Download or read book Bamboo and the Turtle written by Norman Hinsdale Pitman and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic Chinese folk tale is part of a series entitled A Chinese Wonder. The series was originally published in anthology form in 1919.Each story has been lovingly reproduced and includes the orignal (cover) art of Li Chu T'ang.This volume tells the story of a young boy who goes on a magical adventure to meet the original creators of the world.
Download or read book Bamboo and the Turtle Fairy Tales and Legends of China Series written by Norman Hinsdale Pitman and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-05-22 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the day when this story opens, just as the last horseman had passed out of sight among the cedars, Bamboo chanced to look up toward one of the smaller temple buildings of which his father was the keeper. It was the house through which the visitors had just been shown. Could his eyes be deceiving him? No, the great iron doors had been forgotten in the hurry of the moment, and there they stood wide open, as if inviting him to enter.
Download or read book A Chinese Wonder Book written by Norman Hinsdale Pitman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1919 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What we shall eat to-morrow, I haven't the slightest idea!" said Widow Wang to her eldest son, as he started out one morning in search of work. "Oh, the gods will provide. I'll find a few coppers somewhere," replied the boy, trying to speak cheerfully, although in his heart he also had not the slightest idea in which direction to turn. The winter had been a hard one: extreme cold, deep snow, and violent winds. The Wang house had suffered greatly. The roof had fallen in, weighed down by heavy snow. Then a hurricane had blown a wall over, and Ming-li, the son, up all night and exposed to a bitter cold wind, had caught pneumonia. Long days of illness followed, with the spending of extra money for medicine. All their scant savings had soon melted away, and at the shop where Ming-li had been employed his place was filled by another. When at last he arose from his sick-bed he was too weak for hard labour and there seemed to be no work in the neighbouring villages for him to do. Night after night he came home, trying not to be discouraged, but in his heart feeling the deep pangs of sorrow that come to the good son who sees his mother suffering for want of food and clothing. "Bless his good heart!" said the poor widow after he had gone. "No mother ever had a better boy. I hope he is right in saying the gods will provide. It has been getting so much worse these past few weeks that it seems now as if my stomach were as empty as a rich man's brain. Why, even the rats have deserted our cottage, and there's nothing left for poor Tabby, while old Blackfoot is nearly dead from starvation."
Download or read book Chinese Wonder Book written by Jean Elizabeth Ward and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book by Norman Hinsdale Pitmanwas originally a book of Chinese Stories, last published in 1919: Illustrations areby Li Chu-T'ang. The Golden Beetle, The Great Bell, The Strange Tale of Dr. Dog, How Footbinding Started, The Talking Fish, Bamboo and the Turtle, The Mad Goose and the Tiger Forest, The Nodding Tiger, The Princess Kwan-yin, The Two Jugglers, The Phantom Vessel. In the revised edition Jean Elizabeth Ward has added a chapter of Poems in Alphabetized Order, with Homage being paid to such Poets as Li Qi, Han Yu, Li Bai, Du Fu, Li He, Qiwu Q ian, Wen Tingyun, Li Qingzhao, Po Chu-I, Liu Changqing, Wang Wei, Liu Jixu, Juan Chi, Cen Can, Zhang Ji.
Download or read book Alex the Sea Turtle written by Chris Dawson and published by . This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex the sea turtle climbs onto the beach to sun himself and while doing so meets a gentle young girl named Jennifer and has to endure the mischief of a boy named Reggie. Alex returns to the sea. Reggie goes swimming and gets caught in a riptide. His trashing attracts the attention of a shark. Alex comes to the rescue and saves Reggie's life. One day, many years later, he meets Jennifer and Reggie and their three sons and this time he receives a lot of love and care from the whole family.
Download or read book Philippine Folk Tales written by Mabel Cook Cole and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1916 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From time to time since the American occupation of the Islands, Philippine folk-tales have appeared in scientific publications, but never, so far as the writer is aware, has there been an attempt to offer to the general public a comprehensive popular collection of this material.
Download or read book Chinese Myths Tales written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curated new Myths and Tales. Great floods and river Gods, snake spirits, and Immortals, China's unique set of mythological tales are derived from its vast expanse, diverse culture and the endless wars between tribes and dynasties. The result is a rich landscape of humanity, gods and spirits introduced here in this comprehensive book of folk tales and legendary exploits. The latest title in Flame Tree's beautiful, comprehensive series of Gothic Fantasy titles, concentrates on the ancient, epic origins of modern fantasy.
