Sail Away by Langston HughesA celebration of mermaids, wildernesses of waves, and the creatures of the deep through poems by Langston Hughes and cut paper collage illustrations by multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan. The great African American poet Langston Hughes penned poem after poem about the majesty of the sea, and the great African American artist Ashley Bryan, who's spent more than half his life on a small island, is as drawn to the sea as much as he

Shane enjoys blending his love of the outdoors

She watched him turn from a helpless fluff ball into an avid com-municator with whom she developed a language all their own

So Many Shells

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nature and Biology

Where Will Future Stewards of Nature Come From

"Tuck this pocket-size book in your garden vest or place it on a table near a window overlooking your yard

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