anecdotes

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Adaptation and survival

2013
Describes the unique ways animals survive in specific environments.

Dear teen me

2012
"How many times have you looked back on your teenage years and cringed, wishing you could offer your younger self some guidance? This book of nearly 70 letters by top young adult authors -- including bestselling writers Lauren Oliver, Ellen Hopkins, and Nancy Holder -- does just that, and today's teens will benefit." --Publisher's website.

The wild trees

a story of passion and daring
2008
A narrative nonfiction that describes the story of a group of botanists and amateur naturalists who climb and research California's giant redwood trees.

The devil's teeth

a true story of obsession and survival among America's great white sharks
2006
Presents the author's firsthand account of her stay on the Farallon Islands--in the shark infested waters thirty miles west of San Francisco--and includes information on shark behavior and scientists who study them.

Wesley the owl

the remarkable love story of an owl and his girl
2009
The author relates her experience raising a barn owl she had met while working at the owl laboratory at Caltech, discussing her relationship with the bird and what she observed and learned about the species.

Coach

lessons on the game of life
2005
Presents the author's first-hand account of his experience playing baseball at the age of fourteen for a coach who's confidence and trust changed his life and stayed with him forever.

Free for all

oddballs, geeks, and gangstas in the public library
2007
Don Borchert, assistant librarian at a suburban Los Angeles library for twelve years, provides an inside look at what really goes on in a modern library, including fist-fights between moms, drug-dealing in the restroom, and other odd, unsavory, and humorous activities.

Classic rock stories

the stories behind the greatest songs of all time
1998
Rock-and-roll artists tell the stories behind the creation of some of their biggest hits.

A 2nd helping of chicken soup for the soul

101 more stories to open the heart and rekindle the spirit
1996
A collection of life-affirming anecdotes on the experiences of love, parenting, death, dreams, and learning.

Baghdad pups

2011
This book describes Baghdad pups that soldiers have spotted in Iraq and the program called Operation Baghdad Pups that finds ways to send the dogs to the soldiers' homes in America.

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