Wendell Minor

Pictures and rhyming text present some of the many extraordinary things penguins can do. Includes facts about penguins as well as related websites.

In watercolor sketches accompanied by text, the author records his impressions of the Grand Canyon.

Associates each letter of the alphabet with a person, place, or event from the American Revolution, for example, "V" is for Valley Forge, and "W" is for George Washington.

"An introduction to diurnal (daytime) and nocturnal (nighttime) animals"--

Pumpkin heads and jack-o-lanterns of all varieties abound when Halloween comes around.

An account of Amelia Earhart's dangerous 1932 flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland, in which she survived bad weather and a malfunctioning airplane. Includes a brief biography of the aviator.

Continues the story of Julie and her wolves in which Kapu must protect his pack from famine and disease while uniting it under his new leadership.

Evokes the land, animals, and people of the Middle West in poetic text and illustrations. Lyrical celebration of the Midwest.

A mother's words help a little boy imagine the sights and sounds of the seashore, even though he's never seen the ocean.

In the icy waters of the Pacific, a massive humpback whale unexpectedly finds herself tangled in a net abandoned by fishermen. When a rescue boat and a convoy of divers arrive to help the struggling humpback, a realistic and moving encounter bridges the human and aquatic worlds.