Dewey, Jennifer

The author presents interesting facts about insects, bugs, and spiders in chapters that describe her own experiences living with and studying these creatures when she was a child.

After attempting suicide, seventeen-year-old Jamie is admitted to a psychiatric ward, where she must come to terms with the abusive, neglectful family relationships that have led to her situation and where she meets a young man whose problems are much worse than her own.

The author describes her family's experiences raising and caring for a raven from babyhood to adulthood when he returns to the wild.

A variety of colorful and tiny poison dart frogs living in the rain forests of Central and South America are pictured in their natural habitat. Topics covered include: mating habits, natural predators, methods to extract the frog's poison, and its unique nurturing habits.

Describes the colorful, tiny poison dart frogs that live in the rain forests of Central and South America, covering such topics as their mating habits, unique nurturing habits, and predators, as well as methods to extract the frog's poison, and presents color illustrations of several species.

Facts and folk beliefs about rattlesnakes accompany an autobiographical account of three personal encounters with rattlesnakes.

The story of a young girl who runs away from home to live with a Navajo family.

Shows people how to find their way in nature and in cities without relying on such modern tools as the GPS, maps, or compasses.

An expectant mother watches as an orb weaver spider spins a web, lays her eggs, and stays with them over the winter.

Identifies the two major types of spiders and describes their body parts, behavior, and habitats.