Mossy, a turtle with a garden growing on her shell, is taken from her home and new friend to become an exhibit in a museum, until the director's niece, Tory, notices how sad Mossy is and helps arrange for her to go home.

When sickness decimates his fishing village, an orphan named Leif flees north in a cedar canoe, journeying along a brutal but beautiful coastline.

Two hyenas from Africa find a pair of passports (memo: do not go swimming in a crocodile pool), and move to Teddington, England, where they live suburban lives, hold jobs, and raise their children to hide their tails and act human--the only trouble is oldMr. McNumpty, their nosy neighbor, who is hiding a secret of his own.

"Part coming-of-age autobiography and part nature guide, Gerald Durrell?s dazzling sequel to My Family and Other Animals is based on his boyhood on Corfu, from 1933 to 1939. Originally published in 1969 but long out of print, Birds, Beasts, and Relatives is filled with charming observations, amusing anecdotes, boyhood memories, and childlike wonder."--Amazon.com.

"Charles Dickens' dog Timber tells the story of his life with the great writer."--

Grisha the dragon is born in the Black Forest in 1803, the last year any dragon was born, and while young he was trapped by the emperor's sorcerer, and turned into a teapot, which was frustrating but kept him alive while magic and other dragons were disappearing--until one day he meets Maggie, a poet's daughter, and the two of them set out to discover what happened to all the other dragons.

In A Natural Year, critically acclaimed travel writer Michael Fewer celebrates the everyday wonder of Irish nature in these beautifully written diaries, observed from his homes in south Dublin and rural Waterford, in which he delights at the startling beauty and extraordinary complexity of the natural world through the tranquil rhythms of the passing seasons. Fewer's infectious passion for his subject simply inspires our own observation, and suggests...

Pierre is excited about his trip to Paris for the poodle championship, and he can't wait to see the sights. But when his beloved Miss Murphy leaves him in the hotel room, Pierre takes matters into his own paws. He slips out of their room and makes his way to the top of the Eiffel Tower! When a storm erupts, Pierre catches hold of an umbrella and is swept into the sky over Paris. He lives his dream of being Pierre Le Poof-Daredevil Poodle. In true...

Explore Paris with two lovable pups in this story of friendship and compassion. In the third outing of the bestselling Paris Chien Adventures, Hudson has become the consummate Parisian: a gourmet who loves good food, a cinÉphile, who loves movies, and a fleur, who knows his adopted city inside out, from the Pont Neuf to the PÉriphÉrique. Hudson to the rescue! When Hudson encounters a lost puppy, our hero takes him on a whirlwind tour of Paris...

Join sibling Chihuahuas, Bella and Harry, as they travel to Paris and discover the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and other fascinating places. Along the way, local cuisine (such as crepes) and basic French phrases are introduced to the reader. The Adventures of Bella & Harry is a picture book series that chronicles the escapades of a pup named Bella, her little brother Harry and their family, who travel the world exploring the sights and...