Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Birds

By Jim Arnosky

An introduction to birds one might see in the woods.

The Gingerbread Cowboy

By Janet Squires

A freshly baked gingerbread cowboy escapes from the rancher's wife's kitchen and eludes his pursuers in this western United States version of the "Gingerbread Boy."

Who's ill today?.

By Lynne Cherry

The Snail's Spell

By Joanne Ryder

The reader imagines how it feels to be a snail.

Once There Was a Tree

By N. Romanova, Natal Ia Romanova

An old stump attracts many living creatures, even man, and when it is gone, a new tree attracts the same creatures, who need it for a variety of reasons.

Where Butterflies Grow

By Joanne Ryder

In a field of lacy leaves, a small caterpillar hatches, grows, and sheds its skin, becoming a smooth, green creeper. It eats and changes some more, then in a sequence of remarkable close-ups, spins...

The armadillo from Amarillo

By Lynne Cherry

A wandering armadillo sees some of the cities, historic sites, geographic features, and wildlife of Texas.

River Ran Wild

By Lynne Cherry

The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest

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A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History

By Lynne Cherry

An environmental history of the Nashua River, from its discovery by Indians through the polluting years of the Industrial Revolution to the ambitious clean-up that revitalized it.