This book is an accessible, engaging tool to help people enrich their lives through the observance of ancient, astronomically determined Earth festivals. It assists us to recover an experience that had deep meaning for the ancients and that is now increasingly relevant to a world facing environmental challenges. Seasonal festivals are not meant to be cultural relics. They are joyous, fun, mischievous, profound, life-affirming events that connect us...

Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847. For as long as Omakayas can remember, she and her family have lived on the land her people call the Island of the Golden-Breasted Woodpecker. Although the chimookoman, white people, encroach more and more on their land, life continues much as it always has. Every summer the family builds...

Describes the different seasons and how they correspond to the earth's relative position to the sun.

Molly observes the changing seasons in Maine and wonders what it is like in other parts of the world when the seasons change.

Jon J Muth--and his delightful little panda bear, Koo--challenge readers to stretch their minds and imaginations with twenty-six haikus about the four seasons.

Illustrations and simple text describe some sights and sounds associated with each season.

The farm animals are ready when the seasons change--except for Cow, who's always wearing the wrong outfit.

A curious bear observes how leaves change throughout the seasons.

A little dog and his friends enjoy different activities for each season of the year.