Joanne Ryder

School is in session! But this is no ordinary kindergarten class. Meet sixteen young giant panda cubs at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda at the Wolong Nature Preserve. The cubs are raised together from infancy in a protected setting, where they grow strong. Under the watchful eyes of the scientists and workers, the cubs learn skills that will help prepare them to be released into the wild.

At the end of the summer, a child revisits the special places she has enjoyed on her vacation.

Transformed into a humpback whale, a child experiences life in the ocean among other whales.

Describes what it feels like to change from a caterpillar into a butterfly. Includes gardening tips to attract butterflies.

At night after falling asleep, Anna flies to her favorite park which is now filled with crocodiles, monkeys, and a lion who takes her to his secret waterfall.

Snug in the comfort of his home, a boy imagines the woods full of bears that eat and play and watch the night come, just as he does.

Rhyming text lists a series of animals in their natural habitats, from a fawn in the grass and a snail underneath a leaf to a buzzing bee and two racing hummingbirds.

Celebrates the creatures of the earth, from spiders dangling in their webs to owls hooting and hunting out of sight, and asks that we respect and care for them.