A selection of plants and animals of the world are presented in order of their longevity, and each reveals a special quality of their lifetime.

Take a close look at your local lake, pond or woodland pool. There are salamanders, frogs, minnows, cattails, and hundreds of other water-loving plants and animals. Here is the journal and scrapbook of Klint, a young Planet Scout who kept notes for a year on his discoveries and became engrossed by the daily drama of turtles, crayfish, dragonflies, and water skimmers.

When her family moves to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, Megan keeps a nature journal in which she describes the desert, the changes that occur throughout the seasons, and how these affect the plant and animal inhabitants.

A history of the Earth, from its formation through the appearance of mammals and the extinction of dinosaurs, in the form of a story told by the Universe itself to an Earthling.

As his Mama Du looks on, Okomi, a young chimpanzee, tries to climb a very tall, slippery tree to reach some tasty leaves.

Mama Du introduces her brand new baby, Okomi, to his father and the rest of the chimpanzee family group.

When a dragonfly slips in and lands on her toothbrush, Eliza escorts it to a nearby pond to learn more about these remarkable insects.

Okomi, a baby chimpanzee, begins to explore his world from the safety of his mother's lap.

Count, clap, and sing the words in this book about the coral reef to the rhythm of Over in the Meadow.

"This introduction to a wild colony of honeybees offers close-up views of the queen, the cells, even bee eggs, and an understanding of their lives"--Provided by the publisher.

Looking for a new song to sing, five little birds go on a birdwatching trip and see species from the bald eagle in Alaska to mallard ducks in Boston.