Buck Wilder and his friends investigate why the owls no longer give a hoot and stop being the time keepers of the woods.

The owls, who are the timekeepers of the woods, have stopped hooting, which means that everyone else's schedule is thrown off, and so Buck Wilder and his animal friends try to learn what is wrong and how to fix it.

For many generations, a group of owls lived together in a wood filled with towering trees. As the owls grew, so did the treesand so did their happy owl community. The nights were filled with the sound of hoots and flapping wings as owls visited each others trees, family to family. All was well in the forest until, one day, things changed. One morning, the owls wake to find a bunch of strange equipment in their forest. The sound of hoots is replaced by the loud sound of hammers and saws. Then, the worst thing possible happens: a tree is cut down! A family of owls flees their home and hoots their goodbyes, but they are only the first of many to be forced to leave. The owl forest has been chosen as the site of a new housing development. Before houses are built, the trees must go. Will the owls be forced to leave the place theyve called home for generations? If they do leave, where will they go? Sometimes, humans dont give any thought to these questions, but its about time we did!

A newly updated and expanded edition of the bestselling Up North books, this is an entertaining guide to Ontario's north for every cottager, camper, and nature lover. Have you ever wondered how porcupines procreate? Or where you can best see the northern lights? Or how many fireflies it takes to equal the light of a 40-watt bulb? The answers to these questions — and many, many more — are in this lively and indispensable field guide to the plants and animals of Ontario's wilderness. Filled with amusing trivia, easy-to-understand natural history, and little-known folklore, The Complete Up North is the perfect introduction and companion to Ontario's great outdoors. Naturalists Doug Bennet and Tim Tiner answer those questions we have always wanted to ask — and many others we wish we'd thought to ask — about plants, mammals, birds, fish, insects, reptiles, clouds, the night sky, the weather, and the ground we walk on. Their infectious curiosity makes Up North as fun and interesting to read as it is useful to pack for a hike into the woods.

FAT cat? No way! PHAT cat! This 35 lb. cat will only accept that . . . but with a side of tuna fish please. Murphy, the phat cat, is unique because of his thirty-five-pound body size and his warm and sensitive nature. There are two things that this cat can’t refuse: lending a helping paw to his fellow-furry neighbors and his cravings for tuna fish. The gossip queen of cats, Maisie Mums, comes to Murphy to fill him in with the problem on how the neighborhood cats have fallen victim to annoying pestering from a gang of bullying burrowing owls. The gang is led by an old, wise owl named, Don Owl Leon, and they have just recently moved to his neighborhood of Majestic Groves, causing chaos. With the advice from his chameleon adviser, Gaidan, the protection from his bodyguard bulldog, Ruthless Riley, and the assistance of his friends, the two Siberian husky sisters, he decides to try and come up with a solution. However, the plan changes when the owls kidnap, Peanut, his sister-cat. Murphy must come up with a new answer, and his true feline character is put to the test. After coming to the realization that the owls are acting malicious due to their subconscious fear of loss of habitat, Murphy and some friends decide to help the owls by putting together a project to preserve the owls' existence. They can’t do it alone; the implementation of the project depends on Murphy’s human owner, Teresa. They mysteriously give her the plan for a project that can change the fate of the owls, and little does she know that the animals there had something to do with its creation. Will the animals realize they're more alike than they are different? Why can't all types of species live in harmony among one another? Isn't there's enough room for all of them, even if it is together in small suburbia in Florida.

Twelve factual stories about the biology and habitats of North American plants and animals are illustrated by the progressive folding steps of 12 easy origami models. Designed for all ages, illustrated origami instructions are placed side-by-side with nature facts for easy use by all ages. Models included: cicada, leaf, coyote puppet, trillium blossom, snake, toad, seagull, fish, owl, duck, butterfly, and rabbit.