Ten-year-olds Greta and Lindsay are best friends who share an interest in rescuing and rehabilitating wildlife. But when Greta's unemployed father gets a job in another town, Lindsay is afraid she'll lose Greta's friendship.
Text and photographs describe the physical characteristics and habits of the beaver and illustrate the beneficial effects of his work on the environment that he inhabits.
Alison spends her thirteenth summer on a ranch in Wyoming where she learns to ride a horse and where Kelly, who is blind, helps her overcome an old fear.
Tells how dogs, reindeer, goats, cows, donkeys, horses, water buffaloes, elephants, camels, chickens, cats, llamas, and turkeys were taken from the wild and made into animals that live in barns and houses.
