Nature Nonfiction

Who could resist living for a year with a raccoon who is just about your best friend?

In this delightful memoir, Sterling North recalls his year with Rascal - a very mischievous and resourceful raccoon. Virtually everywhere Sterling goes, Rascal is there, and life is filled with one adventure after another.

Jack liebt sein Stoffschwein über alles. Es war immer für ihn da, gemeinsam sind sie stets durch dick und dünn gegangen. Bis an einem Weihnachtsabend etwas Schreckliches passiert - das Stoffschwein ist verschwunden. Doch Weihnachten ist die Nacht der Wunder und der hoffnungslosen Fälle, die Nacht, in der sogar Spielzeuge zum Leben erwachen. Und Jacks neues Stofftier, das Weihnachtsschwein, das das alte nie ersetzen könnte, hat einen kühnen Plan.

T. rex vs. Tyrannotitan? Supersaurus vs. Spinosaurus? Which dinosaurs would win in a deadly prehistoric battle? Find out in the newest edition of the Who Would Win series. In this audiobook, explore the facts and characteristics of 16 different dinosaurs to find out who is the roughest, toughest, and strongest dinosaur! It's a rumble! Listen along with author Jerry Pallotta to find out who would win!

Dogs have many abilities, along with being super cute–they have great noses that can sniff out smells that humans can’t!

Did you know food scraps you throw away help plants and vegetables grow? Scavengers, animals who eat our food scraps, and decomposers: bacteria, fungi, and insects break the food down into soil. They eat some and put the rest into the soil we use for planting and gardening. Can you guess which animals and bugs make the best decomposers? What are scientists learning about decomposers?

Did you know some birds can grow thousands of feathers? Find out the different jobs feathers have to help a bird fly. Learn the differences between primary feathers and tail feathers in a bird’s flight.

Birds are easier to hear than they are to see. If you want to encourage more birds to visit your backyard–learn how to build a bird feeder and a bird's nest! What types of birds will you find? Learn two simple ways to help birds live and to observe them in your own backyard!

Have you ever seen a flock of geese flying in the sky? Yo and her grandfather spot lots of geese flying South to escape the winter’s snow and ice. Yo is excited to watch the geese begin their long journey home.

Yo and her mother go outdoors to fill the bird feeders with birdseed. Yo wonders if they should feed wild animals too. What will happen if Yo leaves birdseed out for other animals? Will Yo and her mother decide to feed the other animals?

Have you ever seen a coyote? Coyotes live across North America and have earned quite the reputation as pests. Many people have begun to trap and kill them in order to protect their livestock—but they are fascinating animals with long history and event part of folklore. Learn about the coyote and their special behaviors and abilities!

Yo learns about foods that are poisonous for dogs to eat. Yo and her grandfather learn what the most dangerous human food is for dogs using their computer. How many types of food will Yo and her grandfather find to keep Lips safe?

What sounds do Storks and Cuckoos make in spring? Why do they make these sounds? During the spring months in Ukraine, Cuckoos call to their mates with a beautiful song and Storks use their beaks to make a clacking sound to talk to their mates. Discover how Storks scare predators away with their sounds and how sneaky the Cuckoo bird can be!

What's your favorite kind of music? There are many types of musicians—including birds! Songbirds can create all different kinds of music for different purposes. Learn about the different songbirds, their unique sounds, and where they live.

Native American tribes from the Northwest Coast learned to use the wood of cedar trees for many of their daily needs. Tribes used recycling to conserve resources hundreds of years ago. Pounding bark until it was fluffy to make diapers and with special thin branches called withes, cedar trees were soaked and used to make rope. What special technique did tribes use to take down big cedar trees?

Learn what bird has the ability to sleep while flying through the sky–the albatross! With a wingspan of 10 feet, this sea bird glides over the warm Southern waters looking for squid and fish to eat! They spend most of their time flying except when eating or feeding babies. Parent duty is shared by these loyal birds who stay with their mate for life. Guess where the albatross flies to lay its egg?

Who is the first to show up to a forest fire? It's not firefighters—it's the Charcoal beetles! Looking for a place to lay their eggs, they search for the hottest parts of the fire in order to use the burnt trees. Learn how these beetles can sense fires and why fires are their ideal breeding grounds. Find out why scientists want to study these unusual bugs in order to help society!

Take flight and discover the corvid family of birds that boasts an intelligence that is comparable to the human brain. Ravens' anatomy, like humans, have big brains that makes them great problem-solvers in finding creative ways to survive as scavengers. What other birds are covids? Learn about the theory of convergent evolution and how it applies to humans and ravens' brains!

You won't believe your ears! Scientists are testing otter's hearing to help annimal conservation efforts. By understanding the sensitivity of otter's hearing, scientists can focus their efforts to save otters—but can you imagine an otter taking a hearing test like you do at school? Learn about the important understanding of the effects from noise pollution on otters' living habits.

Do you know what a baby koala, or a joey, looks like? Learn about how a joey spends its first year—from staying exclusively inside its mother's pouch, to venturing out into the world, and finally to moving into its own tree.

Hop to it! Do you know how or why a kangaroo hops and leaps? Learn how their legs, feet, and tail help a kangaroo move which starts with bouncing! Like humans, kangaroos' legs are made for how they move! While we walk upright, they jump and leap! Kangaroos use their tail to slow down. Find out why they are the largest and most powerful marsupials!