North AmericaNellie Burnham Allen's North America opens up the vast and varied continent with warmth, clarity, and a storyteller's eye. Traveling from icy northern forests to sun drenched southern deserts, Allen invites readers to explore the geography, peoples, and cultures that make North America so richly diverse. With each chapter, readers encounter landscapes full of life and history, discovering how geography shapes ways of living and how traditions have

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Her research focuses on meaningful work

truculent three-year-olds

and linden trees--and the experts who study their surprising abilities to survive

This fiercely comic tale stands in marked contrast to its genial predecessor

and more than 100 color photographs

Wyoming author Frances Joyce Farnsworth wrote seven children's books focused on animals

and is laden with fascinating facts that emphasize the diversity of frogs and the many risks to their persistence worldwide

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Includes original paintings by acclaimed artist Thomas Locker