Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Desert discoveries Desert discoveries Ginger Wadsworth Describes the behavior of thirteen different animals--including jackrabbits, roadrunners, tarantulas, and rattlesnakes--during a day in the desert. OL15021587W
John Burroughs John Burroughs Ginger Wadsworth A photobiography of the naturalist, ornithologist, author, poet, teacher, and pioneer of the conservation movement who lived and worked in his rustic cabin in the Catskill Mountains. OL15021589W
Julia Morgan, architect of dreams Julia Morgan, architect of dreams Ginger Wadsworth Recounts the life of the architect whose projects included designing the Hearst Castle at San Simeon, California. OL15021590W
Tundra discoveries Tundra discoveries Ginger Wadsworth Describes the behavior of thirteen different animals, including caribou, arctic foxes, lemmings, and owls, during one full year on the arctic tundra. OL15021597W
One tiger growls One tiger growls Ginger Wadsworth Briefly describes the behavior of and sounds made by various animals, from one growling tiger to twenty croaking frogs. OL15021602W
Cesar Chavez (Cesar Chavez) Cesar Chavez (Cesar Chavez) Ginger Wadsworth During the Great Depression, many people had to work long hours and were barely paid enough to survive. Cesar Chavez felt this treatment was unfair and worked to secure more rights. He formed a Union… OL15183006W
Benjamin Banneker Benjamin Banneker Ginger Wadsworth Introduces Benjamin Banneker, a free black man of the eighteenth century who loved to learn and used his knowledge and observations to build a wooden clock, write an almanac, and help survey the stre… OL19830434W
Yosemite's songster Yosemite's songster Ginger Wadsworth When a rock slide separates Coyote from her mate, she roams through Yosemite Valley, calling and searching, until the two are reunited. OL19968287W
Wright Brothers Wright Brothers Ginger Wadsworth A biography of the two inventors whose 1903 powered, controlled flight of an airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, made history. OL21421387W
Annie Oakley Annie Oakley Ginger Wadsworth " ... Annie Oakley was a farmer's daughter from Ohio who became a famous sharpshooter and performer. ... " -- Page [4] of cover. OL24248379W