Jill Bailey
1) Birds
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Describes the physical characteristics, habitats, and behavior of birds and examines kinds of seashore birds, woodland birds, birds of prey, and others.
7) Rhino
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Describes the endangered black rhinoceros and what is being done to protect it.
10) Otter rescue
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Fictional vignettes provide facts about three species of otters, which live in rivers, lakes, or along the coast, and which are declining in number.
11) Project whale
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Walter Coleman takes six tourists on his boat to observe the gray whales giving birth in a protected lagoon. Similar fictional vignettes combined with factual information focus on the behavior and endangered situation of several species of whales.
13) Save the tiger
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Akbar, a tracker for a tourist lodge, works with villagers, would-be poachers, and those involved in Project Tiger to protect the diminishing number of tigers in his part of India.
14) Project panda
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Qin Zisheng and her family rescue a starving giant panda and see that it gets help at the Panda Research Center. Similar fictional vignettes combined with factual information focus on the behavior and endangered situation of the panda.
19) Falcons
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Provides detailed information on the physical characteristics, evolution, various species, behavior, habitat, life cycle, and interaction with humans of falcons, some of the world's fastest birds.