Bruce McMillan
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The women of one village in Iceland decide to plant trees to stop the powerful winds that make it difficult even to go for a walk, but first they must find a ways to prevent sheep from eating all of their saplings, while encouraging chickens to fertilize them.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
Photographic puzzles follow an escaped pet mouse through a school while depicting such common school items as scissors, paper, books, and chalk. Readers are challenged to identify the objects as seen from the mouse's point of view.
10) Wild flamingos
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
A photo essay describing the physical characteristics, natural habitat, and behavior of the flamingos of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
The author presents the story of Drifa, who lives on a small island off the coast of Iceland and is responsible for the hatching and raising of over 200 peeping wild eider ducks. Supported by a license from Iceland's Ministry of Environment, Drifa's goal is to raise the ducklings to reestablish a colony of common eiders on the island. Illustrated with full-color photos by the author.
18) The weather sky
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
A study of weather patterns and clouds that occur in the Earth's temperate zones.
20) Puniddles
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1982
Language
English
Description
Presents pairs of photographs depicting everyday sights that, when put together, take on a new and humorous meaning.