A girl dreams of having a black stallion with flowing mane and tail. She finds it in a mistreated pony sold at a auction. Doodlebug takes you riding into another land.

Doodlebug is a heart warming story for young readers about a young girl who dreams of buying her own wonderful black stallion but takes pity on a neglected small black pony at a stock-sale. There are wonderful pictures of "before and after" of the neglected pony named "Doodlebug" and Irene Brady is a very talented artist. Her pictures are a delight. Adults will enjoy it too.

Written and illustrated by Irene Brady, The Redrock Canyon Explorer: A Virtual Visit To An Imaginary Canyon is a highly enjoyable and strongly recommended companion to exploring redrock canyons of the Southwest. Packed from cover to cover with black-and-white illustrations, The Redrock Canyon Explorer showcases amazing facts about canyon history and wildlife, from how lizards run, to the life cycles of ravens, to the Ancestral Pueblo Native American culture that once called the redrock canyons home. The Redrock Canyon Explorer is a truly amazing, fact-filled and exciting guide for nature lovers of all ages and backgrounds.

This beautiful book is a stunning breakthrough in nature writing. "The Redrock Canyon Explorer" by Irene Brady combines the best in scientific accuracy with high adventure as she describes and illustrates the hidden life of the Colorado Plateau. For research or for recreational reading, children and adults alike will delight in the exquisite drawings and lyrical narrative of the creatures who live in the high desert Southwest. Curl up in front of a cozy fire with this lovely and informative book, or take it with you as a guide in your Southwest travels. This is a book to cherish for a lifetime and to give to the most discriminating friend. I recommend it without reservation.

Is it possible for a human being to live in a beaver lodge? One can almost believe that Irene Brady spent a year - or a lifetime - living with this little group. She became a beloved aunt, an integral part of the extended family. She sat in her own spot on the platform in the lodge, writing the story and sketching pictures of the charming and intimate beaver drama unfolding around her. You can almost see her venturing out to fell a small tree and helping to build and repair the dam. You can imagine her chewing aspen leaves for dinner, helping to settle sibling squabbles, baby-sitting on occasion, grooming and cuddling tired kits at the end of a playful and industrious day. And observing, always observing, and recording with the careful eye of a scientific artist and a meticulous writer who loves her subjects.

She didn't live with them, of course, but somehow she catches the essence of their lives and shares it with her readers in such a way that they all, children and adults, can spend a magic season in the beaver lodge, joining in their good times and their bad. Days of industry, moments of fear when predators loom, disaster when a flood strikes, and renewal as kits grow up and start their own families. A book to own, to treasure!

I am 30 years old and this book keeps popping into my head :) I really loved it when I first read it some years ago when I was little. It tells the story of a girl who goes through an amusing process while getting to know her new little horse. Eventually, she finds out that you don't always know a diamond, even if you hold it in your hand :)

When my watercolor teacher showed us her copy of this book, I was interested enough to order it. Now that I own it and have had the opportunity to slowly read it and look at the pictures, I hate to have to put it down. This wonderful collection of watercolors by a modern painter provides the reader with excellent color photos of the work, a complete list of all of the painter's work, and, most impressive, a scholarly critical discussion of each painting and its contribution to the entire body fo work presented here. This book is a beautiful addition to any reader's art book library, and a necessary element in any watercolor student's library.

Irene Brady has outdone herself in her exquisite sketchbook of western canyon youngsters. The well-known author/artist has combined scientific objectivity with a delicacy in her drawings and narrative that make the small creatures in this book utterly adorable. I wanted to rush right out into a canyon and find myself some baby pets but of course, as Ms. Brady points out, capturing and keeping a wild baby will usually result in its death and sorrow for its mother. And so her lovely book is the best possible way to make the acquaintance of these enchanting youngsters and their adventurous childhoods.

Bobcat, squirrel, bat, deer, hawk and bear babies are chronicled from their mothers' nesting, through birth and childhood, to young adulthood. The drawings include scientifically accurate vignettes which explain fascinating details of animal behavior. Children and adults alike will enjoy the magic of this stunning book.