forests and forestry

ALEC, a disembodied personality inside the circuits of a giant computer system, helps Ricky Foster investigate his mother's mysterious disappearance in a forest wilderness.

Describes the characteristics of temperate woodland biomes and what makes them unique, looks at life in these regions, discusses their importance to the health of the planet, examines the damaging effects of pollution and, exploitation, and looks at what is being done to preserve temperate woodlands for the future.

The narrator describes the myriad of things an errant bear could have done instead of the nasty thing he did do in her cabin in the woods.

Fourteen-year-old Mary has always been drawn to the woods near her friend Isabel's home, but Isabel does not understand why until the aftereffects of a lightning storm force Mary to reveal a long-kept secret.

Presents an exploration of forest biomes, providing information about how they form, their native plants and animals, and the effects of humans on the forest environment. Includes a glossary, resources for more information, and an index.

"Peregrine Smith books." An analysis of North America's threatened forest, and a call for its conservation and restoration.

Brief text and color photographs describe the climates, vegetation, and animal life of different kinds of forests, deserts, and polar regions.

Describes the various types of forests, elements that make up a forest ecosystem, the wide range of plant and animal species that live in different forests, and the importance of forests to the rest of the Earth.

Explores how the resource of forest have diminished and what can be done to improve the resource.