pine cones

"Daddy is a bit distracted on their autumn walk, while his curious child only has eyes for one of nature's small wonders: a pinecone! And look, another pinecone! And another! In fact, she could gather an entire collection--an entire extended family--of pinecones if she wanted to (and she wants to!). But what then?"--Provided by publisher.

Penguin and Pinecone form an unlikely friendship, even when they must live far apart.

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Penguin and Pinecone form an unlikely friendship, even when they must live far apart.

Penguin and Pinecone form an unlikely friendship, even when they must live far apart.

Five little pinecones plop into a trickling stream high up in the mountains, and ride the ever-widening waterway, stopping one-by-one at places that look like good locations to put down roots.

Penguin and Pinecone form an unlikely friendship, even when they must live far apart.