Tasmanian Devil: Savage Island Scavenger

Tasmanian Devil: Savage Island Scavenger
Author: Marcia Amidon Lusted
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 168079776X

Meet the monstrous Tasmanian Devil as it roams over Tasmania! This book introduces the unique features of this wild animal including habitat, life cycle, physical characteristics, diet, threats, and defenses. Also included are a range map and a food chain diagram. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Tasmanian Devil

Tasmanian Devil
Author: Joyce L. Markovics
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2008-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1597167339

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and habitat of the Tasmanian devil.

In Search of the Real Tasmanian Devil

In Search of the Real Tasmanian Devil
Author: James Preller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 1996
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780590537391

Martin and Chris Kratt search for the elusive Tasmanian devil; includes a description of the animal, its habits and behavior, and an overview of other animals in the area.

Hold On!

Hold On!
Author: Gina Newton
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2020-10-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1486311857

Have you ever seen a fish that could do a handstand? This is the story of a quirky and primitive little fish that is famous for two reasons: walking on its ‘hands’ (pectoral fins), and being one of the first marine fish in the world to be listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The Spotted Handfish has survived since the time of the dinosaurs – until now. Invasive seastars, pollution and climate change mean that this unique Australian is in serious trouble – hands up if you want to know more! Hold On! Saving the Spotted Handfish is perfect for primary aged readers.

Carnivorous Nights

Carnivorous Nights
Author: Margaret Mittelbach
Publisher: Villard
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2009-04-02
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0307516830

Packing an off-kilter sense of humor and keen scientific minds, authors Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson take off with renowned artist Alexis Rockman on a postmodern safari. Their mission? Tracking down the elusive Tasmanian tiger. This mysterious, striped predator was once the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial. It had a pouch like a kangaroo and a jaw that opened impossibly wide to reveal terrifying choppers. Tragically, this rare and powerful animal was hunted into extinction in the early part of the twentieth century. Or was it? Journeying first to the Australian mainland and then south to the wild island of Tasmania, these young naturalists brave a series of bizarre misadventures and uproarious wildlife encounters in their obsessive search for the long-lost beast. From an ancient cave featuring an aboriginal painting of the tiger to a lab in Sydney where maverick scientists are trying to resurrect the animal through cloning, this intrepid trio comes face-to-face with blood-sucking land leeches and venomous bull ants, a misbehaving wallaby who invades their motel room, and a crew of flesh-eating, bone-crunching Tasmanian devils gorging on roadkill. They bond with trappers, bushwackers, and wildlife experts who refuse to abandon the tiger hunt, despite the paucity of evidence. Sifting through local myths, bar-room banter, and historical accounts, these environmental detectives sweep readers into a world where platypus’ swim, kangaroos roam, and a large predator with a pouch was–or perhaps still is–queen of the jungle. Filled with Alexis Rockman’s stunning drawings of flora and fauna–-made from soil, wombat scat, and the artist’s own blood–Carnivorous Nights is a hip and hilarious account of an unhinged safari, as well as a fascinating portrayal of a wildly unique part of the world.

Apple Island Wife

Apple Island Wife
Author: Fiona Stocker
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2018-12-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1912618095

What happens when you leave city life and move to five acres on a hunch, with a husband who’s an aspiring alpaca-whisperer, and a feral cockerel for company? Can you eat the cockerel for dinner? Or has it got rigor mortis? In search of a good life and a slower pace, Fiona Stocker upped-sticks and moved to Tasmania, a land of promise, wilderness, and family homes of uncertain build quality. It was the lifestyle change that many dream of and most are too sensible to attempt. Wife, mother and now reluctant alpaca owner, Fiona jumped in at the deep end. Gradually Tasmania got under her skin as she learned to stack wood, round up the kids with a retired lady sheepdog, and stand on a scorpion without getting stung. This charming tale captures the tussles and euphoria of living on the land in a place of untrammelled beauty, raising your family where you want to and seeing your husband in a whole new light. Not just a memoir but an everywoman’s story, and a paean to a new, slower age.

The Monsters of Tasmania

The Monsters of Tasmania
Author: Rachel Tribout
Publisher:
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2014
Genre: Adventure and adventurers
ISBN: 9780992451004

Captain Blueberry is a mighty adventurer who sails the oceans searching for the unknown and unseen things of the world. People think she is crazy because she believes in monsters. Can Captain Blueberry and First Mate Albert prove to all that monsters do exist? The Monsters of Tasmania brings folk tales and sea creatures to life and looks at the Tasmanian Landscape in a whole new, monstrous way.

In Search of Real Monsters

In Search of Real Monsters
Author: Richard Freeman
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2022-01-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1642507512

From animals long believed extinct to monsters we thought never existed —a cryptozoologist’s true accounts of his worldwide hunt for legendary creatures. Cryptozoologist Richard Freeman has spent years researching and tracking down mythical monsters. In this book, he recounts more riveting monster hunt stories from his globetrotting adventures: through the dense forests of Sumatra on the trail of a mystery ape known as the orang-pendek, to Tasmania in search of the thylacine or Tasmanian wolf. Every corner of Earth has its own monster —even in the traceless Gobi Desert, where he searches for the Mongolian death worm, a creature so feared by the nomads that it can send a whole community into a panic. Freeman also provides excellent advice on how to carry out your own cryptozoological expeditions from scratch—with information on: what equipment to take inoculations how to choose which mythical animals to hunt planning ahead the importance of getting good local guides, and more

There's No Such Thing

There's No Such Thing
Author: Heidi McKinnon
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2020-03-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 176087292X

Bear can't sleep. Did you hear that? Did you feel that? What was it? It wasn't a hungry giant or a blood-sucking spider or a fire-breathing dragon because there is NO SUCH THING... Is there?

The Journey of Admiral Bolognaise

The Journey of Admiral Bolognaise
Author: Rachel Tribout
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-08-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780992451028

"There is no such thing as monsters!"Admiral Bolognaise has just received a letter from Captain Blueberry telling him all about her monster discoveries, and he's not happy about it. Enough is enough he decides, and he embarks on a journey to meet the Captain and tell her what's what and what's not. Can the Admiral show the world that monsters do not exist?The Journey of Admiral Bolognaise is the second book in the Adventures of Captain Blueberry series. Join the Admiral on his flying ship as he travels across the world and find out if he discovers anything monstrous at all.