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His writing about the lives of insects in biographical form is part of his enduring popularity

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The Secret Pool by Kimberly Ridley self confidence His writing about the lives*John Burroughs Association Riverby Award* *Maine Lupine Award* *Skipping Stones Honor Book* If you look carefully, you can find them and be amazed! These secret pools form every year when low places on the forest floor fill up with rain and melted snow. They soon become home to hatching wood frogs, spotted salamanders, and fairy shrimp. Even in late summer and fall, when many vernal pools have shrunk to mud holes, creatures such as turtles and snakes