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The Prairie Builders
Written and photographed by Sneed B. Collard IIIA prairie is habitat where animals that depend on grass and wild grass live. As the American settlers moved west, most of the prairie land was turned into farmland. By the 1980’s Iowa had less than one tenth of one percent of its original prairie left. One Congressman and a team of scientists began the journey to rebuild Iowa’s prairie. This book is about the progress of the reintroduction of native plants and animals. The book raises an interesting question at the end: Is it really a prairie if it looks and acts like a prairie? That is to say, can an entire ecosystem be replaced if not all of its components are understood or known?
Grade Level: 4-5
Genre: Nonfiction
Format: Picture Story Book
Content:
Earth Science
Life Science