Milly and Tom are bird watching on the sunny beach in Guanacaste, Costa Rica when they noticed a commotion in the big tree on the edge of the forest.----Magpie Jay is planning to have a big birthday celebration with many of her feathered friends but her unsociable neighbor, Miss Green Iguana, doesnt like the idea of a bunch of squawking, noisy-beaked birds disturbing her peaceful afternoon! She, Congo the howler monkey, and the black grackle plan to put an end to the festivities -- but lit...

People are often surprised to learn that although the current global levels of food production are sufficient to feed all of humanity, the problems of undernourishment increase year by year in many countries. Economic growth, while important, is not a guarantee for reducing hunger. The intensification of income concentration worldwide, in the face of the persistence of millions of hungry families, demonstrates that economic interest is not guided by the needs of humanity. Moreover, the pro...

Just fourteen, Rick Walder is alone, on the run, and desperate. Stowing away in the back of a truck, he suddenly finds himself at a dead end, out in the middle of nowhere. The Maze. In this surreal landscape of stark redrock spires and deep sandstone canyons, Rick stumbles into the remote camp of Lon Perigrino, a bird biologist who is realeasing fledgling California condors back into the wild. Intriqued by the endangered condors and the strange bearded man dedicated to saving them, Rick de...

Twins Ben and Zoe are miserable after being left behind while their parents head to Africa for a veterinary adventure. But almost immediately after their parents depart, Dr Stephen Fisher, a famous zoologist, recruits Ben and Zoe for an adventure of their own! Soon, the twins are on their way to Sumatra to rescue a tiger and her two cubs from a gang of vicious poachers.

A sweet story about the importance of family, being thankful, and love--as told by a family of turkeys, with a hilarious surprise at the end!"It's late in November, the blue sky is clear,and Thanksgiving Day is finally here.So many hugs and so many kisses.So many 'Happy Thanksgiving' wishes."A family gathers to celebrate all that they're grateful for. But wait, there's a twist! This funny, rhyming read-aloud story features turkeys who celebrate Thanksgiving! The Turkey clan arrives from al...

Pandora lives alone, in a world of broken things. She makes herself a handsome home, but no one ever comes to visit. Then one day something falls from the sky. . . a bird with a broken wing.Little by little, Pandora helps the bird grow stronger. Little by little, the bird helps Pandora feel less lonely. The bird begins to fly again, and always comes back—bringing seeds and flowers and other small gifts. But then one day, it flies away and doesn't return. Pandora is heartbroke...

James is a little bear in a family of five. In James and the Jealous, Naughty Seagull, he saves a seagull with a broken wing and it now lives with him. James wants to play ball, but the seagull is far too small, so Jamess father buys him a puppy called Jim.----Jim has a kind nature, but he is getting most of Jamess attention now and the seagull has become jealous. She tries all types of tricks to get Jim in big trouble. One day a neighbors cat was sizing the seagull up for a tasty meal, wh...

In the middle of a wood there is a chick who will not fly. "Not I!" she cries to Mother Owl and Father Owl. She flaps, she flips, she flops, and she hops back into the nest. Time passes and seasons change, but still she refuses to fly. Will she ever learn to let go and soar up into the open sky?

Shoo is a blackbird with a bad wing.When teased by the other blackbirds, he befriends lonely little Noah who shares his after school cookie with Shoo and they quickly become friends. When Shoo learns Noah has to move to Allentown, he decides to fly there, because he doesn't want Noah to be alone. However, because of his bad wing, Shoo cannot fly all the way to Allentown.He meets Sergeant Brave in Ocean City, a highly decorated rescue pigeon recently retired from the Coast G...

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.Down in the Jungle it's time for bed, but Monkey wants a story, and he sets off to find one in this charming, funny story, perfect for early readers.

The classic story from Nobel Prize winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer about a family who adopts a parakeet during Hanukkah, fully illustrated and in picture book form for the very first time.When young David and Mama and Papa are celebrating Hanukkah one frosty winter evening in Brooklyn, Papa sees a parakeet sitting on the window ledge. He lets the parakeet in and everyone is delighted to find that it speaks Yiddish. They name it Dreidel and it becomes part of t...

Someone is smuggling secrets out of the Kennewicketts' lab and sabotaging their experiments, putting everyone at the Amazing Automated Inn at risk. In pursuit of the villains, the family of scientific geniuses board their dirigible and take to the skies. Together with their robotic staff and the inventor Nikola Tesla, they must face murderous sky pirates, cross the Alps in a giant mechanical spider, and defy the perilous pigeon Iron Claw and the malevolent magician Madini once more....