Walking for My Life
  • By Jennifer Owings Dewey
  • Duration: 0:04:55
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

A wrecked truck and a forced hike across the desert give Jennifer the chance to appreciate the beauty of the wild.

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You Can't Judge
  • By John J. Bonk
  • Duration: 0:05:11
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

Was it only the artistic cover that helped Toby to get an A+ on his book report?

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The Bells of Springtime
  • By Barbara Cole
  • Duration: 0:00:51
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

What springtime sound is like the jingling of a thousand bells? Tiny tree frogs called spring peepers!

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A Sea Turtle's Quiet Miracle
  • By Lorraine A. Jay
  • Duration: 0:02:58
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

One summer night the author and her daughter watched as a mother sea turtle came ashore to lay her eggs.

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A New Look at Hummingbirds
  • By Jack Myers, Ph.D.
  • Duration: 0:02:46
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

How does a hummingbird's thin beak snatch bugs from the air?

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How Humpbacks Go Fishing
  • By Linda Brown Anderson
  • Duration: 0:04:30
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

Scientists used sonar and other experiments to discover how humpback whales work together in teams to catch fish to eat. They learned why whales blow bubbles make trumpet-like...

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How the Weaverbird Built His Nest
  • By George W. Frame, Ph. D.
  • Duration: 0:04:20
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

How does the male weaverbird make such a perfect nest? By building it over and over again until he gets it right.

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How to Find a Tortoise Nest
  • By Alexandra Wells
  • Duration: 0:07:14
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

See how scientists find and study baby turtles.

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How Whales Wing It
  • By Anna Ouchchy
  • Duration: 0:05:34
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

Dr. Fish works with wind power basing his designs off the shape and structure of whale flippers.

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Inventing Tiny Ears
  • By Harry T. Roman
  • Duration: 0:02:24
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

Scientists are developing microsensors to detect electrical sparks.

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