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Author:

Baillie, Marilyn, author.

Title:

How to save a species / Marilyn Baillie, Jonathan Baillie and Ellen Butcher.

Publisher:

Owlkids Books Inc.,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

48 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Subject:

Endangered species--Juvenile literature.
Rare animals--Juvenile literature.
Rare plants--Juvenile literature.
Wildlife conservation--Juvenile literature.
Endangered species.
Rare animals.
Rare plants.
Wildlife conservation.
Juvenile works.

Other Authors:

Baillie, Jonathan, author.
Butcher, Ellen, author.

Other Titles:

Very wonderful, very rare.

Notes:

Includes index. Originally published in UK under the title: Very wonderful, very rare : saving the most endangered wildlife on Earth, in 2013.

Contents:

Very wonderful, very rare -- How to save a species -- Humpback whale -- Black robin -- Przewalski's (wild) horse -- Greater bamboo lemur -- Javan rhino -- Cebu frill-wing -- Red River giant softshell turtle -- Spoon-billed sandpiper -- Attenborough's pitcher plant -- Tarzan's chamaleon -- Pygmy three-toed sloth -- Saola -- Luristan newt -- Wild yam -- Red-finned blue-eye -- Northern muriqui -- Mauritius kestrel -- Where on Earth? -- The world's 100 most threatened species.

Summary:

Introduces readers to some of the most threatened species on Earth. Meet some of the scientists who study species survival, and discover what inspires their work-- from cases of critically endangered wildlife to the success stories of species that have been brought back from the brink of extinction. Rare photos and engaging text will fascinate readers of all ages, giving them a glimpse of the diversity that is essential to the future of life on Earth.

ISBN:

1771470631
9781771470636

OCLC:

(OCoLC)869266558

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

W7PA017 -- Public Resource Technology Center (Orient Public Lib) (Orient)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)