A pond is many things—it is home for a great variety of water creatures, a sanctuary for migrating birds, and a source of life-giving water to the animals and plants of meadow and swamp.

Through the sharp, watchful eyes of a boy, we see the full year's cycle in the life of a pond, from the frozen weeks of winter, through the burgeoning of spring, the hot stillness of summer and the colorful days of fall. The interrelations of life in a single area is interestingly explained and the author's photographs and drawings dramatize the study of a natural scene.

To be read for pleasure and knowledge, The Tale of a Pond is as distinguished a piece of bookmaking as was Mr. Kane's highly praised The Tale of a Meadow. 

From the dust jacket