Download or read book Box Set Children s Books Sea Turtles Picture Book For Kids Panda Book For Kids Unicorn Humor Book For Kids written by Kate Cruise and published by Speedy Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-03 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 3 In 1 Box Set Compilation includes Kate Cruise's & Timmie Guzzmann's intriguing & interesting panda & sea turtle fact book for kids and beautiful horse book plus the LOL Dr. Seuss style unicorn jerk rhyming poem book with hilarious rhyming verses for kids. The compilation includes: Book 1: Panda Discovery Book Book 2: Sea Turtle Discovery Book Book 3: Unicorn Jerks Book Book 1: Inside the sea turtles discovery book your child will learn about things like: * What Is The History Behind The Origin Of Sea Turtles? * What Are The Various Species? * How Do Sea Turtles Reproduce? How Do Sea Turtle Babies Look Like? * Are Sea Turtles Carnivore, Herbivore, Or Omnivore? What Do The Sea Turtles Eat? * Are Sea Turtles Social? * Some Revelations, Truths & Other Curious Stuff About Sea Turtles * Can Sea Turtles Be Kept As Pet? * Important Sea Turtle Resources Book 2: Inside you'll find interesting, intriguing, funny & weird panda moments like: * A History Of Lovable Panda Bears * Where Do Pandas Hide And Where Do We Find Them? * Sniff sniff...and other Panda Senses * How Do Pandas Communicate? * Panda Moves & Panda Defense * Panda Baby Boom * How Do Pandas Spend Their Day? * Up For Some Panda Playtime? * Pandas & Bamboos * Pandas & Us Humans * Interesting, Curious & Intriguing Facts About Pandas and lots more... Book 3: Inside you'll find jerky unicorn moments like: * Rainbow Fairy Dust & Magical Ray Of Gooey Rainbow Dust * Unicorns & Clogged Toilets * Unicorn Dreads & Rainbow Spreads * Trees Are Like Guardian Angels * Rainbow Fairy Fluff * Turkey Dinner Turns Out Jerkier Than You Might Think and lots more... Get this 3 In 1 box set compilation today because buying the 3 in 1 box set compilation gives you more value for a smaller prize, but you can also buy each book individually. If your kid loves frogs, toads, snakes and hilariously funny cats this box set compilation will give you an awesome value and makes your child smiling all day long...
Download or read book Natives written by Inongo vi Makomè and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having achieved professional success in Barcelona at the expense of family life, best friends Montse and Roser are dissatisfied and sexually frustrated. Over an evening cognac, the two friends hatch a plan to find one of Barcelona's many illegal African immigrants, whom they plan to employ as the object of their sexual desires. When Montse finds Bambara Keita on a park bench at the Plaza de Cataluña, she know he is the one, and invites him home. Keita's rags-to-riches experience means sacrificing some of his values in order to survive, as the two women take turns hosting — and hiding — him at their homes. When Roser is offered an attractive new position in Berlin, Keita is forced to make a difficult decision.
Download or read book Rough and tumble Turtles written by Random House and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This board book features touch-and-feel turtle shells, tiger fur, and more.
Download or read book The Chinese Fairy Book written by Richard Wilhelm and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1921 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fairy tales and legends of olden China have in common with the "Thousand and One Nights" an oriental glow and glitter of precious stones and gold and multicolored silks, an oriental wealth of fantastic and supernatural action. And yet they strike an exotic note distinct in itself. The seventy-three stories here presented after original sources, embracing "Nursery Fairy Tales," "Legends of the Gods," "Tales of Saints and Magicians," "Nature and Animal Tales," "Ghost Stories," "Historic Fairy Tales," and "Literary Fairy Tales," probably represent the most comprehensive and varied collection of oriental fairy tales ever made available for American readers. There is no child who will not enjoy their novel color, their fantastic beauty, their infinite variety of subject. Yet, like the "Arabian Nights," they will amply repay the attention of the older reader as well. Some are exquisitely poetic, such as "The Flower-Elves," "The Lady of the Moon" or "The Herd Boy and the Weaving Maiden"; others like "How Three Heroes Came By Their Deaths Because Of Two Peaches," carry us back dramatically and powerfully to the Chinese age of Chivalry. The summits of fantasy are scaled in the quasi-religious dramas of "The Ape Sun Wu Kung" and "Notscha," or the weird sorceries unfolded in "The Kindly Magician." Delightful ghost stories, with happy endings, such as "A Night on the Battlefield" and "The Ghost Who Was Foiled," are paralleled with such idyllic love-tales as that of "Rose of Evening," or such Lilliputian fancies as "The King of the Ants" and "The Little Hunting Dog." It is quite safe to say that these Chinese fairy tales will give equal pleasure to the old as well as the young. They have been retold simply, with no changes in style or expression beyond such details of presentation which differences between oriental and occidental viewpoints at times compel. It is the writer's hope that others may take as much pleasure in reading them as he did in their translation.
