Poems take the reader on an early morning walk to observe the animals of woods and water in happy solitude.

Because they never give up hope and always want to change the present into something better, Fox and Lemming annually trick Winter into trading snow for sun.

Jenny experiences the wonder of seeing and hearing the woods fill up with humming cicadas, and seventeen years later she returns with her young son to share that experience.

Poems and illustrations trace the yearly life cycle of toads from tadoles in the spring to adults which hibernate in the winter.

To celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, the students in Mrs. Lee's first grade class act as secret elves, doing good deeds for one another.

The adventures of a young deer growing up in the forest.

One fall day a great white shark, hungry and alone, weaves his way about as he watches, smells, listens, and waits for someone to become his meal.

Describes the physical characteristics of a firefly from the time it is a glowworm until adulthood.

Rhyming text lists a series of animals in their natural habitats, from a fawn in the grass and a snail underneath a leaf to a buzzing bee and two racing hummingbirds.

A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.