McMillan, Bruce

Discusses the physical characteristics and habits of the endangered Least Terns and describes the Maine beach where they spend the summer and raise their young, alongside their human neighbors.

Drifa, a young woman from Iceland, spends the summer of 1999 trying to reestablish a colony of wild common eider ducks on the island of Hvallatur.

A little girl remembers trolley rides with her grandfather, who was a trolley conductor.

Paired photographs illustrate the concept of wet and dry.

Text and close-up photographs describe how apples grow, from dormant bud to ripe fruit.

Color photographs illustrate simple rhyming verses and introduce readers to puffins and penguins in the wild.

A young boy learns the meaning of the fishermen's expression, "Finestkind," when he is a sternman on a lobsterboat.

Two six-year-olds on a whale-watching expedition see different kinds of whales engaging in such activities as headstanding and lunge feeding. Includes facts about each kind of whale.

A photo essay describing the physical characteristics, natural habitat, and behavior of the flamingos of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.

Photographs of green peas, yellow corn, red potatoes, purple beans, and other fruits and vegetables illustrate the many colors of nature.