Miles, Victoria

Nine-year-old Mimi Power wants to win the prize at the school art show, but it is hard to be creative around her demanding three-year-old sister, and Mimi must devise a plan to keep her sister busy.

Tells about two bald eagles who build a nest, hatch two eggs and raise the chicks.

Mariangela longs to play the piano, but her Italian immigrant family arranges for accordion lessons instead, and she is mortified when her reluctant struggle to make the bulky instrument sing appears doomed to failure.

A sea otter feeds her pup, grooms his fur, and naps with him in the sunshine.

Profiles ten wildlife biologists, describing their professional background and their encounters with such animals as bats, bears, wolves, and whales.

A grizzly bear gives birth to a litter of cubs, then spends three years teaching them what they need to know to survive before they go off on their own.