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This is a companion audiobook to Mary Alice Monroe's novel Swimming Lessons, the sequel to The Beach House. In the novel, the listeners witness a young mother, Toy, writing a journal for her daughter, Little Lovie. This is the journal Toy is writing. This journal explains the nesting cycle of sea turtles and the natural life along the Southeastern coast, including local shore birds, shells, and the sea turtle hospital. Adults and children will enjoy the information and the journal with or without the novel.

Little turtle was lost! Free from his egg, he climbed out into a big, beautiful new world. Lost and alone, he wondered - where did he really belong? The bear told him to live in the woods; the frog said, "The swamp!" But turtle just didn't feel at home. He needed help, but where could he turn?

Alabaster and his family all awoke to a beautiful day. They immediately crawled out of their shells to enjoy it. His mother asked him and his brother what they wanted to do, and they told her that they wanted to go on an adventure. Alabaster had always been curious about the large rock that separated the other half of the pond. Does he climb the rock? Does he find out what's on the other side of the pond? What happens at the end? Listen to find out for yourself!

While Little Skink hunts yummy ants for breakfast, she is suddenly attacked by a crow! But she has a trick to escape - she snaps off her tail, and it keeps on wiggling! Little Skink is happy to be alive, but she misses her bright-blue tail. Listeners will enjoy pretending with her, trying on tail after tail. The first is too puffy-fluffy and another too stinky! Then one day Little Skink gets a big surprise...and she doesn't have to dream of tails anymore.

Let's search for adventure above in the sky. We'll scout through the mountains and hills and then try exploring the forests, the meadows, and plains, across the dry desert and through jungle rains. We'll trek through a swamp, a puddle, a pond, in lakes and the river, the ocean beyond. But what are we looking for? Who will we see? Find animals on this safari with me! Once you've discovered all the animals, go to the "For Creative Minds" educational section for animal fun facts.

One cold, rainy spring night, a young girl and her scientist father participate in Salamander Night to follow hundreds of spotted salamanders as they venture into a vernal pool to mate and lay eggs. Together the father-child team studies the salamanders through their complete amphibian metamorphosis, culminating in the adult salamanders' disappearance into the woods in late summer. In easy-to-understand audio, the girl relates the tale through her journal.

Elvis has his brother, Bart, to accompany him on this journey. Their goal now is to find Mum and Dad. Elvis believes that Bart knows which way to go, so this shouldn't be too difficult. Well, only time will tell. They encounter obstacles on their journey and have to work together to keep moving forwards. But, will Elvis be deterred from continuing, or will he have the determination to finally be reunited with his mum and dad?

McToad likes Thursdays. Why? Because on every other day of the week, McToad mows Big Island, but on Thursdays, McToad mows Tiny Island. To do so he puts his mower on the back of a truck, which drives to a train, which goes to a helicopter, which flies to a boat, which uses a crane to put the lawn mower onto Tiny Island. There McToad mows and drinks some lemonade, and before you know it, it's time to turn around and go back home.

The Aldens discover an exciting new exhibit to explore at their local zoo. But disaster strikes when a pair of rare ferrets is stolen. Two California condors are the thief’s next target. It seems the animals are being taken by someone who works for the zoo. But how can you stop a thief who has keys to all the cages? The Boxcar Children are determined to solve the mystery.

This story tells the tale of a little frog who becomes separated from his family. And when captured by a girl named Diana, he learns that sometimes frogs have to grow up quickly. Elvis' goal is to find the strength to persevere and the determination to escape. As Diana grows more attached to Elvis, he wishes only for freedom from where he has been placed. But, Diana too has her own problems. When she returns to school, after the summer holidays, she is heard not telling the truth by her nasty neighbor, Annabelle. Diana is then challenged to put Elvis into a frog race.

Are you looking for a kids' or children's book that is highly entertaining, great for early listeners, and is jam-packed with bedtime stories, jokes, games, and more? This children's storybook has it all! Flappy is a very happy frog. He has so many great friends and they have lots of fun together at Pike's Pond. Follow the adventures of Flappy and his friends!

Left behind in a cold and dark burrow, a baby rabbit named Tumkit is destined to die of starvation until Vella, a shrewd and fearless mockingbird, discovers Tumkit and brings him a magic berry. The berry comes from a solitary bush that grows in a cave near the top of Laurel Mountain. Vella warns Tumkit the bush is struggling to survive, and unless they act quickly the supernatural powers of its berries will be lost forever.

In I Squashed a Frog, Min buries a frog and stomps on it. Then she gets scared. Can she take back her actions? Will the frog be OK? Min learns an important lesson about how, sometimes, you can't undo what you've done.

AbbeyLoo is a curious little girl with a big imagination. This imagination takes AbbeyLoo to some very exciting and often unexpected places. AbbeyLoo loves exploring her backyard. There is always something new to see. Her favorite find is the many toads that roam her backyard. AbbeyLoo loves to carefully catch the toads and pet them and talk to them. Normally they don't talk back, but today is totally different.

This is the ongoing adventure of Fred. He is the happiest little frog in town. Join him as he learns and becomes a great frog.

Ben ist Indianer, Seilbahnfahrer und Schildkröten-Kenner. Und seit fünf Tagen in der Schule. Als Kleinster muss er sich hier erst mal gegen den Größten der Klasse behaupten. Zum Glück gibt es Ina, seine Indianerfrau, und seine beiden Schildkröten. Gemeinsam erobern sie die leere Schule, wundern sich beim Küssengucken und schlagen eine Geburtstagstorten-Schlacht. Alles ist neu und aufregend und die Schulwelt ein echtes Abenteuer.

A boxful of puzzles. A booby-trapped tunnel. A baby squirrel gone missing. Pibbin needs a team for this one!

Once upon a time there was a frog called Mr. Jeremy Fisher; he lived in a little damp house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond. The water was all slippy-sloppy in the larder and in the back passage. But Mr. Jeremy liked getting his feet wet; nobody ever scolded him, and he never caught a cold!

Quite by chance 10-year-old Mia gets more than she bargained for when she finds a baby turtle and takes it home. What began as an act of kindness turns into a lesson in love, responsibility, and freedom, which Mia will always remember.

Grandfather Frog has never left the Smiling Pool. He and Mr. Toad have an ongoing disagreement about whether or not Grandfather Frog should see the Great World or remain isolated in the Smiling Pool. Finally one day, Grandfather Frog decides he will see the Great World for himself. He learns that there are hardships in the Great World that he didn’t anticipate and he must constantly be on alert for dangers not in the Smiling Pool.