Big Challenges That Animals Face

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Crabtree Publishing Co.

Just the Series: Big Science Ideas

Annotation: Wild animals are facing huge challenges in the natural world today. Many are endangered'some critically. This eye-opening book shows how animals are being threatened by habitat loss, climate change, non-native species taking over their habitats, pollution, over-fishing, poaching, collisions with cars and boats, and human diseases. Many recovery efforts are in progress to bring back the populations of some nearly extinct animals and to reintroduce some captive ones to their natural habitats.

Genre: [Economics]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #118817

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Special Formats: Inventory Sale

Common Core/STEAM: STEAM

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Co.

Edition Date: 2016 Release Date: 04/15/16

Pages: 32 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 0-7787-2789-0 Perma-Bound: 0-605-93877-6

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-7787-2789-7 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-93877-9

Dewey: 333.95

LCCN: 2015004808

Dimensions: 25 cm.

Subject Heading:
Wildlife conservation. Juvenile literature.
Endangered species. Juvenile literature.
Habitat conservation. Juvenile literature.
Wildlife conservation.
Endangered species.
Habitat conservation.

Language: English

Reviews:

ALA Booklist (Tue Jan 03 00:00:00 CST 2023)

These new books only sometimes live up to their series title, Big Science Ideas. Although each volume introduces a science concept related to animals, it often acts as a loose umbrella topic rather than a truly unifying theme. The majority of each book's space is devoted, instead, to individual examples that are briefly covered in one or two spreads. The diverse content of Big Challenges That Animals Facehighlights many endangered animal species as well as factors threatening their survival, such as climate change, disease, hunting, and pollution. Despite a frequent lack of cohesion, the books do offer an overview of generally interesting, useful topics. One special highlight is the many striking photos on the covers and throughout each book.

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Word Count: 3,512

Reading Level: 5.6

Interest Level: 1-4

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.6 / points: 1.0 / quiz: 181342 / grade: Lower Grades

Lexile: IG980L

Guided Reading Level: P

Wild animals are facing huge challenges in the natural world today. Many are endangered - some critically. This eye-opening book shows how animals are being threatened by habitat loss, climate change, non-native species taking over their habitats, pollution, over-fishing, poaching, collisions with cars and boats, and human diseases. Many recovery efforts are in progress to bring back the populations of some nearly extinct animals and to reintroduce some captive ones to their natural habitats. Readers will learn how scientists are working to save blue iguanas in the Cayman Islands, black-footed ferrets in the Canadian prairies, penguins and albatross in Patagonia, and great apes in Africa. This engaging book also encourages students to compare their life challenges to those of animals in the wild. Teacher's guide available.

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