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Learning to be wild : how animals achieve peace, create beauty, and raise families / Carl Safina.

Safina, Carl, 1955- (author.).

Summary:

"From New York Times bestselling author Carl Safina comes a young readers adaptation of the notable book Becoming Wild that explores community, culture, and belonging through the lives of chimpanzees, macaws, and sperm whales. What do chimpanzees, macaws,and whales all have in common? Some believe that culture is strictly a human phenomenon. But that's not true! Culture is passed down from parent to child in all sorts of animal communities. It is the common ground that three very different animals - chimpanzees, macaws, and whales - share. Discover through the lives of chimpanzees in Uganda, scarlet macaws in Peru, and sperm whales in the Caribbean how they - and we - are all connected, in this wondrous journey around the globe"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1250838258
  • ISBN: 9781250838254
  • Physical Description: 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Grades 7-9 Roaring Brook Press
Ages 10-14 Roaring Brook Press
940L Lexile
Subject:
Animal communities > Juvenile literature.
Animal societies > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Instructional and educational works.

Available copies

  • 17 of 18 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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