Endangered Species
Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values.... God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.

~Charles A. Lindbergh, Reader's Digest, July 1972

Websites:

Carl Hiaasen’s Official Web Site-Hoot: http://www.carlhiaasen.com/books/hoot.html

Chattanooga Nature Center: http://chattanooganaturecenter.org/

National Wildlife Federation-Hoot: http://www.nwf.org/nationalwildlifeweek/hoot.cfm

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/

Kid's Planet Especies: http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html

American Museum on Natural History: http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/Endangered/index.html

United States Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/espp/

Office of Protected Resources: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/laws/esa.htm

Databases:

Kid’s InfoBits: Endangered Species

Opposing Viewpoint Resource Center: Endangered Species

For Further Reading:

Y Hia
Hiaasen, Carl
Hoot
Alfred A. Knopf, 2002

Summary: After moving from Montana to Florida, Roy Eberhardt befriends Mullet Fingers, a runaway boy who is trying to stop the building of a pancake house on land populated by borrowing owls.

J DiC
DiCamillo, Kate
Tiger Rising
Candlewick, 2001

Summary: Rob, who passes the time in his rural Florida community by
wood carving, is drawn by his spunky but angry friend
Sistine into a plan to free a caged tiger.

J Tho
Thomas, Rob
Green Thumb
Simon & Schuster, 1999

Summary: While spending the summer in the Amazon rain forest of
Brazil doing botanical research, thirteen-year-old Grady
discovers a secret language used by the trees to
communicate with each other and falls afoul of the
dictatorial Dr. Carter, whose motives seem questionable.

Y DeF
Defelice, Cynthia C.
Lostman's River
Macmillan, 1994

Summary: In the early 1900s, thirteen-year-old Tyler encounters
vicious hunters whose actions threaten to destroy the
Everglades ecosystem, and as a result joins the battle to
protect that fragile environment.

Y Her
Ehrenhaft, Daniel
The Last Dog on Earth
Delacorte, 2003

Summary: Logan Moore hates everyone except Jack, the mangy mutt he adopts and trains. Their bond is threatened by the emergence of a deadly and contagious canine disease.

Y Kin
Kindl, Patrice
Owl in Love
Houghton Mifflin, 1993

Summary: A fourteen-year-old girl, who can transform into an owl,
has a crush on her science teacher which leads her into
interesting new relationships with both humans and owls.

Y Kla
Klass, David.
California Blue
Scholastic, 1994

Summary: When seventeen-year-old John Rodgers discovers a new
sub-species of butterfly which may necessitate closing the
mill where his dying father works, they find themselves on
opposite sides of the environmental conflict.

JB Irw
Boekhoff, P.M.
Steve Irwin
Kidhaven, 2004

Summary: Profiles Steve Irwin, a herpetologist, television personality,
and movie star whose concern for the natural environment and animals led him to fame as the "Crocodile Hunter."

J 333.72 Suz
Suzuki, David
You Are the Earth: From Dinosaur Breath to Pizza From Dirt
Greystone, 1999

Summary: Explores our natural connection to the earth and its four elements, air, water, soil, and fire, underlining the
importance of biodiversity and respect for the
environment.

J 577 Our
Our Environment
Time-Life Books, 1999

Summary: Describes the world's diverse habitats and the close relationships between plants and animals, including humans, who must share those habitats.

J 577 Nee
Needham, Bobbe
Ecology Crafts for Kids: 50 Great Ways to Make Friends With Planet Earth
Sterling, 1998

Summary: Provides instructions for a variety of craft activities using recycled materials or items from nature and teaching a respect for the environment.

J 591.518 Kra
Krautwurst, Terry
Night Science for Kids: Exploring the World After Dark
Lark Books, 2003

Summary: Provides ideas and activities for discovering what changes in the world after dark, including the arrival of moths and owls, fog, and the stars.

J 598.97 Sat
Sattler, Helen Roney
The Book of North American Owls
Clarion Books, 1995

Summary: Provides general information on the behavior of owls and specific information about the physical characteristics and behavior of the twenty-one North American species.

Y 363.7 Aas
Aaseng, Nathan
Jobs vs. the Environment: Can We Save Both?
Enslow, 1994

Summary: Carefully examines the jobs v. environment issue.

Y 628.078 Gar
Gardner, Robert
Science Projects About the Environment and Ecology
Enslow, 1999

Summary: Presents experiments and projects suitable for science fairs, dealing with such aspects of the environment and ecology as the atmosphere, soil, water, plants, animals, and climate.