One Day on Beetle Rock

by Sally Carrighar Author, Henry B. Kane Illustrator

Rare indeed is work as fine as this - accurate in fact and in spirit, full of information and keen observation, yet genuinely beautiful and moving in its feeling for the out doors. You will follow the hunt, and games, and friendships of nine critters in a place where us humans have no impact on how the animal kingdom have, is, and will roam the earth. This book will leave you questioning your place on this earth. And perhaps open your eyes to taking care of your surroundings. "This is a dangerous book, full of disturbing possibilities," says Robert Miller, director of the California Academy of Sciences, in his foreword to One Day on Beetle Rock. Should it fall into the hands of the young, it is extremely likely to make naturalists of them. -NYT 12/10/1944