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Author Frydenborg, Kay.

Title Wild horse scientists / written by Kathryn Frydenborg.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA 599.6655 Fryden Wil 2012    Available  ---  Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.
Description 80 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
age Children
Series Scientists in the field
Scientists in the field.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 78) and index.
Contents Stalking wild horses -- Considering color -- Going wild -- When is a pony really a horse? Sorting out sizes -- Watching wild horses -- Science in a salt marsh, science on a sandbar -- Wild horses : shoot to save -- FAQ on PZP -- Forever wild? -- Glossary -- Some places to see wild horses in America -- If you want to help.
Summary Traces the work of two wildlife veterinarians who protect and chart the lives of Assateague Island's wild horses, describing their shared efforts to balance the horses' ecosystem and raise awareness.
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection
National Science Teachers Association's Outstanding Science Trade Book K-12, 2013
Audience Middle School.
1210 Lexile.
Study Program Accelerated Reader 8.4.
Reading Counts! 12.6.
Accelerated Reader AR Middle Grades 8.4 3.0 quiz: 154663.
Provenance Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.
Subject Wild horses -- Assateague Island National Seashore (Md. and Va.) -- Juvenile literature.
Wild horses.
Wildlife conservationists -- Assateague Island National Seashore (Md. and Va.) -- Juvenile literature.
Wildlife conservationists.
Assateague Island National Seashore (Md. and Va.) -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Assateague Island National Seashore.
Genre/Form Juvenile works.
ISBN 9780547518312 (hardback)
0547518315 (hardback)
9780544257467 (paperback)
0544257464 (paperback)
0605577471
9780605577473
Standard No. 9780547518312
Music No. 1445015 Houghton Mifflin