Cris Peterson

A view of life in the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, and its efforts to save the American mustang.

Introduces readers to twelve types of farm machinery.

Shows how plants germinate, grow, and produce food; looks at the composition of soil; and discusses the creatures who live in the soil.

The North American fur trade, set in motion by the discovery of the New World in the fifteenth century, was this continent's biggest business for over three hundred years. The fur trade influenced every aspect of life, from how Europeans related to the Indians, how and where settlements were built, to how our nation formed. Drawing on primary sources, including the diaries of Ojibwa, American, and French traders of the period, Birchbark Brigade gives...

Draft horses such as Clydesdales, Percherons, and Belgians are described in words and pictures and shown to be powerful co-workers on farms, past and present.