Cherry, Lynne

A seed from a mangrove tree floats on the sea until it comes to rest on the shore of a faraway lagoon where, over time, it becomes a mangrove island that shelters many birds and animals, even during a hurricane.

Kamanya, a Tirio Indian boy, believes in the shaman's wisdom about the healing properties of plants found in his homeland, the Amazon rain forest, and hopes to one day be a healer for his people. Based on a true story.

Valerio the dragon and Allegra the unicorn are driven into hiding when humans begin to destroy the natural beauty of their land, but they receive hope when they befriend the daughter of the man responsible.

Rhyming text and illustrations introduce a variety of animals with different ailments.

Kamanya believes in the shaman's wisdom about the healing properties of plants found in the Amazon rain forest and hopes one day to be a healer for his people.

A young wood thrush makes his first migration from his nesting ground in a forest preserve in Maryland to his winter home in Costa Rica and back again.

An environmental history of the Nashua River, from its discovery by Indians through the polluting years of the Industrial Revolution to the ambitious clean-up that revitalized it.

The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rain forest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.

A wandering armadillo sees some of the cities, historic sites, geographic features, and wildlife of Texas.