What if Jack and Jill had been playing on a nice soft sand dune instead of that treacherous hill? And suppose Mary's pet wasn't really a lamb? What if Mary had a little clam? This collection retells Mother Goose rhymes and celebrates America's coastlines and waterways from sea to shining sea. Includes "For Creative Minds" section.

Description of osprey based on observations in U.S. Includes 32 black-and-white mounted photographs of ospreys.

Meredith Jackson is 17 when her father drowns in an accident at a ScoutJamboree. Mer is left to pick up the pieces with her mother and brothersand re-focus their lives. However, another tragedy is not far away andthe family is in turmoil again. Mer’s mother, Annabel, is a celebrity from the golden era ofAustralian swimming in the 1950s. Annabel is the ‘darling daughter’of the Windsor community west of Sydney. Her fame originates froma dramatic rescue from the June 1949 Hawkesbury River flood atthe age of fourteen. Just three years later a controversy surroundsAnnabel’s failure to reach the Olympic 200m breaststroke final at the1952 Helsinki Olympics. She makes amends when, as a mother of two,she makes it into the final at Melbourne in 1956. But much of whathappened in Finland remains unexplained. Guiding Mer through her personal odyssey is the strange etherealpresence of the osprey, which Mer identifies as being like her personaltotem. There is also the uncanny relationship she has with the paintingsof Ari Niemela, a Finnish artist whose body is recovered from the surf infront of her on a hot summer’s night at Currumbin Rocks. Complicating Mer’s search for understanding is her mother’s closerelationship with Bishop Rev. Peter Hale, an outspoken social reformer,but still, in Mer’s artist’s eyes, the embodiment of all she wants to rejectin the form of organised religion. Eventually in Finland, through thelove of a caring family, and the wisdom of the aged shaman, Margita,truth is able to be unravelled. Some of the emotion in the story is embossed through extracts fromJohn Shaw Neilson’s nature poetry, providing a subtle tribute to one ofAustralia’s great lyricists who sadly is so little known.

The author of A Wild, Rank Place focuses on the osprey, capturing their magnificent beauty while chronicling their return on the east coast after a two decades absence. BOMC.

Oscar and Olive Osprey tells me heartwarming story of two ospreys that build a nest, raise three babies, and defend against predators. Filled with amazing color photographs, Oscar and Olive Osprey will delight children and parents alike, and inspire an emotional connection between their lives and the lives of these beautiful creatures. "Oscar and Olive Osprey is a charming book that children will love. It is not only a story of nature-of beautiful and graceful birds-but of family, parents' love, and of young birds growing, dreaming, overcoming their fears, and finding their way. Set atop a nest at the end of a pier, it is a story of life that parents and children can share. I highly recommend it."-Mark A. Reinecke, PhD, Chief Psychologist and professor at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Experiencing these spectacular birds of prey firsthand inspires, in children and adults alike, a sense of awe and a desire for learning more about them that is duplicated by reading this beautiful story. I know this book will guide the next generation of nature lovers to seek out the experience of watching ospreys for decades to come."-Joy Braunstein, CEO/President, Carolina Raptor Center "The connection you feel between this family and your own is so real. This story will capture your heart and you will no longer look at the osprey as just another bird!"-Carla Rohde, Park Naturalist/Raptor Specialist, M-NCPPC, Watkins Nature Center Book jacket.

Ospreys live on every continent but Antarctica and, as Doug Wechsler writes, “They make their living eating fish.” Packed with facts and action photography, this book will both educate readers and fully engage them in the life of this bird of prey.

A fascinating look at one of the greatest conservation success stories of the modern era: the wildly popular, unique, and thrilling raptor, the Osprey. Ospreys are one of the few bird species that are found throughout the world. From forests in Hokkaido to rivers in Oregon and islands off Australia, Ospreys steal the show as nature lovers easily watch them build their massive nests and tend to their young. The fact that the Osprey is one of the few large birds that can hover adds to its mystique, and to watch it plunge into the water, emerging with a fish clutched in its talons, is truly a sight one will remember. As widespread as Ospreys are, not long ago they were under threat of extinction. During the 1950s and '60s, scientists tied the decline of Osprey populations to the heavy use of DDT and other human pollutants. In the 1980s, Ospreys began a slow recovery due to the efforts of conservationists and through the resilience of the adaptable raptors themselves. Today they are again considered common in most parts of the world, although some populations remain threatened. In this gorgeously illustrated book, Alan F. Poole, one of America's premier Osprey experts, has written a lyrical exposé of these majestic creatures, describing their daily habits and exploring their relationship with the environment. Ospreys celebrates the species' miraculous recovery from contaminants and hunters, chronicles their spectacular long-distance migrations, and unveils their vital role in bringing life to coastal habitats. Few other birds have such a hold on the human imagination. This book shows us why.

Jenna "Cricket" McKay, protector of wildlife, stars in her first adventure! When an osprey nest atop an electrical pole catches fire, the whole town of Waterton loses power. Being a park warden’s daughter, Jenna (whom everyone calls Cricket) is there at the scene, where she finds three abandoned baby ospreys. Caring for the chicks proves to be challenging for Cricket. The birds are noisy, hungry and very picky eaters. But when she discovers that the power company is building a new anti-nesting device on the electrical pole, Cricket has an even bigger problem. How will she reunite the baby birds with their parents without a place for them to build a nest? The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Reading and talking to children are an important part in psychological education and brain development. When I was a young mother, I expected that the children books have substantial contents which provide meaningful topics for conversations with children. Birds and animals are always childrens favorite. This book shows the families of 18 species of birds and small animals through about 80 color pictures with explanations. By the book, I hope to provide topics of the love between parents and babies of the birds and small animals. I expect that parents and children enjoy the book together at reading time and children learn from parents.