Alamosa Public Library

Hope, Montana is a ranching town whose roads were once paved in wolf skulls. When a pack of wolves returns to the area and livestock begin to turn up dead, Hope's legacy of wolf-hating is reignited. It is up to biologist Helen Ross, called in to collar and monitor the wolves, to uphold their legally-protected status. Helen soon finds herself in the middle of a war zone, but among the growing ranks of hostile ranchers and militant environmentalists,...

A child describes the growth of a maple tree from seed to sapling.

"Join a boy and his dog as they explore nature and take a stroll through the countryside, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations with everything from the melting brook to chirping birds, they say goodbye to winter and welcome the lushness of spring."--

Presents the intersecting stories of a boy's quest for independence during a stay with his grandfather in the Colorado Rockies, and the maturation of a bird that lives in the waterfalls of a mountain stream.

In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.

A collection of short stories about animals taken from the novels "Hawaii", "Centennial", "Alaska", "Chesapeake", and "Texas."

A canoe ride on a northern lake during a summer day reveals the quiet beauty and wonder of nature in and around the peaceful water.

While observing how his bird and caterpillar friends change and grow, a leaf on a tree finds his own purpose after turning a beautiful crimson color and falling to the ground.

In a blending of fiction and fact, the author presents the hundred-year history of a meadow in the arid mountains of the Colorado/Wyoming border area. He describes the seasons, the weather, the wildlife, and the few people who struggle to survive on the family ranch that encompasses the meadow.

Three friends set out on a day hike to explore their local forest, intending to climb to the top of the hill, where they will plant a flag, read a poem, and release feathers into the wind.