Wendy Pfeffer

This biography profiles the life of Rem Goldin, a young boy who saved his village by turning back the redcoats.

Relates the legend of how silk was discovered by a young empress in ancient China. Also includes facts about silk and the life cycle of the silkworm.

Firefly emerges from the ground as an adult and explores the summer night sky, avoiding predators, being caught and released by a little girl, and finding a mate.

Explains how earthworms eat, move, and reproduce and how they help plants to grow.

Describes how dolphins communicate with each other in squeaks, whistles, and pops.

Describes the hardy animals which live in the cold, harsh Arctic. This book provides information on how the various kinds of animals that live in the freezing-cold Arctic are able to survive.

A young mallard duck grows to maturity under the care of his mother, avoiding predators and learning how to fly.

Lusa, Toklo, Kallik, and Yakone have returned to Great Bear Lake for the Longest Day Gathering. This means being reunited with the familiar faces of bears they have encountered throughout their travels—but it also means returning to life among their own kind, which may not be as easy as they thought.

Introduction to the life cycle of a tree.

Discuses the characteristics and life cycle of the Mute Swan.

Describes the life cycle of these hardy wolves that live in the high Arctic, where temperatures can be as low as seventy degrees below zero.

Describes a fish, how it breathes, where it lives, what it eats, and how to have a fish as a pet.

Discuses the characteristics and life cycle of the Mute Swan.

Marta's sister Rosa calls her magnet collection junk, but Marta's magnets help her make friends in her new home and help her retrieve a lost key for Rosa's new friend.

Describes the Popcorn Park Zoo in New Jersey, which rescues and cares for animals that are sick, old, abused, or about to be destroyed.