Kamis, 10 Juni 2010

Cute Pandas, Silly Birds and Other Wonders of Nature

A series of books that each offer a great introduction to the beauty of nature and the importance of ecological conservation.


Panda Kindergarten
By Joanne Ryder
Join sixteen baby pandas as they play and learn their way through
the China Conservation and Research Center For The Giant Panda, becoming strong enough to eventually return to the wild.

Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot
By Sy Montgomery
Off the coast of New Zealand, a team of scientists and volunteers are working hard to save the last remaining Kakapos. For these funny-looking, flightless birds, this conservation effort might be their last hope of survival as a species.

The Frog Scientist
By Pamela Turner
Tyrone Hayes, The Frog Scientist, is investigating the effects of pesticides on frogs. Could his research be the key to discovering why frog populations are rapidly declining in the United States?


In the Belly of an Ox
By Rebecca Bond
When the Keaton brothers began photographing nature in the mid-1800s they had no idea how their work would effect the world. Richard and Cherry pioneered a new era in natural history by using disguises and other tricks to photograph birds in their natural habitats.

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