Buddy the squirrel lives at Fox Run Trail. He has lots of friends, but he’s happy to make another one when he hears a strange noise coming from the woods. In author Nancy Stepek’s All Creatures so Precious, Buddy meets a little worm who came out in the rain. Now the worm can’t get back to his home without Buddy’s help. All Creatures So Precious is the first in a series of stories written for very young children. Each story includes nature and lessons about values, such as being kind and caring. Some of the stories explain natural phenomena in language and pictures very young children can understand.