Karen Patkau takes readers on an amazing voyage of discovery to find out: How wild and rugged prairies become grasslands, why prairie inhabitants depend on each other and their surroundings, what wildlife and plants thrive in large open spaces, how seasons and weather conditions affect life on the prairies, how fire restores the land, what life is like on the Great Plains, how a food chain forms, how some prairie plants protect the land, why we need prairies.