The 13 Moons Books in Order

As March arrives in Michigan, a spotted salamander emerges from winter shelter and travels toward a woodland pond. Its journey and courtship reveal the seasonal rhythms of an animal whose life often unfolds beyond human sight.

Temporarily separated from its clan, a peccary piglet explores Arizona's Sonoran Desert in the summer heat. Following intriguing scents brings encounters with other desert creatures and dangers concealed within the seemingly barren landscape.

During the dry season in the Florida Everglades, a female alligator searches for food. Her struggle to survive reveals the relationships between wetland animals and the changing conditions of their threatened habitat.

November brings migrating caribou through Alaska's Toklat Pass, where gray wolves hunt to sustain their pack. Young wolves face the challenges of finding food and learning the skills they need to survive the northern winter.

Under the winter soil of the Great Plains, an eastern mole alternates feeding with sleep. Guided by touch and scent, it digs through a hidden world where predators and human activity can suddenly change its familiar routes.

A female black bear's life in the Tennessee mountains follows the changing seasons. From winter shelter through spring foraging and summer mating to autumn preparations, her activities reveal the rhythms that shape survival in the forest.

On Washington's Mount Olympus, a young mountain lion moves through the wilderness beneath the August moon. Its search for food and encounters with other animals reveal the dangers and rhythms of a cougar's life.

A mother chickaree raises her newborn squirrels in Montana's Bitterroot Valley during April. As she guards her young and stored seeds, her noisy protests help defend her territory against hungry intruders.

September brings new challenges for a white-tailed buck living in a salt marsh. As mating season draws closer, a powerful hurricane threatens his habitat, adding a struggle against severe weather to the demands of the changing season.

June brings fox pups out of their den and into a world full of unfamiliar animals. Their parents guide them as they explore, find food, and begin learning the skills they need to survive.

A song sparrow that failed to migrate must survive December in Ohio. Searching for food and shelter while avoiding a prowling cat, he faces the hazards of a northern winter.

A female monarch butterfly travels north during spring, laying eggs along the way. Her journey and the developing caterpillars reveal how migration and successive generations carry these butterflies through their seasonal cycle.

Under January's moon in the Catskill Mountains, great horned owls begin their courtship. Their calls and encounters reveal how these nocturnal birds prepare to raise a family in the winter woods.