This is a delightful picture book nature story, telling the story of beavers interacting with other woodland animals, including predators. I appreciate Roger Duvoisin's combined usage of both color and black/white illustrations. The seasons of the year are portrayed in relationship to the beavers building their dams and lodges as well as the author mentioning all of the other woodland animals that enjoy the pond and its water.
For a child that has never had an opportunity to see the work of a beaver, this gentle story gives a good overview of a beaver's life and work. There are a lot of woodland animals and birds to look out for among the pages of this wonderful picture book.

Beautifully evocative paintings and text describe the circle of life in the context of ecological succession. A meadow stream, a beaver dam, a pond which gradually silts in so that the beavers move on, a flood that ruptures the dam leaving a meadow and a stream. Although a picture book that looks (and is) suitable for preschool and early elementary children, the scientific concepts are quite subtle and complex, making this book interesting to human beings of any age. ( )

This book shows the life of a beaver in its dam. The way they create their habitat, they way they live, feed etc.

Ages 4-5
Pierce County Library

The story tells us about nature.

Age: 3-5
Source: Pierce College Library

This book talks about the life of a beaver and living in it's habitat.