The true story of an injured owl’s recovery and return to nature Greta the Great Horned Owl is out hunting mice. She has no idea that her life is about to change forever. A train strikes her, severely injuring her wing and leg. A rescue team brings her to a wildlife rehabilitation center—and this is just the beginning of her story. Will surgery save her wing? Can Greta learn to fly again? Her only hope of returning to the wild is to prove that she can hunt. Greta the Great Horned Owl is a true story told with gorgeous photographs and heartwarming text by award-winning author Christie Gove-Berg. Through Greta’s journey, readers learn about owls and wildlife rehabilitation centers. See the inside of a wildlife hospital. Learn how veterinarians help animals to get better. Find out about owl diets, nests, and families. Greta the Great Horned Owl is both entertaining and educational, helping to instill in children an appreciation of animals and nature.

This true story tells the tale of a Great Horned Owl that is struck by a train, then rescued, rehabilitated, and returned to the wild.

Roosting in tall branches, the great horned owl owns the night. With giant eyes that take up much of its skull, the owl can see well enough at night to catch a mouse over great distance. This common hunter can be heard at night, hooting to other owls with two horn-like feathered tufts on the sides of its head. With full-color photographs and approachable text, this book shows readers how this owl lives and hunts for its prey in even the darkest night.

Maggie has just learned to fly when she crashes into the side of a building. She falls to the ground, alone and injured. Who will help her? As told with real photographs, this true story explains how wildlife hospitals rescue and treat injured animals. Their goal is to release the animals back into the wild. Sometimes, this isn't possible--but there can still be a happy ending. Maggie's story, written by Christie Gove-Berg, is just such a success!

Read the amazing true story of an injured bear cub’s rescue, recovery, and return to nature—and learn about animal hospitals. Bailey the bear cub loves living in the forest and exploring with her mama. She has no idea that her life is about to change forever. When she gets too close to a road near the forest, Bailey is struck by a car! She is severely injured, and her jaw is broken. A rescue team brings her to a wildlife rehabilitation center (or animal hospital)—and this is just the beginning of her story. Will surgery save her jaw? Can Bailey learn to use it again? Her only hope of returning to the wild is to prove that she is healed and able to survive on her own. Bailey the Bear Needs Help! is a true story told with gorgeous photographs and heartwarming text by award-winning author Christy Gove. Through Bailey’s journey, readers learn about bears and wildlife rehabilitation centers. See the inside of a wildlife hospital. Learn how veterinarians help animals to get better. Find out about bear diets, dens, and families. Bailey the Bear Needs Help! is both entertaining and educational, helping to instill in children an appreciation of animals and nature.

Some people are like monarch butterflies—solitary by nature, on a passionate search for somewhere. Critically acclaimed songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews presents her first poetry collection. This poetry collection reads like a transformation, me, the narrator, being the figurative Old Monarch. Documenting this journey, the book is separated into three sections, "Sonoran Milkweed," "Longing In Flight," and "Eucalyptus Tree (My Arrival to Rest)." In the first stage of my journey, I explore my childhood in Arizona, and the naive assumptions of youth. At this stage in my journey, I am impressionable, seeing the world with all its nuances for the first time. Through the landscape of the Sonoran Desert, I explore some dark family dynamics and what a child sees. Several characters turn up in the early poems including my cowboy grandpa, and the single mother who raised me, despite many forthcomings. The early poems also explore my desire to see a brighter world of possibility beyond the dusty desert island, and see humans more clearly within the confounds of discovery. In the second stage, I have left home. I am falling in love for the first time, as I become a young woman. Finally, the last stage is the old monarch's arrival to the garden. There are a lot of metaphysical and philosophical poems in this section. I arrive at the figurative garden, and I finally understand the journey at the edge of my life. There are a lot of poems in the context of a garden here, accepting mortality and the ever-changing world. These are meant to be wise old woman poems.

Peace Within follows the lives of Josefina and Patrick as they deal with their looming departure from their jobs and its effect on their family. Still reeling from events that almost cost them their lives while working away from home, the turmoil of their work life is replaced by a different kind of challenge. They set about raising their son in a world that is far more complex than the one in which they grew up. When Patrick's daughter and granddaughter move out west and join them, Josefina and Patrick rearrange their lives, only to learn it impossible to keep violence and tragedy at bay. Patrick finds himself struggling with his faith as he tries to keep those he loves safe. Finally, feeling desperate, he makes the rash decision to ask God for a miracle.

"Success in the propagation of game birds has been enjoyed in the United States by individuals, by sportsmen's organizations, and by state game departments. There have been failures, of course, but methods that assure success are known. These are treated concisely in this bulletin and are elaborated upon in other publications ... Raising game birds may be made profitable, since the demand exceeds the supply of adult birds for breeding, of both young and adults for restocking, and of eggs for distribution to farmers and shooting clubs."--Ii.

Read about Talala, the plucky leopard cub, who made her own family in Gir National Park.

“A sweet and uplifting read.”—Publishers Weekly Celebrated Newbery Medal–winner Cynthia Voigt introduces Little Bird, a tiny crow with a big imagination and an even bigger heart, in this timeless read-alone and read-aloud just right for the young middle grade audience. Little Bird features black-and-white illustrations by Newbery Medalist Lynne Rae Perkins throughout. When a wild fisher cat attacks their nest, Little Bird and her flock are devastated. Not only does the fisher cat harm the fledglings, but it also makes off with the shiny pendant that the superstitious crows rely on for good luck. Little Bird believes that she can find the lucky pendant and return it to the nest before disaster strikes. The other crows aren’t so sure—after all, Little Bird is so little and undependable and meek. But with the help of some new friends—including a very funny goat—Little Bird journeys through forests and over lakes and fields, challenging her wits and survival skills along the way. The crow who returns home is wiser, braver, kinder, and ready—at last—to spread her wings. Newbery Medal–winner Cynthia Voigt’s gentle humor, sense of fun and adventure, and delightful main character sing off the page in this timely short novel about bravery and friendship, illustrated by Newbery Medal–winner Lynne Rae Perkins. A page-turning read-aloud for families and classrooms, and a terrific book for fans of Nuts to You, by Lynne Rae Perkins, and Avi’s Poppy books.