prairies

Describes the climate, soil, seasons, plants, and animals of the North American prairie and the ways in which the plants and animals depend on each other and their environment to survive.

A poem, accompanied by evocative landscape paintings, celebrates the natural beauty of the prairie and the joys of growing up on it.

Discusses the grasses, plants, animals, climate, food, water, humans, and ecology of the prairie.

Photographs and simple text introduce young readers to the various forms of wildlife found on the American prairie.

Lavishly illustrated text depicts the wild animals of the world's grasslands and describes their environment.

A brief introduction to prairies, describing where they are located in the United States, the plants and animals found there, and how their use has changed over the years.

Describes the vast grasslands of our continent as they were years ago, their eventual destruction, and the present efforts to restore them.

The animals on a prairie wildlife refuge sense an approaching tornado and seek protection before it touches down and destroys everything in its path.

With their father away and their mother traumatized by some unknown event, eleven-year-old Polly and her younger sister are left to take care of themselves and their prairie homestead.