George, Jean Craighead

A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.

Charlie's beloved grandfather is ill, and Charlie will do anything to save him. He brings home Blue Sky, a lively baby raven, because his Native American friends claim the intelligent birds have powerful medicine. Grandfather, a naturalist, is intrigued, and urges Charlie to keep a nature journal about Blue Sky. But caring for--and protecting--a wild creature is a huge responsibility.

Presents a journey through the spring season as experienced by a fox pup, a wild piglet, and a young mountain lion.

While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.

The stories include Balto-Indomitable sled dog; Punxsutawney Phil-the King of Groundhog Dog; The Pacing White Mustang-Fastest Horse in the West; Smoky Bear-A National Symbol; Scannon-Lewis and Clark's Resourceful Mascot; The Three Gray Whales-Persevering Captives of the Ice; Sugar-Cross-Country Traveler; Blind Tom-Working Hero of the Railroad;Koko-Smart Signing Gorilla; The Hemlock Pair-A Living National Emblem.

When his older sister Julie brings home two small wolf pups, Amaroq takes care of the one called Nutik and grows to love it, even though Julie tells him it cannot stay.

While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.