"Who says girls can't fish? When Nina asks her grandfather to take her fishing with him on his old banca boat, his answer is always the same: "A boat is not the place for a girl." But Nina is determined to go. She knows that if her lolo will show her how to jig the lines, to set the hook, and to pull in a fish, hand over hand, she can prove to everyone in their Filipino fishing village that she deserves her turn in the boat, girl or no!" --

Memories of the author's youth are incorporated in a novel about the boyhood escapades of Noah Marlin, the son of a Chesapeake Bay waterman.

"It all started out as a relaxing canoe ride, but as the day wore on it turned into a river odyssey."--back cover.

Joshua and his grandfather love being together. More than anything else they love fishing. But Grandpa gets sick and is in the hospital a long time. When he gets out, he and Joshua share one more fishing adventure, and Grandpa promises Joshua that he will always be near. "Think of it this way," Grandpa says. "Today, you and I are like two fish swimming together in this lake. When I die, things will be different. I won't be a fish anymore, but I'll...

"Living in harmony with nature means making the right choices." --

When hard times fall on his family, Jo Lee is sent from China to San Francisco, where he helps his uncle fish and dreams of being reunited with his mother and sister.

Make way for ducklings: After raising her ducklings on an island on the Charles River in Boston, Mrs. Mallard leads her brood to their permanent home in the Public Garden; Time of wonder: Simple rhythmic words that are the essence of pure poetry describe the Maine island that is the home of the author; The doughnuts: Homer is suddenly surrounded by growing stacks of doughnuts when the doughnut machine he is tending goes berserk -- it won't shut off,...

"Young Ben explores the northern river ecosystem, witnessing some animal hi-jinks in a humorous take on the house-that-jack-built trope. Eight pages of information about the animals encountered and key concepts for ecology conclude the book"--

The story of Richard Lion Reydon, a white boy, and Pizarro Fitts, an African American boy, as they grow up together in a New England town during the 1830s.