Mouse tries many new things when he and Minka celebrate summer by enjoying a picnic in the park.

In the endless light of summer days, and the magical gloaming of the wee small hours, nature in Jim's beloved Highlands, Perthshire and Trossachs heartlands is burgeoning freely, as though there is one long midsummer's eve, nothing reserved. For our flora and fauna, for the very land itself, this is the time of extravagant growth, flowering and the promise of fruit and the harvest to come. But despite the abundance, as Jim Crumley attests, summer...

Set in northeastern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, The Tides of Time: A Nova Scotia Book of Seasons paints vivid portraits of contemporary labourers whose harvests mark the rhythms of the seasonal year. Each of the twelve monthly chapters tells the story of a labour unique to that month, including jobs like tuna fishing, cranberry farming, maple syrup production, sheep farming, beekeeping, lobster fishing, and foraging for wild mushrooms. Stewart revitalizes...

"During the first snowy day of winter, five little penguins bundle up and venture outside to play"--

"A lyrical ode to that magical time in autumn when the leaves turn yellow"--

On a snowy day, Mouse is swept outside where he plays in the snow, ice skates on a frozen puddle, and makes sure his friends the birds get something to eat.

"A book of poetry moving through the seasons"--

When Old Bear falls asleep for the winter, he has a dream that he is a cub again, enjoying each of the four seasons.

Explains the changing seasons and how they affect plant and animal lives as well as humans.