"Includes 4 pages of learning activities"--P. [4] of cover.

What if you found a baby owl in your backyard? Would you know what to do? Where would you go to find help? Join young Maddie and Max as they learn a valuable lesson from a little lost owl in Baby Owl's Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis. The brother and sister pair just wanted to play baseball one day. They never expected to come face-to-face with a wild animal! Lush illustrations by Laura Jacques accompany this story and demonstrate the proper treatment of wildlife. This story reminds all of us that we live in a world surrounded by wild animals, and those wild animals deserve our caution and our respect!

Gophers are rodents that may look cute, but they can wreck a backyard in a hurry. In fact, one small gopher can move a ton of dirt in just a year. Gophers tunneling through wild fields aren't a problem. In fact, their tunneling can be good for the environment. However, when they choose playgrounds, yards, farms, and golf courses for homes, they can become very destructive animals. So what do people do if a gopher moves in? Readers will find out in this informative book, chock full of fun facts and photographs of gophers in action.

This entry in the True Tales of Rescue provides an up-close look at what life is like at a real wombat sanctuary in Australia--straight from a wombat herself. Includes full-color photos, graphics, and maps.

Takes a behind-the-scenes look at four wildlife rehabilitation centers, where veterinarians and staff help nurse wild animals back to health.

Healer of Angels is a heartwarming collection of true stories of a young boy overcoming life's challenges and disabilities with the guidance of wise grandparents and other mentors. This process leads to a life dedicated to the rescue, healing and release of the wild creatures of the desert southwest. Some of the stories are humorous and some bittersweet, but each will inspire, teaching a lesson as it touches the readers' heart. Join Mr. Tyner as he reflects back on his life: from a young boy terrified of birds to becoming the first man in North America licensed to train a wild golden eagle in the ancient art of falconry; from a shy dyslectic teenager, to the founder and CEO of the Southwest Wildlife Foundation. Martin Tyner is one of America's foremost wildlife rehabilitators, a master falconer, eagle falconer, and wildlife and environmental educator. He travels throughout the west providing wildlife programs accompanied by his devoted companion, Scout, a wild golden eagle.

The Gopher Wars is a trilogy that happens in the countryside far north of Toronto. It takes place in an open field, where a little gopher named Chuck lives. One day a businessman called Peter Crowe finds the open field and wants to build a country club over it. The problem is that if he does the gopher will lose its home. As a result the gopher is forced to go to war against the humans in order to prevent its home from being destroyed. Part two happens a few years later where the gopher Chuck is dead and his five offspring live in the open field. One day a Catholic elementary school is built over the front half of the field and is run by a bunch of really mean nuns. One day, a child is scaring one of the gophers and the gopher bites the student in order to defend itself. The nuns running the school are afraid that the gophers might have rabies or something. As a result they try to have the gophers killed off in order to protect their students. As a result the gopher family is forced to go to war with the humans again in order to prevent themselves from being destroyed. Part three happens a year later. Where the gopher family lives in peace in the open field. One day a family of evil gophers moves in and wants the open field for themselves. Which results in a power struggle between the two families for control of the open field.