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Books in Adventures of Riley series

  • Operation Orangutan

    Amanda Lumry

    Hardcover (Eaglemont Press, April 25, 2007)
    Riley and family visit the rain forests of Borneo to learn how figs, fig wasps and orangutans all rely on each other for survival. Riley spots sun bears, proboscis monkeys, flying snakes and more while coming to the rescue of an orphaned orangutan! A children's book series unlike any other, the multiple award-winning Adventures of Riley books feature rousing excitement, real-life science and scientists, and eye-popping multi-media visuals.
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  • Adventures of Riley--Tigers in Terai

    Amanda Lumry

    Hardcover (Eaglemont Press, Oct. 25, 2007)
    Riley must travel to Nepal with his Uncle Max to learn how to save Bengal tigers from extinction! Along the way, they encounter a King Cobra, an Asian Rhino, monkeys and more, as well as learn about the local culture. A children's picture book series unlike any other, the multiple award-winning Adventures of Riley titles feature rousing excitement, real-life science and scientists, and eye-popping multi-media visuals.
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  • Mayan Gold: A Jack Riley Adventure

    Bill Craig

    Paperback (iUniverse, March 22, 2002)
    When Professor Santo Cortez is murdered while preparing a new Mayan exhibit at the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History, Det. Jack Riley and his Partner Det. Ken Alston begin to search for the killers. Teaming up with Riley's reporter girlfriend Moria Clark and Cortez's protoge Dr. Julie Carr, they track the killers from the mean streets of the Windy City to the jungles of the Yucatan Penninsula where they encounter the mastermind behind both the murder and the theft of priceless artifacts. A Man claiming to be the reincarnation of the ancient Mayan God Kulkulcan. Facing armed rebels and giant snake guardians as well as the wrath of an ancient God, Riley and company fight to make sure justice is served!
  • Adventures of Riley #3: South Pole Penguins

    Amanda Lumry, Laura Hurwitz

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, Nov. 1, 2008)
    An award-winning, innovative 12-book series that captures the wonder of conservation through a blend of photography, illustration, fiction, and nonfiction.Are the penguins of Antarctica getting their fill of krill, or has climate change reshaped the Antarctic food web? Riley joins Uncle Max on a voyage to the South Pole to find out! Home to whales, seals, penguins, and 90% of the world's ice, Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. Will Riley get trapped by the fierce Antarctic winds? It's an adventure like no other as Riley learns valuable lessons about survival and cooperation.
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  • Adventures of Riley #2: Project Panda

    Amanda Lumry, Laura Hurwitz

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, June 1, 2008)
    An award-winning, innovative 12-book series that captures the wonder of conservation through a blend of photography, illustration, fiction, and nonfiction.It's "Panda-monium" in China when a rare giant panda mysteriously disappears from the world's largest panda reserve! Riley and family must face remote mountain forests, snow leopards, red pandas, and more in their desperate search for clues. When disaster strikes, Riley must act fast to save the day, and the missing panda.
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  • Adventures of Riley #4: Polar Bear Puzzle

    Amanda Lumry, Laura Hurwitz

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, Nov. 1, 2008)
    An award-winning, innovative 12-book series that captures the wonder of conservation through a blend of photography, illustration, fiction, and nonfiction.Riley and family fly north to Churchill, Canada, to watch polar bears hunt seals from the ice of the Hudson Bay. There’s just one problem: no ice! For polar bears, no ice means no seals, and without food, the bears can quickly become hungry, weak, and dangerous! It’s a race against time as everyone searches for clues to this puzzling climate mystery. Will the ice freeze in time or at all? And will the polar bears finally get to eat again?
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  • Adventures of Riley--Amazon River Rescue

    Amanda Lumry

    Hardcover (Eaglemont Press, Sept. 25, 2004)
    The third chapter in the sensational Adventures of Riley Amazon River Rescue reads like the classic children's books of old, with morally-centered characters, dramatic plot twists and enough captivating science to hold the attention of even the most reluctant reader.
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  • Adventures of Riley #1: Safari in South Africa

    Amanda Lumry, Laura Hurwitz

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, June 1, 2008)
    An award-winning, innovative 12-book series that captures the wonder of conservation through a blend of photography, illustration, fiction, and nonfiction.Follow Riley as he joins his uncle Max, a world-renowned biologist, his aunt Martha, and his cousin Alice, on an incredible South African safari. Their mission is to study baby wild animals and predator/prey relationships. Accompanied by local guides, they encounter cheetahs, lions, elephants, wild dogs, baboons, giraffes, and a rare black rhino!
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  • Adventures of Riley #7: Outback Odyssey

    Amanda Lumry, Laura Hurwitz

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, May 1, 2009)
    An award-winning, innovative 12-book series that captures the wonder of conservation through a blend of photography, illustration, fiction, and nonfiction.Riley, Cousin Alice, Aunt Martha, and Uncle Max visit the Australian Outback where they research the local koala population, which has scattered and shrunk due to increased drought, brush fires, and farming in the Outback. While staying at a working sheep station, they see kangaroos, a platypus, Ayers Rock, and much more. Riley becomes an official Jackaroo (Australian cowboy) and helps save the sheep from a wild dingo, but can he find a way to save the koalas and the Outback?
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  • Adventures of Riley #7: Outback Odyssey

    Amanda Lumry, Laura Hurwitz

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, May 1, 2009)
    An award-winning, innovative 12-book series that captures the wonder of conservation through a blend of photography, illustration, fiction, and nonfiction.Riley, Cousin Alice, Aunt Martha, and Uncle Max visit the Australian Outback where they research the local koala population, which has scattered and shrunk due to increased drought, brush fires, and farming in the Outback. While staying at a working sheep station, they see kangaroos, a platypus, Ayers Rock, and much more. Riley becomes an official Jackaroo (Australian cowboy) and helps save the sheep from a wild dingo, but can he find a way to save the koalas and the Outback?
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  • Adventures of Riley--The Polar Bear Puzzle

    Amanda Lumry

    Hardcover (Eaglemont Press, Nov. 25, 2007)
    While polar bears and climate change are making front page news in the real world, it is up to Riley and family to visit the Arctic Circle to reveal the plight of the polar bear from a child's perspective. Part of the multiple award-winning Adventures of Riley children's picture book series, Polar Bear Puzzle features a tense plot, amazing mixed-media visuals and cutting-edge science provided by leading scientists!
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  • Adventures of Riley--Mission to Madagascar

    Amanda Lumry

    Hardcover (Eaglemont Press, June 25, 2005)
    Young fans of Dreamworks' new Madagascar animated film can separate fact from fiction in an entertaining way by reading Mission to Madagascar (Adventures of Riley #5). Riley goes loopy for lemurs as his reality-based exploits take him to the mysterious island of Madagascar in search of the elusive aye-aye! Award-winning visuals, cutting-edge science, enjoyable storylines, authoritative scientific endorsements, and elementary curriculum applications highlight this bold new Environmental Education series for young children.
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