Helen Plum Library

Take a walk in the boreal forest. Sunlight filters through tall spruce and pine trees. It's cool and damp, even late in the summer. As you walk silently across the carpet of needles, you can hear the chatter of squirrels and the hammering of a woodpecker in the trees above you. Two snowshoe hares speed past you. Could a lynx be near? Discover this North American habitat and the plants and animals that call it home. Narrative text, striking images,...

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Take a walk in the desert. It's hot and dry-and full of life. An elf owl peers out at you from its home, a hole in a saguaro cactus. Nearby, a desert tortoise stretches its neck to nibble on a wildflower. From the thick green stems of cacti to fluffy jackrabbits, the desert is teeming with life. Narrative text and you-are-there...

Take a walk in the rain forest. It's hot and humid and humming with life. Look up into the dense canopy of leaves above you. Tangled vines lead to the treetops, where parrots squawk and monkeys swing from branch to branch. A poison dart frog clings to a slippery leaf. A sloth creeps through the canopy. The dense rain forest overflows with life. Discover the plants and animals that depend on each other in this unique biome through narrative text, entrancing...