Books with author Christine Eckstrom

Planet earth, home sweet home In the year 2000, world-renowned wildlife photographer Frans Lanting set out on a personal journey to photograph the evolution of life on earth. He made pilgrimages to true time capsules like a remote lagoon in Western Australia, spent time in research collections photographing forms of microscopic life, and even found ways to create visual parallels between the growth of organs in the human body and the patterns seen on the surface of the earth. The resulting volume is a glorious picture book of planet earth depicting the amazing biodiversity that surrounds us all. Lanting's true gift lies beyond his technical mastery: it is his eye for geometry in the beautiful chaos of nature that allows him to show us the world as it has never been seen before. From crabs to jellyfish, diatoms to vast geological formations, jungles to flowers, monkeys to human embryos, LIFE is a testament to the magical beauty of life in all its forms and is Lanting's most remarkable achievement to date. The photographer: Dutch-born Frans Lanting has been hailed as one of the great nature photographers of our time. For the past two decades he has documented wildlife and our relationship with nature in environments from the Amazon to Antarctica. Exhibits of his photographs have been shown at major museums in Paris, Milan, Tokyo, New York, Madrid, and Amsterdam. Lanting's previous TASCHEN titles include Eye to Eye, Jungles, and Penguin. The editor: Christine Eckstrom is a writer and editor specializing in natural history. She collaborates with Lanting on fieldwork, books, and other publishing projects from their home base in California.

A tiny, orphaned lamb finds fitting in with the rest of the flock challenging. He may look like a sheep but he doesn't smell like a sheep. He doesn't sound like a sheep. He doesn't even act like a sheep. He likes to cuddle with the cat, chase balls like a dog, and play with the chickens. Will he ever fit in?When danger threatens the farm, Wee Angus must put aside who everyone else thinks he should be and listen to his own heart. Sometimes, the only way to fit in is to stand out.

Planet earth, home sweet home In the year 2000, world-renowned wildlife photographer Frans Lanting set out on a personal journey to photograph the evolution of life on earth. He made pilgrimages to true time capsules like a remote lagoon in Western Australia, spent time in research collections photographing forms of microscopic life, and even found ways to create visual parallels between the growth of organs in the human body and the patterns seen on the surface of the earth. The resulting volume is a glorious picture book of planet earth depicting the amazing biodiversity that surrounds us all. Lanting’s true gift lies beyond his technical mastery: it is his eye for geometry in the beautiful chaos of nature that allows him to show us the world as it has never been seen before. From crabs to jellyfish, diatoms to vast geological formations, jungles to flowers, monkeys to human embryos, LIFE is a testament to the magical beauty of life in all its forms and is Lanting’s most remarkable achievement to date.

When a young girl is frightened of a storm, her grandmother comforts her by telling the story of the Night Horses - a creature Grandfather Thunder made from his own heart to wake the earth and bring the rains to the people. Based on the Lakota legend of the Thunder Horse, "Grandfather Thunder & the Night Horses," is translated through permission of the tribal elders of the Pine Ridge Reservation and the Thunder Valley Lakota Language Initiative in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

A tiny, orphaned lamb finds fitting in with the rest of the flock challenging. He may look like a sheep but he doesn't smell like a sheep. He doesn't sound like a sheep. He doesn't even act like a sheep. He likes to cuddle with the cat, chase balls like a dog, and play with the chickens. Will he ever fit in?When danger threatens the farm, Wee Angus must put aside who everyone else thinks he should be and listen to his own heart. Sometimes, the only way to fit in is to stand out.

When 12-year old Granger Ironwood moves to the secluded town of Grimwold just before his birthday, he thinks the worst thing is having to start over in a new place but he couldn't be more wrong. What kind of creature did he see the first night in his new house? Are the stories about the demon-dog that roams the town every thirteen years looking for souls to devour true? He's about to find out how his family got their name and the truth behind the legend of the Black Grim as the thirteenth year draws near.