Deeply wounded by her embittered mother's lack of sympathy for her aspirations, Elnora finds comfort in the nearby Limberlost Swamp, whose beauty and rich abundance provide her with the means to better her life.
Photographs and text describe the climate and wildlife of wetland areas, and focuses on the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina, Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia and Florida, and the Florida Everglades.
Determined to retrieve her hat from the sycamore tree where it had been blown by the wind, Virginnie tries to dislodge it by throwing her boots up one after the other, unaware of the threatening swamp creatures behind her.
While Swamp Thing is busy stomping out a local forest fire, evil Solomon Grundy and his Undead Pet Club try to revive all the dead pets in the world and take it over. The Down Home Critter Gang must stop their evil plans before it's too late.
In the rippling waters of a swamp, mosquitoes fly and hum, dragonflies swoop and drone, and other creatures live their interwoven lives. Includes facts about swamps and food chains.
When his stepfather moves them to Taper, Florida, in the Everglades, twelve-year-old Charlie discovers a secret world hidden within the sugar cane fields, as well as new family connections and friendships.
When Swamp Thing is called away to help with a fire elsewhere, Solomon Grundy and his zombie pets decide to take over the swamp--and it is up to Ace the Bat-Hound and the Swamp-Pets to repel the invasion.
A rhyming counting tale in which Possum, Skunk, Frog, and other animals join a procession through the swamp, one with a potentially dangerous conclusion.
