A girl finds a baby duckling, and discovers that love is taking care of something that needs you, and also knowing when to let it go.

"Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text invite the reader to count chickens, from one standing guard to ten drooping and dragging their way back to the coop after breaking out for a night of fun"--Verso page.

In this book with simple rhyming text and die-cut pages little owl waits for the Halloween night to be over.

Five baby chickens want to have some fun and visit with the other farm animals before bedtime.

Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text follow a colony of Emperor penguins as they emerge from the sea, find mates, care for their eggs, and are reunited when chicks have hatched. Includes author's note about Emperor penguins and challenges threatening the species.

"This heartwarming picture book tells the true story of João Pereira de Souza, who found a Magellanic penguin covered in oil and starving near his home on an island off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. João spent a week cleaning the creature's tarred feathers and feeding him a daily diet of fish before taking him back to the sea to let him go. But the penguin wouldn't leave! He stayed with João for eleven months until finally disappearing. Now, every...

Told in rhyming text, five little ostriches enjoy running through the bush, but when a lion comes near they hide.