The Resource Chasing cheetahs : the race to save Africa's fastest cats, written by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop
Chasing cheetahs : the race to save Africa's fastest cats, written by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop
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The item Chasing cheetahs : the race to save Africa's fastest cats, written by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- Gives young readers a firsthand account of the efforts by the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia to save the world's fastest--and Africa's most endangered--land animal: the cheetah
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 75 pages
- Isbn
- 9780547815497
- Label
- Chasing cheetahs : the race to save Africa's fastest cats
- Title
- Chasing cheetahs
- Title remainder
- the race to save Africa's fastest cats
- Statement of responsibility
- written by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop
- Title variation
- Chasing cheetahs
- Title variation remainder
- the race to save Africas fastest cats
- Subject
-
- trueAnimal conservation
- trueCheetah Conservation Fund
- trueCareer books -- Science
- Cheetah -- Africa -- Juvenile literature
- Cheetah Conservation Fund -- Juvenile literature
- trueScientists
- trueCheetah -- Africa
- trueAnimal books -- Endangered species
- trueNature conservation
- trueRare and endangered animals
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Gives young readers a firsthand account of the efforts by the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia to save the world's fastest--and Africa's most endangered--land animal: the cheetah
- Summary
- Describes the cheetah's essential role in the ecosystem and the ways in which Namibia's Cheetah Conservation Fund is promoting cohabitation between cheetahs and farmers
- Award
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2015
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10300676
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Montgomery, Sy
- Dewey number
- 599.75/9096
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QL737.C23
- LC item number
- M657 2014
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 1000
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 6
- 8
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Bishop, Nic
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Scientists in the field
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Cheetah
- Cheetah Conservation Fund
- Cheetah
- Cheetah Conservation Fund
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the race to save Africa's fastest cats
- Label
- Chasing cheetahs : the race to save Africa's fastest cats, written by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2013017611
- Dimensions
- 24 x 29 cm.
- Extent
- 75 pages
- Isbn
- 9780547815497
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2013017611
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Chasing cheetahs : the race to save Africa's fastest cats, written by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2013017611
- Dimensions
- 24 x 29 cm.
- Extent
- 75 pages
- Isbn
- 9780547815497
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2013017611
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- trueAnimal books -- Endangered species
- trueAnimal conservation
- trueCareer books -- Science
- trueCheetah -- Africa
- Cheetah -- Africa -- Juvenile literature
- trueCheetah Conservation Fund
- Cheetah Conservation Fund -- Juvenile literature
- trueNature conservation
- trueRare and endangered animals
- trueScientists
Genre
Member of
Included in
- trueALA Notable Children's Books - Middle Readers Category: 2015
- trueAfrica South of the Sahara : Nonfiction for Grades 6-8
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