A pond or a lake offers an opportunity for exciting discoveries. There one can become acquainted with many kinds of plants and animals and learn how they live together in a community. This book describes and illustrates some of the most common of the thousands of species of plants and animals found in or near these waters. Some are more at home in clear, cool lakes than in shallow, warm ponds. Others are found in streams as well as in still waters or may grow in the nearby wetlands.

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