Danny wishes his dad would come home from Nevada for Christmas and writes him a letter to tell him so. When snow cuts off the mail until spring, only postman John Thompson can get through the Sierra N
Papa will not allow Clara to learn to read?he says that ?Farm people like us do not have time to read." But when the traveling bookwagon, with persuasive Miss Mary at the reins, arrives at their farm,
Detailed illustrations enhance a colorful book about the landscape, plants, and animals of the North and South Poles, along with a review of their explorers and scientists.
Describes the desert habitat of Death Valley--one of the hottest locales on Earth--and the plants and animals that live there, including coyotes, pocket mice, kangaroo rats, various reptiles, and inse
