Lester, Alison

Sophie Scott, a nine-year-old, is traveling to Antarctica on an icebreaker with her dad, the ship's captain, on which she sees icebergs, penguins, seals and whales.

In a rural Australian town, best friends Bonnie and Sam, who share a mutual love of horses, watch in amazement as a farm horse and a wild horse, identical in appearance, trade places.

Each child in this group of seven likes to do everything in an individual way whether it's work, taking a bath, playing, or going to sleep.

Prolonged drought has strained Dusty's ranching family to the breaking point, but she finds consolation with her wild and beautiful horse.

Brief text and illustrations of children engaged in a variety of activities explain the meaning of different words.

Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the real and imagined activities young beachgoers enjoy.

After falling through a pit and landing at the North Pole, Wild and Woolly have a long but interesting journey back home, punctuated by overnight stays with a number of colorful individuals.

Seven children enjoy a variety of activities, such as going to the museum and having celebrations, each in his or her own way.

Invites the reader to imagine what it would be like to live in various locations, such as a house, a jungle, and an icecap, and meet the animals that live there.

Nina, told by her father they must flee the city in order to escape an invading army, insists on riding Zelda, an old cab horse, and her kindness is rewarded when Zelda's wisdom saves their lives, as well as those of the four Lipizzaner stallions they are bringing to safety.