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Bringing Back the Whooping Crane

Paula Smith

Hardcover (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 24, 2018)

The only remaining wild population of whooping cranes breeds in Canada and winters in the United States. The story of their recovery is a tale of cross-border cooperation and the work of a team of international biologists. Readers will be able to chart their course and determine the elements of this successful recovery plan.

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Whooping Crane

Rod Theodorou

Library Binding (Heinemann, Feb. 27, 2001)

Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of the whooping crane, and explains some of the reasons why it is an endangered species.

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Whooping Crane

Susan H Gray

Library Binding (Cherry Lake Publishing, Aug. 1, 2007)

The whooping crane is a unique bird found only in North America and known for its whooping call great height for a bird. Readers will learn about the whooping crane's fight for survival as hunters killed them for their beautiful feathers and humans drained their wetland habitats to build houses.

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Whooping Crane

Rod Theodorou

Hardcover (Heinemann Library, March 15, 2001)

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Rescuing the Whooping Crane

Minnie Timenti

Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers, March 15, 2006)

This is Grade 3, Level 5, Book 22 in the Houghton Mifflin Leveled Books series. The book info is as follows: Level: S / DRA: 40 / Genre: Informational Text / Strategy: Visualize / Skill: Compare & Contrast / Word Count: 1,143

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Whooping Cranes

Precious Mckenzie

Paperback (Rourke Educational Media, Aug. 1, 2009)

Beautiful Photos And Text Examines The Issues Endangered Whooping Cranes Face And How They Can Be Saved.

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Whooping Cranes

Janice Parker, Karen Dudley

Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Jan. 1, 1997)

Examines the life of the whooping crane, describing its physical features, behavior, life cycle, and habitat, as well as presenting facts and folklore surrounding these birds

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Samuel and the Whooping Crane

Richard Oliver, S.W. Oliver, Christopher Oliver

Paperback (Christopher Oliver, June 19, 2016)

Based on a true account, young Samuel Ellis, age 10, has recently moved to the Dakotas with his family in the late 1800's. There he befriends a wounded whooping crane and nurses it back to health and the two form an unusual bond and begin a wonderful friendship. Together they have many adventures; some dangerous, some humorous. And through this extraordinary relationship of a boy and bird, we learn a great deal about creatures of the wild and the delicate balance between extinction and existence.