After learning to understand the language of animals, Hai Li Bu the hunter sacrifices himself to save his village.

Young Billy Bartram keeps a journal of his experiences learning about the plants of the colonial United States from his father, John Bartram, as they travel together gathering specimens and planting seeds.

After being caught by a hunter, a clever turtle uses her wits and her talent playing the flute to trick the hunter's children into helping her escape.

The story of an awkward and scrawny mountain sheep with oversized horns who escapes the hunters to become the sensation of a ski resort.

A proud old fox scorns a youngster's simple plan for stopping the hunter who has grown skillful at killing foxes, but when he sets out to handle the problem himself, he runs into trouble. Includes facts about kyogen, a traditional type of Japanese drama, and the play from which this story is derived.

"From the moment Peter enters his new classroom he is immediately called the baddest boy in school. But is he really bad or is he just different because he comes from a strange, faraway land?" -- Dust jacket.

Baby mouse has learned to squeak. And now it’s squeak, squeak, squeak all day long. Baby chats with new friends and old friends, big friends and little friends, and sometimes just chats with no one at all. Poor Mama needs a break . . . but when Baby wanders off, Mama knows what to do: follow the squeaks! Little readers will love this chatty baby mouse, and big readers will find Mama’s reactions very familiar.

Travel deep into the ocean way below the surface and you'll encounter some creatures you never knew existed! This book takes you on a journey through the dark depths of the sea towards the ocean floor. Most ecosystems need sunlight, but deep in the ocean where the sun doesn't shine animals have adapted some very interesting ways to see, protect themselves, and eat. Discover the unique habitats, adaptations, and food chains of these deep -sea creatures....

"Young Wendy had a rare eye for unusual. She was always on the hunt for anything and everything -- gnarly rocks, buds and burrs, the brilliant blue of a jay's feather. When a class trip takes her to Alberta's amazing bonebed, a place known for its dinosaur fossils, twelve-year-old Wendy makes her first major discovery: a piece of fossilized coral from 100 million years ago! From then on, Wendy spends her time among the windswept hoodoos, searching...

"After owl says some harsh words to overly enthusiastic and curious baby squirrel Baby, causing Baby to hide away at home, the forest animals realize something important is missing from their morning when Baby doesn't appear"--