Lasky, Kathryn

Follows photographer Jack Swedberg through a cycle of seasons as he tracks wildlife in three very different regions of the United States.

Contains three stories which follow the adventures of Hound and Poodle as they discover how much they enjoy each other's company in spite of--or possibly because of--their differences.

A young Indian dreamer finds a way to keep the bears from destroying the honeybees' hives and to bring the sweet taste of honey back to his people.

A mother tells her own daughter what she was like and what she used to do when she was a little girl.

A brief, illustrated, look at the life and work of environmentalist John Muir, describing his early life in Scotland, his move to America, his appreciation of nature, and his work to establish Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Club.

Soren, a barn owl that is captured and taken to a special school for orphaned owls, is befriended by elf owl Gylfie and together the two set out to discover what is really going on at St. Aegolius Academy.

Fourteen-year-old Jerry Luna, mute since her mother's disappearance, is sent to her great-great-aunt Constanza's house, where she discovers a trunk that draws her into the world of her ancestors during the Spanish Inquisition.

A diary account of thirteen-year-old Kathleen Bowen's life in Washington, D.C. in 1917, as she juggles concerns about the national battle for women's suffrage, the war in Europe, and her own school work and family. Includes a historical note.

In 3038, thirteen-year-old Darci uncovers an underground movement to save the human race from genetic enhancement technology.

Brothers Francis and Johnny Billington take issue with history's account of their troublemaking ways aboard the "Mayflower" and in the New World, as they tell their side of the story to Standish Brewster, professor of Pilgrimology at Plimouth University.