prairies

When her family moves from Florida to the Colorado prairie to raise alpacas, twelve-year-old Laney must leave behind the ocean she loves and accept the new landscape and life ahead of her.

Presents nearly fifty stories, poems, songs, essays, and letters that celebrate nature in North America's Midwestern prairie, including works by such figures as Willa Cather, Carl Sandburg, and Georgia O'Keeffe.

A young prairie farm girl records her summer adventures in a diary.

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

Three children describe what it is like to live on the plains of Mali, Siberia, and Kansas.

Introduces the North American prairie, its importance to Native Americans, and some of the wildlife that can be found there, including hawks, badgers, and buffalo.

Describes the different plants and animals which can be found in the prairie.

Tells the story of the 1888 blizzard that spread across the Great Plains killing hundreds of children as they walked home from school, and is written in graphic novel format.

As a storm threatens, a young boy who dreams of becoming a Mountie, rides across the prairie in search of his missing younger brother.

Vivid color illustrations and informational text present a "sampler" of life on the American prairie, covering the region's land, climate, people, wildlife, agriculture, mining, food, recreation, celebrations, and arts and crafts. Includes two recipes.