Download or read book The Venetians A Novel written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little golden cloudlets, like winged living creatures, were hanging high up in the rosy glow above Santa Maria della Salute, and all along the Grand Canal the crowded gondolas were floating in a golden haze, and all the westward-facing palace windows flashed and shone with an illumination which the lamps and lanterns that were to be lighted after sundown could never equal, burnt they never so merrily. It was Shrove Tuesday in Venice, Carnival time. The sun had been shining on the city and on the lagunes all day long. It was one of those Shrove Tuesdays which recall the familiar proverb— “Sunshine at Carnival, Fireside at Easter.” But who cares about the chance of cold and gloom six weeks hence when to-day is fair and balmy? A hum of joyous, foolish voices echoed from those palace façades, and floated out seaward, and rang along the narrow Calle, and drifted on the winding water-ways, and resounded under the innumerable bridges; for everywhere in the City by the Sea men, women, and children were making merry, and had given themselves up to a wild and childish rapture of unreasoning mirth, ready to explode into loud laughter at the sorriest jokes. An old man tapped upon the shoulder by a swinging paper lantern—a boy whose hat had been knocked off—a woman calling to her husband or her lover across the gay flotilla—anything was food for mirth on this holiday evening, while the great gold orb sank in the silvery lagoon, and all the sky yonder towards Chioggia was dyed with the crimson afterglow, and the Chioggian fishing-boats were moving westward in all the splendour of their painted sails. At Danieli’s the hall and staircase, reading-room, smoking-room, and saloons were crowded with people; English and American for the most part, but with a sprinkling of French and German. Shrewd Yankees were bargaining on the sea-washed steps below the hall-door with gondoliers almost as shrewd. Quanto per la notte—tutte la notte, sul canale? To-night the gondoliers would have it all their own way, for every one wanted a gondola to row up and down the Grand Canal, with gaudy Chinese lanterns, and singing men, twanging guitar or tinkling mandoline to that tune which is almost the national melody of Venice fin de siècle—“Funicoli, funicola.” The dining-rooms at Danieli’s are capacious enough for all ordinary occasions, but to-night there was not space for half the number who wanted to dine. The waiters were flying about wildly, trying to appease the hungry crowd with promises of tables subito, subito. But travellers in Italy know what subito means in an Italian restaurant, and were not comforted by these assurances. Amiable Signor Campi moved about among his men, and his very presence gave comfort somehow, and finally everybody had food and wine, and a din of jovial voices rose up from the table d’hôte to the grand old rooms above, on that upper story which is called the noble floor, a place of strange histories, perhaps, in those stern days when these hotels were palaces.
Download or read book Hope for Animals and Their World written by Jane Goodall and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-02 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes an inspiring message about the future of the animal kingdom. With the insatiable curiosity and conversational prose that have made her a bestselling author, Goodall - along with Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard - shares fascinating survival stories about the American Crocodile, the California Condor, the Black-Footed Ferret, and more; all formerly endangered species and species once on the verge of extinction whose populations are now being regenerated. Interweaving her own first-hand experiences in the field with the compelling research of premier scientists, Goodall illuminates the heroic efforts of dedicated environmentalists and the truly critical need to protect the habitats of these beloved species. At once a celebration of the animal kingdom and a passionate call to arms, Hope For Animals Their World presents an uplifting, hopeful message for the future of animal-human coexistence. Praise for Hope For Animals Their World "Goodall's intimate writing style and sense of wonder pull the reader into each account...The mix of personal and scientific makes for a compelling read."-Booklist "These accounts of conservation success are inspirational."-Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Puteri Tioman the Green Turtle written by Rossiti Aishah Rashidi and published by Oyez!Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a green turtle returning to lay her eggs on the same beach where she was born on the island of Tioman off the east coast of Malaysia. It is a beautifully written and illustrated story using the character of Puteri Tioman, a green turtle, to describe the life and dangers faced by these beautiful creatures. This is both a story and a guide book for children and adults on what they can do to help turtles. Puteri Tioman was selected by the International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY) for the IBBY Honour List 2014. The IBBY is a non-profit organisation based in Basel which represents an international network of people from all over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together.
Download or read book Childhood s Favorites and Fairy Stories written by Hamilton Wright Mabie and published by . This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive collection of tales and fairy stories edited by the American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer. American culture is indebted to him for helping to spread, by his lectures as well as his writings, a love of good reading in the United States.
Download or read book A Chinese Wonder Book written by Norman Hinsdale Pitman and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 2783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of fifteen Chinese folk tales.
Download or read book Through the Bamboo written by Andrea Mapili and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-31 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
