The chickadees at Grandma s cabins are eager to take sunflower seeds from Grandma s hand, but will the chickadees back home ever learn to take seeds from a human hand? Will the child ever have the patience to let them? A lovely story of enjoying the wild things, with suggestions to help would-be human bird feeders. Charming and colorful illustrations frequently show the chickadee s point of view. Other wildlife and natural habitats are accurately portrayed and beckon the readers to spend time enjoying their own backyards. The end of the book includes information about chickadees that may amaze readers of all ages. Do you know how many stamps it would take if you were to mail a chickadee? How long chickadees live? How they survive sub-zero nights? How tiny their eggs are?

Product Description: Disfruta un día en uno de los más dinámicos medio ambientes del planeta: la marisma salada. Este libro es divertido para leer, introduce a los lectores a los cambios que suceden por hora en la marisma mientras la marea sube y baja...read more

Product Description: Consie Powell's dragonfly looks like it could zoom off the cover to keep the mosquitoes away. This blank journal has 80 pages of unlined, recycled, post-consumer waste paper made in Wisconsin. The cover is sturdy, durable paperboard...read more

Product Description: Just imagine all of nature— mountains, prairies, oceans, and all—lying on your bed as a patchwork quilt! Take flora and fauna in their unique habitats, fold them up and you have a book, this book. Earth's major habitats are spread before you, ready to be examined...read more

Product Description: On the surface, the snow looks quiet and serene. But beneath its white expanse, unsociable shrews go hunting, voles tunnel to the surface, and chipmunks awaken to nibble on seeds. Through scientifically accurate text and lifelike illustrations, this book introduces young readers to the unseen life in the world of winter...read more

Fun-to-read, rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the salt marsh as the tide comes and goes, following the animals that have adapted to this ever-changing environment as they hunt for food or play in the sun. Simultaneous.

Each letter of the alphabet introduces a different North American predator.

At twilight, Nell and her Uncle Walter go into the north woods, hoping to hear--and join--the howling of the wolves. Includes facts about wolves and howling expeditions.

As the children run, roll, and play in the frozen beauty of winter's day, the winter woods come alive as well as raven and otter slide on ice, snapping turtles swim underneath, and birds swoop by overhead.

'Describes a family canoe trip in the Quetico-Superior wilderness along the border between Minnesota and Canada, including natural history and evidence of the fur trade era, Indian inhabitants, and logging. Woodcuts and sketchbook entries illustrate the story'--Provided by publisher.

Although Cora has become too old to haul a sled with the other dogs, she proves that she can still help the family bring in the Christmas tree from the forest

Simple poems in acrostic form describe an apple orchard through the seasons, as well as the activities of the family that tends the orchard, and also includes a page of notes about apples.