Bent Northrop Memorial Library

Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847. For as long as Omakayas can remember, she and her family have lived on the land her people call the Island of the Golden-Breasted Woodpecker. Although the chimookoman, white people, encroach more and more on their land, life continues much as it always has. Every summer the family builds...

Invites the reader to tap, rub, touch, and wiggle illustrations to make an apple tree bloom, produce fruit, and lose its leaves.

"Snow falls, animals burrow, and children prepare for the wonders winter brings"--

A counting book depicting the growth in a village and surrounding countryside during twelve months.

"Introduces concepts and vocabulary of fall--autumn colors, changes in plants and animals ... and wind, which soon leads to the next season"--

A collection of poems celebrates the four seasons, including spring, summer, fall, and winter.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text introduce the colors, songs, and activities of summer.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text highlight the animals, fruits, feelings, and colors that characterize each season of the year.

"The heartwarming tale of one little lamb's first snowy adventure"--

"Little Witch Hazel is a tiny witch who lives in the forest, helping creatures big and small. She's a midwife, an intrepid explorer, a hard worker and a kind friend. In this four-season volume, Little Witch Hazel rescues an orphaned egg, goes sailing on a raft, solves the mystery of a haunted stump and makes house calls to fellow forest dwellers. But when Little Witch Hazel needs help herself, will she get it in time? Little Witch Hazel is a beautiful...