everglades

Presents an introduction to the Everglades, in simple text with illustrations, describing what they are, where they are, and what lives there.

Presents more than twenty natural history essays and short stories about the five areas of the Everglades ecosystem, written by southern writers.

Poetic text and color paintings provide a tour through the Everglades, showing a day in the life of the ecosystem's interlocking parts, including fish-catching ospreys, turtle-hunting alligators, and hiding panthers.

Colorful photographs and text discuss the alligator and its relationship to the Everglades ecosystem.

Presents a study of the Florida Everglades and examines the early inhabitants of the region, the various species of plants and animals that live there, and the fight to preserve and protect it.

Describes the Florida Everglades, the evolution of this unique area, and the impact humans have had on its once-abundant life forms.

Presents an overview of wetland ecology as seen in Florida's Everglades, the largest freshwater wetlands ecosystem in the continental United States.

Describes the unique area of Florida known as the Everglades and the plants and animals that are found there.

When two Florida teenagers become stranded on a tiny island in the Everglades, they attempt to walk ten miles through swampland to reach civilization.