
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Jean M. When mice, voles, and velvety-furred shrews, who were used to evading foxes, scurried into holes burrowed just below the surface, Wolf chased gerbils, hamsters, and long-eared, prickly hedgehogs. He dashed after polecats and stoats-ermine in summer-brown coats-and backed off when the dauntless predators held their ground. The young wolf took delight in discovering the multitude of small animals that lived and thrived on the vast prairie.

grass grew ripe and the feather grass lost its plumes, would the rich plains change from silver to golden. But it was the young bluegrass and ripening fescue and feather grasses that predominated, turning the steppes into waves of softly billowing silver accented by shadows of blue sage. Auel is the third book in the Earth's Children series, which depicts the journey of a young woman named Ayla in prehistoric Europe. A broad bed of the dark red blossoms filling the entire depression between two hills caused exclamations of wonder and appreciation from the travelers.


The bluish-violet and yellow flowers of the last dwarf iris were fading but still colorful, and fernleaf peonies were in full bloom. To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt: What reading level is Mammoth Hunters book?
