An Air Force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. A hearing- and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are communicating with one another. These four,...

"Rhyming couplets celebrate rainy weather and the activities it makes possible from a preschooler's perspective. Mixed-media collage art shows young children engaging in fun activities, including puddle stomping and search and rescuing worms and snails. A final page includes age-appropriate STEM activities related to rain."-- Provided by publisher.

"A young girl named Lizzy buys a cloud and keeps it as a pet--until the day it grows too big for her to handle."-- Provided by publisher.

"Three generations of a family grow up and come together around one pecan tree"-- Provided by publisher.

"A young artist draws inspiration from the leaves she collects and every leaf sparks a new idea"-- Provided by publisher.

A spellbinding novel that places one family's tragedies against the uncontainable life force of the land itself. Near a village high in the Pyrenees, Domènec wanders across a ridge, fancying himself more a poet than a farmer, to "reel off his verses over on this side of the mountain." He gathers black chanterelles and attends to a troubled cow. And then storm clouds swell, full of electrifying power. Reckless, gleeful, they release their bolts of...

While playing in a pool on the side of the mountain, Isaac follows the water to a river, a waterfall, and the great ocean, in a book that celebrates the water cycle.

"A tiny woman makes a coat out of objects she finds in nature. "-- Provided by publisher.

The tale begins with Gil, who In the wake of his father's death and recently fired from his job, agrees to accompany his father's old hiking partner Syd on a monthlong trek on the John Muir Trail. There's just one problem: Gil hates camping and is woefully unprepared for the rigors of the journey. Moreover, he soon learns Syd may not survive the hike...Former Sierra Club leader Ethan Gallogly takes you on a wild tour across the Range of Light, describing...

A little girl and her family go hiking up a nearby mountain for the very first time.