"A nonfiction picture book that's all about the tiny world of nurse log habitats. Nurse logs are tiny ecosystems with hundreds of rare and important life forms. When old trees fall to the forest floor, they can take centuries to decompose, helping all sorts of organism for hundreds of years. They provide nutrients for tree seedlings, hideaways for small animals, shelters for the winter, and protection from the elements"--Provided by publisher.
Text and photographs describe less-than-pleasant and unexpected habitats and the animals that live in them, focusing on dead trees and forest floors, and discussing ants, worms, termites, millipedes, centipedes, pill bugs, and beetles.
