great lakes region

Profiles more than seventy species of salamanders, frogs, toads, turtles, lizards, and snakes found in the Great Lakes drainage basin, covering their physical characteristics, differences from similar species, distribution, status, habitat and ecology, reproduction and growth, and conservation.

The author shares what she learned after coming to a realization as an adult that she had no knowledge of her natural neighborhood, providing descriptions and explanations of plants, animals, and natural phenomena encountered in each month of the year.

Focuses on learning to identify and count the numbers one through ten by counting how many dancers participate in the Indian powwow dance.

Describes the traditional custom of planting gourds for the fall gathering giveaway of the Miami Indians.

A retelling of a Lenape (Delaware Indian) traditional tale of how the "kokolesh" (rabbit-tail) game was first made by a young boy.

Examines the government, religion, social structures, arts, and culture of the Potawatomi people in the twenty-first century; discusses the tribe's history, legends, contributions to the world, and plans for the future; and includes quotations, sidebars, and illustrations.

While spending a week with her grandmother who, like her is a Chippewa Indian, Kimmy learns to make a dreamcatcher which allows the sleeper to have only sweet dreams.

Shingebiss the duck bravely challenges the Winter Maker and manages to find enough food to survive a long, harsh winter.

A counting book highlighting the harvest festival of the Woodland Indians from the Great Lakes Region.