The way of the willow branch

By Emery Bernhard

An old branch falls from a willow tree and has many adventures before eventually becoming part of a young boy's mobile.

A Ride on Mother's Back: A Day of Baby Carrying around the World

By Emery Bernhard

Explores the ways in which people from a variety of cultures carry their young ones, and describes what children see and learn as they are carried.

Prairie dogs

By Emery Bernhard

Describes the physical characteristics, social behavior, and reputation as a pest of this grassland rodent.

Happy New Year!

By Emery Bernhard

Describes the origins of New Year traditions and ways in which the coming of the new year is celebrated around the world.

Time to Play: Children's Games Around the World

By Emery Bernhard

Describes games around the world, including those played by African, Inuit, Polynesian, and Puerto Rican children.

Ladybug

By Emery Bernhard

Text and pictures introduce the familiar ladybug, consumer of aphids and scale insects and purported carrier of good luck.

Spotted Eagle & Black Crow

By Emery Bernhard

Betrayed by his brother and left to die, the Lakota warrior Spotted Eagle survives with the help of the Wanblee, his winged brothers the eagles.

Dragonfly

By Emery Bernhard

An introduction to the physical characteristics, life cycle, natural environment, and relationship to humans of the dragonfly, considered to be among the most beautiful insects in the world.

How Snowshoe Hare rescued the sun

By Emery Bernhard

When the demons who live under the earth steal the sun leaving the tundra in darkness, the animals send Bear, Wolf, and finally Snowshoe Hare to bring it back.

Eagles Lions of the Sky

By Emery Bernhard