban environment.

6) Dig, wait, listen: a desert toad's tale

Author

Sayre, April Pulley

Publisher

Greenwillow Books

Pub. Date

2001.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

490L

Language

English

Formats

Book - Regular Print, Child - Beginning Reader, Child - Picture Book

Description

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A spadefoot toad waits under the sand for the rain, hears the sounds of other desert animals, and eventually mates and spawns other toads.

7) Desert giant: the world of the Saguaro cactus

Series

Reading rainbow volume 62

Publisher

Distributed by GPN Educational Media

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

Description

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The featured book explores the ecosystem of the giant Saguaro cactus. LeVar introduces desert animals such as jackrabbits, bobcats, gila monsters, javelina pigs and woodpeckers. Explorers how cacti adapt to the heat and scarcity of water. A "snake man" offers a close-up look at rattlesnakes. A video montage shows the life and seasons of the desert. Review books - Snakes are hunters by Patricia Lauber ; Cactus by Cynthia Overbeck ; A living desert...

8) Phantom of the prairie: year of the black footed ferret

Author

London, Jonathan

Publisher

Sierra Club Books for Children

Pub. Date

1997.

Language

English

Formats

Book - Regular Print, Child - Picture Book

Description

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When Phantom, the quickest ferret of the litter, pokes her head up and springs out of the tunnel, she begins her sometimes dangerous, always adventurous life on the prairie.

9) Ocean

Author

Hirschi, Ron

Series

Discover my world

Publisher

Bantam Books

Pub. Date

[1991]

Language

English

Description

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Various ocean animals describe their own behavior and physical characteristics and ask the reader to guess what they are.

10) What's up, what's down?

Author

Schaefer, Lola M

Publisher

Greenwillow Books

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

AD 610L

Language

English

Description

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Offers a look at the world from different perspectives, such as if one were a mole in a hole or if one stood on the moon, in order to demonstrate that up and down are relative to where one actually is.