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Books with author Jean C. George

  • Shark Beneath The Reef

    Jean C. George

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, April 15, 1991)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. On the Island of Coronado, a young Mexican fisherman comes of age as he becomes aware of the politics, corruption, and changes around him.
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  • Cry of the Crow: A Novel

    Jean Craighead George

    Paperback (Trophy Pr, Nov. 1, 1988)
    Mandy, whose father and brothers hate the crows on their strawberry farm near the Florida Everglades, rescues and befriends a helpless baby crow that can never forget the hunter who shot down its nest
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  • Julie Of The Wolves

    Jean C. George

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Jan. 5, 2016)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An Eskimo girl who becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska is befriended by a pack of wolves.
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  • Spring Moon

    Jean Craighead George

    Hardcover (Katherine Tegen Books, Feb. 5, 2002)
    Under the spring moon:Follow a salamander into a woodland pond where he and a mate perform an ancestral mating dance.Watch for predators with a new mother chickaree who is trying to protect her young.Look through the eyes of a monarch butterfly as she travels north to her birthplace in Canada.In this series, acclaimed naturalist and Newbery Medal-winning author Jean Craighead George takes readers on a wondrous journey through each season of the year as she captures the lives of thirteen different North American animals in their natural habitats.
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  • Winter Moon

    Jean Craighead George

    Paperback (Katherine Tegen Books, Oct. 23, 2001)
    Under the winter moon:Survive an icy night under a December moon with a song sparrow stalked by a midnight predator in Ohio's suburban meadowland.Navigate through underground passageways with a mole in the chilly darkness of December and January beneath the Great Plains of Kansas.Experience January moonlit courtship with a hooting horned owl in the forests of the Catskill Mountains.Prepare for hibernation with a female bear as February's ice crystals replace the dew in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.In this series, acclaimed naturalist and Newbery Medal -- winning author Jean Craighead George takes readers on a wondrous journey through each season of the year as she captures the lives of thirteen different North American animals in their natural habitats.
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  • Autumn Moon

    Jean Craighead George

    Paperback (Katherine Tegen Books, Oct. 23, 2001)
    Under an autumn moon:Endure the devastation following a hurricane in the salt marshes along the Connecticut coast with a young buck under the September moon.Search for food with an alligator in the Florida Everglades as the October moon rises.Trek through the Alaskan tundra with a pack of wolves as the November moon selects its survivors.In this series, acclaimed naturalist Newbery-winning author Jean Caighead George takes readers on a wondrous journey each season of the year as she captures the lives of North American animals in their natural habitats.
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  • One Day in the Desert

    Jean Craighead George

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, Oct. 1, 1983)
    Explains how the animal and human inhabitants of the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, including a mountain lion, a roadrunner, a coyote, a tortoise, and members of the Papago Indian tribe, adapt to and survive the desert's merciless heat.
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  • My Side of the Mountain

    Jean George

    Hardcover (Nelson Thornes Ltd, Oct. 15, 1978)
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  • One day in the desert

    Jean Craighead George

    Paperback (Crowell, Aug. 16, 1983)
    Explains how the animal and human inhabitants of the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, including a mountain lion, a roadrunner, a coyote, a tortoise, and members of the Papago Indian tribe, adapt to and survive the desert's merciless heat.
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  • My Side of the Mountain

    Jean Craighead George

    Paperback (Puffin, Feb. 2, 2000)
    In this enthralling story, a boy builds a treehouse in the mountains and learns to live entirely by his wits. "(Emphasizes) the rewards of courage and determination."--The Horn Book.
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  • Tree Castle Island

    Jean C. George

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, March 18, 2003)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. After building his own canoe, 14-year-old Jack Hawkins goes to try it out in his beloved Okefenokee Swamp, where an accident tests his survival skills and leads him to a shocking discovery.
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  • The Talking Earth

    Jean C. George

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Oct. 23, 1987)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Billie Wind ventures out alone into the Florida Everglades to test the legends of her Indian ancestors and learns the importance of listening to the earth's vital messages.
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