Collard, Sneed B.
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dawn Publications 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COLBackhouse, Frances
Summary: "Part of the Orca Wild series, this nonfiction book for middle-grade readers explores the important role beavers play as a keystone species. They were nearly driven to extinction for their furs, but today beavers are valued for their role as habitat creators and water stewards."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.37 BACBorgert-Spaniol, Megan
Summary: Young readers will learn where beavers live, how they affect their environment, their role in the food web, and the dangers they face.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.37 BORGoldfarb, Ben
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.95 GOLSummary: White Wilderness shows the habits and physical characteristics of the wolves, polar bear, ringed seal and white whale. Follows the migration of lemmings as they pursue a course of destruction by swimming far out into the open sea. Pictures habits of Arctic birds and large animals such as the musk ox, reindeer, wolverine, and caribou. Water Birds is a study of a great variety of water birds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2006