Search Results: Returned 20 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 20
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1992, Juvenile, Carolrhoda Books Call No: 599.73 58 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the life cycle of the bison, its role in the settlement of the American West, and its near extinction.
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2007., Juvenile, Bearport Call No: 599.64 30973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's animal comebacksSummary Note: Explains the reasons why the American bison came close to extinction, discusses the efforts of William Temple Hornaday to inform people of the crisis in bison populations and to start a bison herd at the Bronx Zoo, and looks at how the governments of the U.S. and Canada helped by creating wildlife preserves for the animals.
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c2015., Primary, Bellwether Media Call No: ENF 599.64 3 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Blastoff! readers. 3, North American animals.Summary Note: American bison used to number in the millions. Large herds roamed the plains of North America. Today, thousands can still be found grazing on protected lands. Find out more about the largest land animals in North America in this informative title for young readers.
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c1997., Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: 599.6 BISON POT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Wildlife of North AmericaSummary Note: Details the characteristics, habitat, and life cycle of the American bison.
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1995, Juvenile, G. Stevens Call No: 599.72 WIL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Animal magic for kidsSummary Note: Presents information about the millions of bison, or buffalo, which roamed the open prairies of the Far West when the country was young.
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c1986., Juvenile, Grolier Call No: 599.73 58 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Nature's childrenSummary Note: Explains the physical characteristics, behavior, diet, habitat, and geographical distribution of the North American bison.
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c2001., Juvenile, Smart Apple Media Call No: 599.6 BISON WRO Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Northern trekSummary Note: Discusses the history of the American bison, commonly called the buffalo, its physical characteristics and habits, and efforts to preserve the species.
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c1986., Juvenile, Grolier Call No: 599.73 58 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Nature's children.Summary Note: Explains the physical characteristics, behavior, diet, habitat, and geographical distribution of the North American bison. Includes information on Opossums.
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c2006., Juvenile, Clarion Books Call No: 978.004 97 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Publisher description Summary Note: Traces the history of the dependence of the American Indians on the buffalo from prehistoric times to the present.
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c2010., Juvenile, Dutton Children's Books Call No: 599.64 30973 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In the mid-1800s seventy-five million buffalo roamed in North America. In little more than fifty years, there would be almost none." The death of the buffalo and the settlers' farming and ranching practices endangered the prairie, as drought made the farmland crumble to dust. To help repair the land, the buffalo had to be saved.
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c1997., Pre-adolescent, Holiday House Call No: 978.6 38 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes life on a Crow Indian reservation in Montana, and the importance these tribes place on buffalo, which are once again thriving in areas where the Crow live.
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c1988., Juvenile, Holiday House Call No: 978 .00497 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the importance of the buffalo in the lore and day-to-day life of the Indian tribes of the Great Plains and describes hunting methods and the uses found for each part of the animal that could not be eaten.
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c2000., Rayve Productions Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Recounts the story of Charles Jesse "Buffalo" Jones, a buffalo hunter who undertook a treacherous nineteenth-century Texas trail ride and risked his life to rescue baby buffalo and save their species from extinction.
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1989, Juvenile, Childrens Call No: 599.72 LEP Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A New true bookSummary Note: A history of the buffalo/bison in this country, discussing its behavior and population today.
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c2008., Juvenile, Lee & Low Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The story of the first efforts to save the vanishing bison (buffalo) herds from extinction in the United States in the 1870s and 1880s. Based on the true story of Samuel Walking Coyote, a Salish (Kalispel) Indian who rescued and raised orphaned buffalo calves.
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c2008., Juvenile, Lee & Low Books Call No: 305.897 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The story of the first efforts to save the vanishing bison (buffalo) herds from extinction in the United States in the 1870s and 1880s. Based on the true story of Samuel Walking Coyote, a Salish (Kalispel) Indian who rescued and raised orphaned buffalo calves"--Provided by publisher.
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c2019., Primary, Jump! Call No: 599.64 3 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In this book, early fluent readers will learn how the American bison came back from the brink of extinction.
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c2006., Juvenile, Scholastic Nonfiction Call No: 599.64 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The amazing story of how the buffalo reached the brink of extinction within a century and how it was saved.
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By Robbins, Kenc2001., Juvenile, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: 599.640978 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A brief introduction to the history of the American buffalo and how it was almost hunted into extinction.