Jean Craighead George

Silver Tusk, the matriarch of the Wamba elephant family, pushes the elephants on a long walk, not even allowing young Odon to stop and nurse.

Describes how cats communicate with people through their behavior and sounds and explains how to talk back to them using sounds, behavior, and body language.

Simu, a young white rhinoceros, gets lost while playing on the African plains, but is rescued by his mother and aunt.

"In the mid-1800s seventy-five million buffalo roamed in North America. In little more than fifty years, there would be almost none." The death of the buffalo and the settlers' farming and ranching practices endangered the prairie, as drought made the farmland crumble to dust. To help repair the land, the buffalo had to be saved.

Alex enjoys kayaking behind the raft of his aunt and uncle as they journey down Idaho's Salmon River, until they find themselves in the middle of a forest fire.

Deep in the mountain forest, a hungry weasel stalks a nest of baby peregrine falcons.

Presents a tribute to the efforts of dedicated volunteers who helped save the American bald eagle from extinction, including the story of a young boy who helped hatch an eaglet.

"While caring for a baby crow, Mandy begins to look at her family and herself in a different light."--Title page verso.

While Axel, his father, Dag, and his dog, Grits, are testing the snow in the Teton Mountains' Glory Bowl, Axel's snowboarding rival, Kelly, starts showing off and triggers an avalanche.

A young sandhill crane, Luck, finds his place in the ancient crane migration from northern Canada to the Platte River.