Cari Meister

"A child visits Africa and goes on a safari to observe chimpanzees in the wild. This illustrated narrative nonfiction book includes a range map, glossary, and further resources"--

"A child learns about domesticated elephants and then goes on a trip to Sri Lanka to view Asian elephants in the wild"--

The Beat Bugs help Granny Bee remember the recipe for her famous honey pie.

Lola the manatee needs her eyeglasses to search the ocean floor for treasures for her store, so when she loses them she is frantic--will she find her glasses again?

"An illustrated narrative nonfiction journey to a North American prairie that shows elementary readers how animals and plants in a grassland ecosystem survive in an interconnected food web"--

"When Tiny and Eliot visit a senior center with a group of Christmas carolers, they go inside to warm up and spread cheer. That's when they find out that the truck carrying the tree for the senior center has broken down--and what's Christmas without a tree? Tiny knows it's up to him to save the holiday, but can he retrieve the tree in time?"--

"Introduces the differences between "there," "their," and "they're" through the telling of an original story"--