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Antarctic Journal
Letters and journal entries from a visit to Antarctica, the windiest, coldest, most forbidding region on earth.
At the Edge of the Pond
Life at the pond is seen as one subsuming force that fills all with vigor and diversity. Sun rays touch the surface and stir everything into motion. Land and water meet at the edge, where the water shrew makes its home. Territorial circles are made throughout by the creatures that live there… Simple, realistic illustrations of green, yellow and brown are suitable and eloquent accompaniment. –Publishers Weekly
Clem
The author describes her family's experiences raising and caring for a raven from babyhood to adulthood when he returns to the wild.
Zozobra!
The crisp September evening in Santa Fe is going to be special. It's the annual burning of Old Man Gloom or Zozobra.* He stands across the large park where thousands of people gather--a fifty-foot sourpuss puppet whose gaping mouth and neon eyes make him appear dismal, which is his job. When Zozobra burns into smoldering ash, so, too, will people's gloomy thoughts disappear--or so everyone hopes. As with any spectacle worthy of the name, the lights, music, fireworks, and sense of frenzied expectation make the experience unforgettable--and this book vividly documents the evening. It takes us behind the scenes to the days and weeks before, where we see the construction of Zozobra. We get to go...
Wildlife Rescue
Tells how the Wildlife Center, based in Española, New Mexico, and headed by Dr. Kathleen Ramsay, nurtures sick and injured wild animals back to health.
Animal Architecture
Explores the kinds of habitats animals build for themselves.
Faces Only a Mother Could Love
A close-up look at sixteen of the world's most unusual animals and their babies details the behavior and habitat of such creatures as the tiny tarsier, the manatee, the Hawaiian tree snail, and the giant anteater.
Creatures of Earth, Sea, and Sky
Creatures of land, water, and sky are featured here in short poems for early readers. Noted poet and educator Georgia Heard writes about baboons and bears, eagles and bats, dragonflies and frogs. Naturalist and illustrator Jennifer Dewey captures each animal in dramatic detail. The book is written and illustrated with a reverence for the natural world and for wildlife and will find an audience not only in children but in nature-lovers of all ages.
Stories on Stone
Discusses Southwestern United States rock art, examining the link to ancient human life, the people who created the art, and what the messages tell us
Strange Creatures That Really Lived
Introduces some animals that lived long ago, such as the giant sloth, camelus, huge roaches, and uintatherium.
