"It's time for the annual pond sports fair! Dewdrop the axolotl can't wait to cheer on his friends. But as the big day gets closer and his friends get nervous, will he be able to remind them that doing their best in the most important part?"--Back cover.
Photographs and simple text introduce infant animals that live on lakes and ponds, including capybaras, mallard ducks, hippos, frogs, turtles, swans, otters, and herons.
Five vignettes, from dawn to midnight, present the dramatic dynamics of survival and competition in and around a typical North American pond, featuring such animals as a pickerel frog, water snake, and opossum.