forests and forestry

A lonely fox develops an unlikely friendship with a star, whose rays help him forage for food, dance in the rain, and keep him warm.

"It's 2034 and Jake Greenwood is a storyteller and a liar,an overqualified tour guide babysitting ultra-rich vacationers in one of the world's last remaining forests. It's 2008 and Liam Greenwood is a carpenter, fallen from a ladder and sprawled on his broken back, calling out from the concrete floor of an empty mansion. It's 1974 and Willow Greenwood is out of jail, free after being locked up for oneof her endless series of environmental protests: attempts atatonement for the sins of her father's once vast and violenttimber empire. It's 1934 and Everett Greenwood is alone, as usual, in his maple syrup camp squat when he hears the criesof an abandoned infant and gets tangled up in the web of a crime that will cling to his family for decades"--Provided by publisher.

Little Critter visits the woods and enjoys learning about all the woodland creatures he finds.

"Kerry gets lost on his way home and has to navigate through a fantastical forest to find his way out, only most the creatures in the forest are not there to help him"--Provided by publisher.

The witch Baba Yaga and a wolf switch bodies and form an unlikely alliance to save the forest from an evil tsar.

When her friend Link Miller is found drowned in a forest far away from the nearest source of water, Noemi Amato is haunted by his death, because she knows he drowned in a lake only she can see. When her mother's boyfriend and his son Jonas move in, Noemi begins to trust him and eventually reveals what's happening to him and to Link's younger sister, Amberlyn. Together, they try to make sense of what appear to be text messages from Link, while they seek to understand who they are and their place in the world.

"Blue Jasper is on a hike with his younger siblings, twins Indigo and Violet. One moment the twins are right ahead of him, and the next they are gone. As Blue frantically searches for them, a strange woman appears claiming to be the Faerie Queen Olea of Nearwood and the twins' real mother. Indigo and Violet have been captured by Olea's rival and now, because of a magical pact, Blue must travel through the magical forest of the Crosswood and rescue them before the next sunset. Because the price of a broken Faerie pact must be paid"--Provided by publisher.

"An urgent message from her long-estranged best friend Daniela brings Cadie back to her childhood home. There, theyare forced to face a dark secret that ended both their idyllic childhood bond and the magical summer that takes up more space in Cadie's memory than all her other years combined."--Publisher's description.

Discusses the geography and resources of the temperate forest biome as well as how animals and people have adapted to and impacted forest environments.

"When Hansel and Gretel's stepmother ditches the kids and Clementine in the woods, the trio tries to find their way back, but they stumble upon a mysterious house made of sweets that Clementine can't wait to eat"--Provided by publisher.