Sayre, April Pulley
Summary: "Enter woodpecker world and get a bird's eye view of everyday life: hiding from hawks, feeding hungry chicks, and drilling holes to build homes. Woodpeckers are nature's home builders, creating holes that many other animals live in when the woopeckers move on. A variety of woodpecker species fly through these pages--perhaps some that live near you!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015
Copies Available at Rapid City Elementary
2 available in Non-fiction, Call number: 598.7 SAYCopies Available at Birch Street Elementary
1 available in Non-fiction, Call number: 598.7 SAYHoose, Phillip M.
Summary: Tells the story of the ivory-billed woodpecker's extinction in the United States, describing the encounters between this species and humans, and discussing what these encounters have taught us about preserving endangered creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2014
Copies Available at Kalkaska Middle School
1 available in Non-fiction, Call number: 598.7 HOOTownsend, Emily Rose.
Summary: Provides information about woodpeckers, what they look like, where they live, and how they behave. Includes photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2004
Copies Available at Birch Street Elementary
1 available in Non-fiction, Call number: 598.7 TOWGerholdt, James E.
Summary: Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and habitat of the birds known by the drumming sounds they make when boring into wood in search of food.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo & Daughters 1997
Copies Available at Rapid City Elementary
1 available in Non-fiction, Call number: 598.7 GERNewman, Robin
Summary: As Bear settles into his bed for hibernation Woodpecker, shocked to discover his cherished homes are missing, follows the trail of debris right to Bear's new front door, where a feisty exchange of name-calling and neighborhood gossip ensues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
Copies Available at Birch Street Elementary
1 available in Picture Books, Call number: JE NEWMANPerish, Patrick
Summary: "Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to woodpeckers. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2022
Copies Available at Rapid City Elementary
1 available in Non-fiction, Call number: J 598.7 PERISHRiggs, Kate
Summary: Presents a basic introduction to woodpeckers, covering the appearance, behaviors, and habitat, with a story from folklore explaining why woodpeckers are good parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education, Creative Paperbacks 2022
Copies Available at Rapid City Elementary
1 available in Non-fiction, Call number: J 598.72 RIGGSCopies Available at Kalkaska County Library
1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 598.72 RIGGSHoose, Phillip M.
Summary: Tells the story of the ivory-billed woodpecker's extinction in the United States, describing the encounters between this species and humans, and discussing what these encounters have taught us about preserving endangered creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2004
Copies Available at Kalkaska County Library
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.72 HOOSECousins, Lucy.
Summary: Pecking his way through the door of a house, an intrepid little woodpecker busily raps on a rhyming sequence of indoor objects, from a hat and a mat and a racket and jacket to a teddy bear and a book called Jane Eyre.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2013