James Marshall

The animals of the ground and the birds of the air loved their forest, the Forest of Plenty. It was a society unto itself that teamed with lush vegetation, wandering streams, and an incredible abundance of food sources that supported all the living creatures of the forest. Despite the abundance of food, all the creatures of the forest hoarded food beyond measure. They were selfish, and their love for one another had grown cold. Even the majority of...

When Winnie, who never reads, lifts off with a foxy stranger, sensible Harriet must use every ounce of energy and brain power to rescue her.

Overview: Marshall breathes fresh new life into this familiar favorite with funny new dialogue and exuberant cartoonlike illustrations.

A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother.

A plane crashes in the vast Northern Territory of Australia, and the only survivors are two children from Charleston, South Carolina, on their way to visit their uncle in Adelaide. Mary and her younger brother, Peter, set out on foot, lost in the vast, hot Australian outback. They are saved by a chance meeting with an unnamed Aboriginal boy on walkabout. He looks after the two strange white children and shows them how to find food and water in the...

Three bears return home from a walk to find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed.

In five brief episodes two hippopotamuses reinforce their friendship.

The reader is invited to regard poetry as a distillation of life's experience. In Search of Poetry offers poems sequenced somewhat to reflect increasing maturity. The first group, "Whimsy," is followed by another that demonstrates some elements of poetic Form. These groups, together with following ones on Music, Nature, Philosophy and Feelings, contain about two-thirds of the book's poems. The final and largest group, Narratives, has broad scope and...

James A. R. Marshall is professor of theoretical and computational biology at the University of Sheffield. Social behavior has long puzzled evolutionary biologists, since the classical theory of natural selection maintains that individuals should not sacrifice their own fitness to affect that of others. Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory argues that a theory first presented in 1963 by William D. Hamilton-inclusive fitness theory-provides...

Three stories chronicle the ups and downs of a special friendship between two hippopotamuses.