Learn the the miraculous ways ponds, insects, turtles, etc. change their bodies to survive winter's cold and freezing conditions. Donna L. Long, the author of the critically acclaimed Grinnell Scientific Nature Journal, turns her talent to make complex processes easy to understand, to the wonders of the autumn season. In easy to understand language the essential natural processes of the changing colors of leaves, why trees shed leaves, and how a pond can still freeze and still support life are explained. Learn the key star constellation which signals the end of summer and the growing season. Learn why the moon’s of autumn loom so large in the night sky.