Besides such stories as the ants' subterranean city, the spider's suspension bridge, and the caterpillars' processing, he unlocks the mystery behind thunder and lightning, clouds and rain, the year and its seasons, and volcanoes and earthquakes. Suitable for ages 9 to 12.

    It contains the complete text of the latest edition of "How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers," (including "Animal Anatomies") together with three complete illustrated poems and two sketches that appears in earlier editions and had been omitted. A new introduction has been written for this book by Margaret Wood White.