Mrs. Noah nurses injured birds and brings them on board the ark when the heavy rains come, saving a special mission for the doves.

"In this modern-day re-telling of Aesop's fable 'The City Mouse and the Country Mouse,' Liz turns up her nose at farm cooking while Abby learns she prefers the peace of the farm to the excitement of the city"--

A very clever yeti eludes the traps of children as he hides in the snow-covered mountains he calls home.

Publisher Annotation: Gray skies, foamy waves, and brisk wind await Granny and Bean when they head out for their day by the sea. But they are full of only wonder and delight at all the shore has to offer. They listen for the shrieks of the seabirds as they discover treasures hidden in the sand, greet dogs as they pass, leap over logs, and settle out of the wind for a cozy treat before tramping homeward again. Rendered in simple, lilting text by Newbery...

For thousands of years, quartz fragments have traveled down the Delaware River (once called the Wehittck by the Lenape Indians), washing ashore near a place settled by the Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobson Mey, where they are gathered as treasures and known as Cape May Diamonds.

"A Native American woman describes how she loved her child before it was born and, throughout her pregnancy, gathered a bundle of gifts to welcome the newborn."--

Little Blue Truck and his friend Toad take a scenic drive on a spring day and see such new sights as a sheep and her lambs, a duck and her ducklings, and a cow and her calf in a story complemented by interactive lift-flaps.