David Petersen
2) Europe
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Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A brief overview of the geography, wildlife, history, and people of Europe.
8) Apatosaurus
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the characteristics of the dinosaur with the long neck and tail, how its name was changed from Brontosaurus to Apatosaurus, and the discovery of dinosaur bones by paleontologists. (Easy section)
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Description
By 1952 it was thought the grizzly bear had been wiped out in Colorado, pushed to oblivion by predator-phobic sheep ranchers and government trappers. Even so, through the mid-1900s, ghostly stories of grizzly sightings continued to haunt remote corners of the dark-timbered San Juan Mountains in the southern-most part of the state. Then, one spooky September evening in 1979, a flesh-and-blood grizzly sow was surprised on its daybed in the South San...
Author
Description
Twenty-five years ago David Petersen and his wife, Caroline, pulled up stakes, trading Laguna Beach, California for a snug handbuilt cabin in the wilderness. Today he knows that mountain land as intimately as anyone has ever known his family, his lover, or his own true self. He has become attuned to his environment, as this memoir reveals, that when a dead twig snaps, he knows what stepped on it, how much it weighed, and what its intentions were.
12) Snowy Valentine
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Jasper Bunny spends a snowy Valentine's Day visiting his forest friends in hopes of finding the perfect gift for his beloved Lilly.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"Like all of the few 'outdoor' books that truly deserve to endure, A Man Made of Elk is, well... different. That's logical enough, for the same can be said of its author. A former Marine pilot and current backwoods intellectual, idealist, iconoclast, and, yes, hunter, Dave Petersen defies categorization as adroitly as his terrific prose.... I know deer hunters, bear hunters, and sheep hunters, but I don't know anyone else who identifies as completely...
18) The Anasazi
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Series
Description
Describes the homes, culture, and way of life of the Anasazi, the Ancient Ones of the southwestern United States whose descendants became the Pueblos.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1995
Description
Discusses the history of the Dinosaur National Monument and describes the park with suggestions for activities and points of interest in the area. Also provides basic information about dinosaurs and the formation of dinosaur fossils. Introduces the concept of paleontology.
20) Asia
Author
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A brief overview of the geography, wildlife, history, and people of Asia.