John Schoenherr

"The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush--a period when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in the Santa Clara valley of California as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold into the brutal existence of an Alaskan sled dog, he reverts to atavistic traits. Buck...

While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.

A feisty grandmother and her family struggle to get an assortment of farm animals out of the road so the family can pass in their T-Model Ford.

Searching for his mother, a young bear finds his own independence.

A shy, lonely six-year-old wanders into the Canadian prairie and spends a summer under the protection of a badger.

The night before Christmas: Clement C. Moore's classic poem about a visit from St. Nicholas. Max's Christmas: Max is told he can't stay up to see Santa, but he sneaks downstairs anyway. Will Santa still come if Max is awake? Morris's disappearing bag: Morris thinks his brother and sister have better Christmas presents, but then he finds something very special in the last box under the tree. Owl moon: A young girl and her father take a magical night-time...

The author's carefree life in a small midwestern town at the close of World War I, and his adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal.

After an oil slick fouls the beach a disrupted rat finds haven on a freighter.

Miyax ha huido de su casa. A sus trece añ̃os, no está dispuesta a convertirse en esposa, como les ocurre a otra niña esquimales. Perdida en la tundra helada, sólo una manada de lobos podrá ayudarla a no morir de hambre y frío. While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.