Download or read book Bee Boy and the Moonflowers written by Nicola Davies and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Azin and his nomadic family rely upon the Moonflowers to keep them alive. When his elders are taken ill, young Azin is left to guide the bees to these rare flowers and return with their precious honey, but he is not the only one seeking out their magic...The fifth in a series of six illustrated folk tales for children which explore the supernatural world, inspired by ancient folk tales and a love of nature. Be ready to feel a little bit of magic, and perhaps a few shivers down the spine.Written by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Max Low.'Davies' prose perfectly captures the volatility of the natural world and human emotion, and the scale of the desert and Azin's sense of solitude within it is beautiful conveyed through Low's vivid illustrations.' Children's Books Ireland Recommended Reads 2019-20'It is always a pleasure to see an obscure tale given a new life through adaptation and the latest offering in the Shadows and Light series is no exception. Azin, the youngest i a family of nomadic beekeepers, undertakes an arduous journey to save his family, accompanied only by his bees. It proves to be a journey of self-discovery as Azin learns about true and self-sacrifice. Low's bold, stark illustrations are a highlight, effectively converting both the arid desert environment and Azin's isolation within it.' Inis Reading Guide 2018-19

Download or read book Little Bunny s Book of Thoughts written by Steve Smallman and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When everything feels like a challenge, take time to stop and breathe with Little Bunny's book of calm, quiet mindfulness.Having an 'ears down' kind of day? Author and illustrator Steve Smallman presents an uplifting, illustrated, rhyming text encouraging people of all ages to take a moment and try something new. With delightful illustrations of Little Bunny experiencing challenges and showing a range of emotions, this is a book which will speak to children and adults alike. A perfect text for a bedtime story, or a perfect gift for someone special.

Download or read book Darganfod Paradwys written by John Milton and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mae Albi, ci'r ffermwr, yn deffro un bore i ddarganfod bod ei gydymaith Neli wedi diflannu. Ble mae hi wedi mynd? Maent fel arfer gyda'i gilydd bob amser ger y tan yn y gegin, neu'n chwarae yn yr ardd a'r caeau cyfagos.Wrth iddo fynd i chwilio amdani, mae Albi yn edrych ar holl olygfeydd ac arogleuon cefn gwlad. Mae ei daith yn mynd ag ef trwy lefydd cyfarwydd yn cyntaf ac yna llefydd rhyfedd, o'r ardd lysiau a'r ddol gartref i siopau a stryd fawr y dref, lle mae'n dod ar draws cast o gymeriadau yn ei ymdrech i ddod o hyd i Neli. Mae Darganfod Paradwys yn daith hyfryd o fanwl a byw trwy gefn gwlad a'r gymuned leol, wedi'i ddarlunio'n syfrdanol gyda phaentiadau lliwgar a mynegiannol gan Helen Elliott.

Download or read book Omar the Bees and Me written by Helen Mortimer and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An uplifting story on sustainability, in response to many 'heavy' green titles coming to the market that children often find intimidating. Omar, The Bees and Me encourages children to look after nature in local communities planting wild flowers to form bee corridors. Themes around cultural identity are also explored through Omar (a new boy from Syria) and Maisie's friendship. Offers an insight into international beekeeping and illustrated by award-winning picture-book maker Katie Cottle, creator of The Green Giant and The Blue Giant. Includes bee facts on endpapers and a recipe for honey cake on end page.

Download or read book I Like to Put Food in My Welly written by Jason Korsner and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The imaginative and playful rhymes of Jason Korsner's I Like to Put Food in My Welly experiment with language to comic effect, conjuring up a sequence of images that will have children in stitches. A laugh-out-loud picture book with endless surprises.Written by Jason Korsner and illustrated by Max Low.'a hilarious adventure through language and word-play that is bound to leave you in stitches of laughter. Written again in rhyme, the vivid, child-like, free pictures by Max Low add to the raucous fun and imaginative play. For young readers, this is an adventure that gives the gift of excitement about expressing yourself, poetry and twisting words around to change the meaning and mood.'Mary Esther Judy, Fallen Star Stories'Engaging rhymes and art: just right for putting across the 'language is fun' message to pre-schoolers.' Jill Bennett, Red Reading Hub'Children will adore this brilliantly surreal book of poems, which get sillier for the longer you read them.' BookTrust

Download or read book Eel Question written by Nicola Davies and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bound to serve a cruel master, Nant's curiosity never fails to get her into trouble. Her dreams of a life beyond her marshland home intensify each autumn when the silver eels return, along with her questions. Where do they come from? And where do they go?The last in a series of six illustrated folk tales for children which explore the supernatural world, inspired by ancient folk tales and a love of nature. Be ready to feel a little bit of magic, and perhaps a few shivers down the spine.Written by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Beth Holland.'This unusual, mythic-feeling story is one of a series of tales from Welsh publisher Graffeg that explore the deeper and sometimes darker side of our connection with the natural world. Nant finds herself at the mercy of a witch hunt, and the story explores themes of ignorance and curiosity with a deft and gentle hand. As ever, Davies' love of the natural world is obvious, and her writing sings with a dark exuberance.' BookTrust 'These stories ask as many questions as they answer and highlight the strong ties that exist between nature and mankind; they beg us to seek a little deeper. Thought-provoking, haunting and swimming with the diverse beauty of the natural world.' Mary Esther Judy, Fallen Star Stories

Download or read book Hortense and the Shadow written by Natalia O'Hara and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunting, original fairy tale from two dazzling debut picture book talents, in the spirit of Neil Gaiman and Carson Ellis. Hortense is a kind and brave girl, but she is sad--even angry--that her shadow follows her everywhere she goes. She hates her shadow, and thinks her shadow must hate her too. But one cold, dark night, when bandits surprise her in the woods, Hortense discovers that her shadow is the very thing she needs most. This stunningly illustrated story stirs the soul with its compelling, subtle exploration of self-esteem, self-identity, and finding inner strength.

