Davies, Nicola

"... about a young boy and his family overcoming the loss of his father. This ... book is filled with natural imagery, centering on a small pond in the garden, and will teach children not only about death and loss, but the importance of the natural world"--Back cover.

"When a young boy moves from his home in Italy to Wales, the only thing that cheers him up are the racing pigeons that Mr. Evans keeps in a loft behind his house"--OCLC.

"The more we study the world around us, the more living things we discover every day. The planet is full of millions of species of plants, birds, animals, and microbes, and every single one including us is part of a big, beautiful, complicated pattern. When humans interfere with parts of the pattern, by polluting the air and oceans, taking too much from the sea, and cutting down too many forests, animals and plants begin to disappear. What sort of world would it be if it went from having many types of living things to having just one?"--OCLC.

Following his mother, a baby dolphin learns about life under the sea, from catching his first fish to developing his own unique whistle.

A tiny sea turtle swims out to sea, then returns after a few years to the beach where it was born to lay its eggs before returning to the sea. Includes facts about sea turtles.

Photographs, sidebars, and charts provide detailed descriptions of the habitats, predation, and endangered status for such animals as the giant Japanese spider crab (which can grow to 12 feet, from pincer to pincer), whale shark, manta ray, and blackdevil angler fish.

"Tells the story of a boy who struggles to accept his new born sister, when she is not what he expected. But the swifts which swoop over his home help to show him that she is truly perfect."--Back cover.

Describes the life of the loggerhead turtle which will swim the ocean for thirty years before returning to the beach where it was hatched to lay its own eggs.

On a mean street in a mean, broken city, a young girl tries to snatch an old woman's bag. But the frail old woman, holding on with the strength of heroes, says the thief can't have it without giving something in return: the promise. It is the beginning of a journey that will change the thieving girl's life--and a chance to change the world, for good.