What do you do when there's a bear in your backyard? A big black bear shows up one moonlight night and creates a real ruckus, first breaking into the shed where the grain is kept for the geese (who ar
A weary gray squirrel needs a place to call his own for the night—but everywhere he looks another animal is sound asleep! This delightful picture book shows readers how animals find safe places to sle
Little Zoo Sap and his family are moving from their summer home on the coast to the deep woods for the winter, traveling on a big bobsled pulled by big horses through the snow. When Zoo Sap falls off
Alone, cold, and frightened, Zoo Sap cries, and his cries attract the forest animals. Beginning with beaver and ending with the great bald eagle, the animals rush to protect the baby and shelter him f
The Secret Pool introduces young readers to the wonders right underfoot as the voice of a vernal pool shares its secrets through the seasons, and sidebars provide fun facts on its inhabitants and the
You might walk right by a vernal pool and not notice it. Often mistaken for mere puddles in the woods, vernal pools are the source of life for many interesting creatures. If you look carefully, you ca
Estuaries form where river meets sea and fresh water mixes with salt. Teeming with life, these places of salt marshes, mudflats, and tidal backwaters serve as nursery areas for oceangoing fish, migrat
Narrated in the poetic voice of the estuary itself, and accompanied by natural-history sidebars about estuary plants, animals, and cycles, THE SECRET BAY is another topnotch nature book from the autho
‧ An epic animal migration story in the tradition of March of the Penguins. ‧ The story follows a school of fish (river herring, or alewives) on a journey of hundreds of miles, escaping porpoises, sea
