The Secret Life of the Sea Otter by Laurence PringleFollow a year in the life of an adorable sea otter as she creatively hunts for food, deftly avoids danger from a great white shark, and gives birth to a pup. Living off the coast of California in the Northern Pacific Ocean, Lutris the sea otter shares her life in a giant kelp forest habitat with many other otters and animals. Lutris is resourceful and relies on her keen sense of sight and smell to find food and survive. When her pup is born, Lutris

she helps bring JOY

of good and evil--one must enlist in the struggle with all one's might and at the same time bow in awe before the unspeakable beauty and pain and all that is inexplicable

The countless lupines that bloom along the coast of Maine are the legacy of the real Miss Rumphius

--Rebecca Ratterman "Seattle Magazine"

and become art

which discuss specific mammals and more general topics

Eric Carle's bright artwork and signature style will charm both ardent fans and new readers alike

and wraps it all up by describing multiple cooking and preservation techniques we all can use to make the most of our harvests

that a blue jay can fool

Whether your passions lie in gardening

Petra Brown has been a children's book illustrator since 2006 when her first picture book If Big Can

One of the best-loved Brothers Grimm fairy tales in the world