Books published by publisher Write For Kids

Sequoia National Park's Huckleberry Meadow teems with life. We are fascinated as Walter Fry walks us through his experiment in feeding the carnivorous sundew plant, that still grows along the moist meadows' edge. From opportunistic swimming snakes, to hungry black bear feeding on tender spring bulbs, the meadow puts on a show. Bumblebees rush to pollinate, trucking pollen back to the hive on back legs. Pacific chorus frogs sing their song made famous by Hollywood, while a bevy of birds set up shop to fill up on flying insects. A 360 degree of their world makes the dragonfly a first class flying ace as it wings over the tree-framed meadow, in a Harvard University video. Secondary reading material for mid-grade students studying California history and natural science. Part 4 of a 10 part audio video hyperlink enhanced eBook.

In 1911, Superintendent of Sequoia National Park, Walter Fry camped in the trees in the same area where a pair of pileated woodpeckers (made famous by Walter Lantz's cartoon character) were busy with nest-building. Having built large nests in tree trunks, their eggs, then offspring, were cared for by both parents, 'Cap' and 'Phoebe'. The sudden killing of Phoebe left Cap a terrified widower, and the story of his brave attempts to feed and care for his four begging nestlings is shared by Fry with warmth and humor. In Of Giants and Grizzlies, Sequoia 8. Blazing Topknots we can view video that offers a good look at some of today's pileated woodpeckers. Secondary reading material for mid-grade students studying California history and natural science. Part 7 of a 10 part audio video hyperlink enhanced eBook which includes access to free printable teacher guides.

The American Dipper bird was extolled by contemporaries Walter Fry and John Muir alike. Its dark gray color, small stature and commitment to fast moving water make it hard to notice. Even today it blends completely with the waterways of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Remarkably, it gathers its food at the bottom of streams, walking along in rushing water as if it hasn't a care. A mayfly larvae acquired, it heads from stream bottom to tree branch and lets loose with a song complicated enough to make Irving Berlin feel envy. In Of Giants and Grizzlies, Sequoia 7. The Dipper Bird That Walks Underwater, we see a video of this remarkable bird that shows its talent and invites kids, and grown ups alike, to look for this avian dweller. Secondary reading material for mid-grade students studying California history and natural science. Part 7 of a 10 part audio video hyperlink enhanced eBook.

Welcome to Coloria Cosmos.When they’re sucked through a magical portal, brother and sister, Zach and Mia, struggle to stay alive in a cursed land. With the help of their shape shifting cat Fluffles and some unusal friends they meet on the way, Zach and Mia make their way across Coloria Cosmos to the castle, where Queen Lily controls the only magic left in the land. She’s their only way home... too bad she’s got other plans for them!

The wondrous interplay of flora, fauna, and land-forms within Sequoia National Park (and now Kings Canyon National Park, as well) brings us to explore the circle of life-feeding-life within these parks. We learn that an influx of beetles that were killing trees gave way to the arrival of an army of blue jays that consumed the beetles and rescued the trees. Walter Fry, then Sequoia National Park superintendent found out that we really didn't need to set fire to the beetle-infested trees after all. As John Muir aptly put it, "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." Of Giants and Grizzlies, Sequoia 9. A Circle of Life invites us to better understand the ecological impacts of one entity upon another and still another. Secondary reading material for mid-grade students studying California history and natural science. Part 9 of a 10 part audio video hyperlink enhanced eBook which includes access to free printable teacher guides.

Wisdom is primed in this piece. The Rhythm speaks of the democratic trend in today's life ,as trial becomes inevitable in the course of attaining true leadership. You would come across the subtle Dog, the aggressive Lion and the cunning Tortoise - both entrapped by the crafty Tortoise. You have made a great choice, as you journey your mind along this line of thought - The Animal Mind.