Jenni Desmond

Learn about polar bear bodies, habits, and habitats.

Nonfiction picture book describing and comparing African and Asian elephants.

Describes the efforts to reintroduce wolves in Yellowstone National Park after they were nearly hunted to extinction, and explores how this restored the ecosystem of Yellowstone. Discusses the conflict between conservationists and those who live around the park, and highlights other endangered species around the world that were brought back from extinction by similar reintroduction efforts. Includes color illustrations and back matter on the original...

Once upon a slime, there was a Slodge. The first Slodge in the universe. She saw the first moon and stars, the first fruits and flowers. "Mine, all mine!" she said. But what if there was not just one Slodge, but two? A wonderfully original and witty picture book from the award-winning author, Jeanne Willis (Who's in the Loo? andThe Bog Baby). This humorous exploration of sharing and friendship carries an important message: that the world belongs to...

Not content to stay in the leading lady's dressing room, a curious cat wanders onstage before the curtain goes up.

"Fascinating facts and engaging text introduce young ornithologists to the puffin by following one diligent pair as they nurture their new chick"--

"Our planet is always turning. It may be midnight in London, but in different time zones other living things are waking up, ready to hunt or feed or fight. As the clock strikes twelve, two sisters are spirited away on a journey to glimpse, in the span of a moment, extraordinary biodiversity: a mother polar bear and her cubs hunting seals in Svalbard, tiny turtles in India following the moon toward the sea, and enormous whale sharks gulping plankton...