Feature Book - Raccoons and Ripe Corn / Deer at the Brook / Come Out, Muskrats A naturalist records his observations of wildlife in this book and two others - "Deer at the Brook" and "Come Out, Muskrats." Meet Jim - LeVar introduces us to Jim Arnosky, a naturalist (scientist who studies nature). Jim uses pictures he sketches and facts he observes to create his books. Deer at the Brook - Feature Book At the Beaver Pond - Jim and LeVar take a walk, see a mink and explore a beaver dam. Come Out, Muskrats - Feature Book The Porcupine Trail - Jim and LeVar walk on a porcupine trail and after observing the signs that a porcupine had climbed a tree, Jim draws a picture of the porcupine climbing the tree. Book Reviews - Bird Watch by Jane Yolen; My First Nature Book by Angela Wilkes; Tree Trunk Traffic by Bianca Lavies.

Originally released by Reading Rainbow, 2008. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 07, 2015.

Feature Book (2:04); --Meet Jim (6:43); -- Deer at the Brook (1:28); -- The Beaver Pond (4:51); -- Come Out, Muskrats (1:27); -- The Porcupine Trail (2:44); -- Book Reviews (3:16); -- Raccoons and ripe corn (2:35); -- Book rading (2:54); -- Book reading (2:53); .