The Singer in the Stream: A Story of American Dippers (John Muir's Favorite Bird) by Katherine Hocker & Mary Willson ship Captain Absolute becomes his own

Captain Absolute becomes his own rival for the hand of Lydia Languish--wooing her under another name

Fascinating tactile and acoustic elements to discover on every side

Stunning photos: professional-quality sharpness and detail

which includes an author's note and information on stars twinkling

A fellow of the Zoological Society of London

The Singer in the Stream: A Story of American Dippers (John Muir's Favorite Bird) by Katherine Hocker & Mary Willson ship Captain Absolute becomes his ownAmerican dippers are small gray birds that live their whole lives near (and in!) fast moving mountain streams. Charming and unique in their habits, dippers were John Muir's favorite bird (he called them 'water ouzels'). This nonfiction book brimming with full color illustrations, detailed sketches, lively verse, and light humor takes readers to a rendezvous with a winged creature they might easily see on a stream side ramble throughout western North