A poetic and pictorial portrayal of the lovely things that happen at a brook as a mother deer and two fawns come to drink, fish leap, and sunlight sparkles on the water.
Explains the techniques used in finding wild animals such as owls, turtles, squirrels, foxes, beavers, and deer, and in getting close enough to study their behavior.
Provides paintings of beaches, rocks, water, gulls, fish, and other aspects of nature on a small Maine island, accompanied by comments from the artist on how and why he painted them.