Henry Carter Hull

Throughout the day and into the night, a boy and his family observe the constantly changing sky.

Encourages the reader to look at objects in nature from another perspective, observing their colors in a new way.

"Pandora the fox lives alone in a junk yard. She's depressed and has no contact with the outside world. Then, she rescues a blue bird. As she nurses him back to health, the bird collects seeds and trinkets for her. One day, the bird grows strong enough to fly away, but the garden seeds he brought begin to transform Pandora's landscape"--

A young girl and her mother walk along the beach and marvel at the treasures cast up by the sea and the wonders of the world around them.

In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.

A mouse and its mother experience the delights of nature on a windy spring day.