Catalog Search Results
1) Snap!
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Tap, tap, tap. Frog thinks there's no one else in the forest, but you never know what's just around the corner ... A rollicking and hilarious soundscape adventure for the smallest of readers.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
1110L
Physical Desc
50 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The sounds of nature are being drowned out by the clamor of human activity, and that's not good for people, animals or the environment. Every living thing emits sound—birds sing, whales whistle, streams burble and trees pop and fizzle. Discover how the invasion of human sounds, from airplanes, traffic and machines, is threatening the survival of species that have adapted to their habitats over thousands of years."--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With bright and bold illustrations by celebrated Indigenous artist Roy Henry Vickers, this sturdy board book introduces iconic sounds of the West Coast and supports the language development of babies and toddlers. From the "geek geek" of the eagle, to the creak and rustle of cedar branches in the wind, to the sacred drumming of a potlatch and the crashing waves of the Pacific Ocean, the rhythmic text, vibrant illustrations and glossy tactile finish...
6) Sounds wild and broken: sonic marvels, evolution's creativity, and the crisis of sensory extinction
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiv, 430 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A rich exploration of how the evolution of both natural and manmade sounds have shaped us and the world, and how the world's acoustic diversity is currently in grave danger of being destroyed. We live on a planet that is wrapped in the diverse acoustic marvels of song and speech. Yet never has this diversity been so threatened as it is now. Braiding his experience as a listener and an ecologist with the latest scientific discoveries, David Haskell...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 249 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In her newest collection, Moore selects essays that celebrate the music of the natural world as a reminder of what can be taken from us-- the yowl of wolves, tick of barnacles, laughter of children, shriek of falling mountains. Alongside these selections are brand new essays born from the sorrow and iniquity of this new age of extinction, all bearing witness to the glories of this world and the sins against it. Each group of essays moves, as Moore...
9) The sounds of life: how digital technology is bringing us closer to the worlds of animals and plants
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When we think of animal sound we tend to think about birds or other highly sonic animals. However, scientists are learning that a much wider range of animals, and even plants, use sound, and they are figuring this out with the help of AI and other digital technologies. This book tells the stories of scientists who are using these digital technologies to decode the hidden world of nonhuman sound. Bakker shows how digital technology, so often associated...
In WISCAT Wisconsin Resource Sharing
Can't find what you're looking for? Search WISCAT Wisconsin Resource Sharing to search libraries outside our area. Contact your local library to place a request.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try suggesting a purchase. Submit Request