Frank Carlson Library

An Air Force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. A hearing- and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are communicating with one another. These four,...

Born in the howling storm, in the arctic famine, his brothers and sisters starve to death-but White Fang survives to join the world of the wild wolf, where cold and hunger favor the strong, and spare no pity for the weak. Deadly, harsh, but innocent, this is White Fang's universe....until he is captured.

The moon, wind, rain, and a variety of animals celebrate the special occasion that is the birth and individuality of a child.

"A heartfelt picture book about going on adventures with your best friend from rising-star author-illustrator Charlie Mylie, whom Brian Selznick has heralded as "a major new talent in children's books." Two field mice are best friends, and they're going on an adventure. What are they going to find? They'll wander through the woods, explore nature, use their imaginations, and look at everything. But as they encounter the beauty of the changing seasons...

Reimagines Francis of Assisi's 1224 prayer of praise in celebration of God's gifts throughout the universe.

Nature-loving sisters Maple and Willow smooth over a rough patch in their friendship in their own unique way.

Born on a windy hill off the coast of Ireland in 1917, a Connemara pony named Darcy is sold to a farm family and trained to pull a cart and plow.

In rhyming text, a celebration of life and our world's many precious gifts. The early morning light in spring shines on a new day; summer rain brings rainbows; falling leaves in autumn signals the arrival of cold weather; and a deer cautiously stepping into a newly fallen snow highlights the beauty of winter. The perfect gift of all the world itself in its natural beauty through every season.

An American Library Association Notable Book In discrete disclosures joined with the intricacy of a spider's web, James Galvin depicts the hundred-year history of a meadow in the arid mountains of the Colorado/Wyoming border. Galvin describes the seasons, the weather, the wildlife, and the few people who do not possess but are themselves possessed by this terrain. In so doing he reveals an experience that is part of our heritage and mythology. For...

As Freddie experiences the changing seasons along with his companion leaves, he learns about the delicate balance between life and death.