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1) Australia
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Describes the geography of the continent of Australia and the plants and animals that live there.
2) Australia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Did you know that Australia is both a continent and a country? Australia is the smallest of the seven continents. It is home to natural wonders like the Great Barrier Reef, a coral reef so large it can be seen from space. Discover more intriguing facts in Australia."--Page [4] of cover.
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Visible from space, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on our planet. Stretching just over 1200 miles in length and made up of 3000 individual reef systems and hundreds of islands, Australia's Great Barrier Reef is breathtakingly beautiful. Given world heritage status in 1981, it is one of the wonders of the natural world. This programs offers a definitive guide to the secrets of the reef - how it was created, how it works, the...
11) Australia
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Looks at Australia's unique environment, describing the diversity of its ecosystems and the plants and animals who live in them, and discussing what is being done by the government to promote the conservation of its natural resources.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
The show offers a blue chip, continent-wide series ranging from the land's highest snow peaks to the depths of the frigid and wild southern seas; from its last populations of wild numbats to its largest diorama of giant cuttlefish. It's a land of diverse beauty, that delights, and surprises. The series both entertains and deepens our understanding of how the natural world is made up of not just unique species, but distinct individuals, whose lives...
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Visible from space, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on our planet. Stretching just over 1200 miles in length and made up of 3000 individual reef systems and hundreds of islands, Australia's Great Barrier Reef is breathtakingly beautiful. Given world heritage status in 1981, it is one of the wonders of the natural world. This programs offers a definitive guide to the secrets of the reef - how it was created, how it works, the...
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
"Visible from space, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on our planet. Stretching just over 1200 miles in length and made up of 3000 individual reef systems and hundreds of islands, Australia's Great Barrier Reef is breathtakingly beautiful. Given world heritage status in 1981, it is one of the wonders of the natural world. This programs offers a definitive guide to the secrets of the reef - how it was created, how it works, the...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"A journey into the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef, as experienced by explorers, scientists, and artists The Great Barrier Reef is the most spectacular marine environment on earth, a true wonder of the world. Yet the history of our encounters with it has long been elusive. In The Reef, the acclaimed historian and explorer Iain McCalman recounts in full the dramatic story of the reef and the people who have been captivated by it for two centuries....
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Conservationist Flannery draws on three decades of travel, research, and field work to craft a love letter to his native land and one of its most unique and beloved inhabitants: the kangaroo. Crisscrossing the continent, Flannery shows us how the destiny of this extraordinary creature is inseparable from the environment that created it. Along the way he uses encounters with ancient aboriginal cultures and eccentric fossil hunters, farmers and scientists,...
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