"During their late-night swim in the pond, the ducklings think they see a shark. With carefully leveled text, young readers can find out if there really is a shark in the park"-- Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-old Jessie spends the summer with her family on Quicksand Pond, a New England vacation spot, where she develops a star-crossed friendship with independent Terri, and meets a reclusive old lady whose cconnection to a murder that took place decades ago still informs her present--and affects Terri in ways that Jessie gradually comes to understand the more time they spend together.

While in the bathtub, Gus pretends to be a fish exploring a pond for the first time. Includes glossary of terms related to pond animals and plants.

A young boy and his family are trying to overcome the loss of his father. The natural world becomes part of the healing process.

In this story without words, "a boy puts his dog on a leash and they walk to a shimmering pond where snowy white swans swim freely. One of the swans invites the boy and dog for a ride. They climb on its back and sail into a stunningly beautiful landscape, dotted with wildflowers, spoonbills, and ibises ... The boy unleashes his dog on shore, and the dog bounds off to play. Now the boy wraps his arms around the swan's neck--he has a new friend. But...

After he feels a mysterious pull drawing him toward a dark, shadowy pond in the woods, Armie looks to old Native American tales for guidance about the dangerous monster lurking in the water.

"When small-town athlete Avery's morning run leads her to a strange pond in the middle of the forest, she awakens a horror the townspeople of Crook's Falls have long forgotten. The black water has been waiting. Watching. Hungry for the souls it needs to survive. Avery can smell the water, see it flooding everywhere; she thinks she's losing her mind. And as the black water haunts Avery--taking a new form each time--people in town begin to go missing....

After Cecil the toad discovers that a new freeway project is aimed right at his pond, he and the other pond creatures resolve to stop the construction.

"A beginning reader book containing two stories in which Frog and his friends try to find the end of the rainbow and Frog looks for a new pond when an unwelcome visitor won't leave his"-- Provided by publisher.

"A group of friends discovers a neglected pond in the woods and decides to fix it up together"-- Provided by publisher.