Ryder, Joanne

A child is transformed into a Tyrannosaurus rex for a day and discovers what it is like to be a killing machine and the largest meat-eating animal to have hunted on land.

As a young sea otter, the reader enjoys a day of hunting, grooming, and playing in a cove.

A collection of poems that portray the meadow and its creatures from morning till night.

A child stands outside her lamplit home and imagines the lives of many night creatures as they move silently in the unseen, half-sensed world of the darkness.

Poems take the reader on an early morning walk to observe the animals of woods and water in happy solitude.

Pictures and simple text follow the first year of life of Hua Mei, a giant panda born at the San Diego Zoo in 1999.

Transformed into a bird for a day, a child joins a flock of wild geese in glorious flight.

Celebrates the creatures of the earth, from spiders dangling in their webs to owls hooting and hunting out of sight, and asks that we respect and care for them.

Lyrical text describes a mother's voice as she sings, hums, encourages, cheers, comforts, and shares secrets with her daughter during the course of a day.

A lyrical description of a chipmunk as it goes about its activities in late summer, prepares for winter, and settles in till spring.