"Beaver's out to build the biggest dam the river's residents have ever seen--but does he need a lesson in going with the flow?" -- page 4 of cover.

Coyote and the other land animals devise a plot to steal fire from Curlew, the keeper of the sky world, and they successfully bring fire to Earth, protecting it against the month-long rain that Curlew sends down to extinguish it.

Earnest and industrious Beavers, funloving but discontented Frogs, a Lobster named Lugubrious J. Standfast and a wonderful Frog leader are some of the characters in this mythical tale about a Swamp named Canada. This delightfully illustrated and satirically sharp review of Canadian history in the late 1960s and early 1970s features some familiar faces--Lester B. Pearson, Richard Nixon, Rene Levesque, the immaculate chief-frog (chief beaver?) Pierre Trudeau--evolved slightly to survive in Swamp conditions. Frog Fables & Beaver Tales is a clever, hilarious souvenir of a particularly vibrant period in Canadian politics.

Help your child get a head start in reading with Beaver Book's Sight Word Stories. Each story features two commonly used words, called 'sight words.' Read along with your child and point to the sight words as they appear in the story. Through repetition, children can improve their reading speed and confidence by memorizing sight words and building a sight word vocabulary. Once your child becomes comfortable identifying the key sight words in Frog Jumps Around, look for these additional sight words: am, go, help, I, jump, me, no.

Turtle lives in a beautiful little pond with everything a happy turtle needs. But one spring, Turtle awakes from hibernation to discover that her lovely home has been invaded! A pushy beaver takes over Turtle's beloved pond and refuses to share. Instead, he challenges her to a race to determine who can stay. But how can a little turtle outswim a big, powerful beaver? This charming fable of brains versus brawn is a great read for all the young readers in the forest to share!

When Kate has to find a new home for her frog, Hilton, her advertisement in the newspaper brings some alarming responses.

Describes the life cycle, environment, and habits of the American beaver.