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41) The manatee
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, various types, life cycle, and habitat of manatees, endangered marine animals that can live up to sixty years.
44) Manatee rescue
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
When her father successfully harpoons a manatee, leaving its baby orphaned, Manuela vows to rescue the calf and return it to the river, helping change the attitudes of the people in her village in the process.
45) The manatee
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When European explorers first saw manatees in the New World, they believed these large, graceful swimmers were mermaids! But while manatees were well adapted to their marine environments, they were not ready for human carelessness. In recent decades, many manatees have been killed by boats and habitat loss, and the population plummeted. This book explores the issues surrounding manatee survival. It takes a look at how people were the problem when...
46) I'm a manatee
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A boy imagines that he is a manatee, sprinkling seaweed on his raisin bran-atee and dignifying his watery domain with his wit, sophistication, and urbanity.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
Text and photographs describe the life history, physical characteristics, behavior, and underwater activities of the Florida manatee and how scientists and others are trying to save this endangered sea mammal.
48) Manatees
Author
Series
Publisher
Kidhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and history of these marine mammals, an endangered species, and discusses attempts being made to effect their survival.
49) Is it a mermaid?
Author
Publisher
Otter-Barry Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After meeting a strange creature on a tropical beach, Benjie and Bel join the dugong in the sea, where she tries to prove to them that she is a mermaid.
53) The manatee
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1280L
Language
English
Description
Discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, habitats, and endangered status of the manatee and the closely related dugong.
Author
Series
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitats of three of the world's largest freshwater mammals: the hippopotamus, manatee, and river dolphin, and discusses some of the factors that threaten their survival.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
While coping with his parents' separation, eleven-year-old Skeet spends most of Spring Break in his skiff on a Florida river, where he finds a manatee shot to death and begins looking for the killer.
60) Manatee summer
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Peter and his best friend, Tommy, have a goal for their last summer before middle school: finish their Discovery Journal, a catalog of the wildlife around their Florida town. When they spot a manatee in a canal, Peter knows they've found something special--and when the manatee is injured by a boat, something to protect! As Peter joins the fight to save Florida manatees, he also finds himself taking care of his ailing grandfather and facing an unwelcome...