Download or read book The New Girl written by Nicola Davies and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A child stars a new school in a strange new town. The children in her class are hostile and unhappy about the stranger in their midst. The child's response is to create something beautiful that transforms their attitude towards her, changing their vision of themselves and their own lives.

Download or read book Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals to Young Citizens 10 16 years written by Anne M. Dolan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the current climate and economic crises, education for sustainability has never been more critical. This timely and essential book encourages readers to rethink our current values systems and to interrogate common assumptions about our world. Written for all educators with an interest in sustainability, chapters address several possible future scenarios for our planet, allowing readers to make more educated choices about sustainability and to transfer this knowledge to students within the classroom. Each chapter focuses on a specific Sustainable Development Goal. Beginning with a brief historical and theoretical introduction to contextualise the goal, chapters then showcase the practical activities, case studies and exemplars that teachers can adopt when teaching. Topics explored include, but are not limited to: Poverty Renewable energy Climate change Peace and justice Human rights Access to education This book is an essential classroom resource for any teacher or student teacher wishing to promote the Sustainable Development Goals and to teach for a better and brighter future.

Download or read book Little Mistake written by Nicola Davies and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosie is given a sheepdog puppy to rear who looks and behaves differently to the other sheepdogs on the farm and is too friendly to herd the sheep. When she overhears her parents referring to her as their 'little mistake', her puppy teaches her that not all mistakes are bad in this charming story about belonging and finding your place.The Little Mistake is one in a series of Country Tales, written by award-winning children's author Nicola Davies and illustrated by Cathy Fisher.

Download or read book The Moonflower Vine written by Jetta Carleton and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-11 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wit, emotion and undiminished boldness. . . . This is a book which celebrates life and warms the heart.” —Tulsa World A timeless American classic, this beloved family saga of the heartland is “deeply felt . . . dramatic . . . constantly alive” (Harper’s Magazine) On a farm in western Missouri during the first half of the twentieth century, Matthew and Callie Soames create a life for themselves and raise four headstrong daughters. Jessica will break their hearts. Leonie will fall in love with the wrong man. Mary Jo will escape to New York. And wild child Mathy's fate will be the family's greatest tragedy. Over the decades they will love, deceive, comfort, forgive—and, ultimately, they will come to cherish all the more fiercely the bonds of love that hold the family together. This moving novel brings to life the rhythms and the mood of Midwestern rural life through its endearing characters and their secrets, fears, heartache, and pleasures. Jetta Carleton’s only work of fiction remains an utterly compelling story told with perceptive humor and a deep compassion.

Download or read book Killers of the Flower Moon written by David Grann and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE “A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?”—USA Today “A masterful work of literary journalism crafted with the urgency of a mystery.” —The Boston Globe In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!

Download or read book The Murmur of Bees written by Sofía Segovia and published by AmazonCrossing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a beguiling voice in Mexican fiction comes an astonishing novel--her first to be translated into English--about a mysterious child with the power to change a family's history in a country on the verge of revolution. From the day that old Nana Reja found a baby abandoned under a bridge, the life of a small Mexican town forever changed. Disfigured and covered in a blanket of bees, little Simonopio is for some locals the stuff of superstition, a child kissed by the devil. But he is welcomed by landowners Francisco and Beatriz Morales, who adopt him and care for him as if he were their own. As he grows up, Simonopio becomes a cause for wonder to the Morales family, because when the uncannily gifted child closes his eyes, he can see what no one else can--visions of all that's yet to come, both beautiful and dangerous. Followed by his protective swarm of bees and living to deliver his adoptive family from threats--both human and those of nature--Simonopio's purpose in Linares will, in time, be divined. Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution and the devastating influenza of 1918, The Murmur of Bees captures both the fate of a country in flux and the destiny of one family that has put their love, faith, and future in the unbelievable.

Download or read book An Island Garden written by Celia Thaxter and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celia Laighton Thaxter (1835-1894) was born in Portsmouth, NH. When she was four, her father became the lighthouse keeper on White Island in the Isles of Shoals. After resigning his post eight years later, he built a resort hotel on Appledore Island in Maine. The first of its kind on the New England coast, the hotel became a gathering place for writers and artists during the latter half of the 19th century. In her last year of life, Celia published this work, in which she lovingly describes her Appledore garden and its flowers. The flowers she grew in her cutting garden filled her own rooms and those of the hotel, and this work became famous for its descriptions of the old-fashioned flowers she grew there. Her island garden, a plot that measured 15 feet square, has been re-created and is open to visitors.

Download or read book Mary Frances Garden Book written by Jane Eayre Fryer and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Frances and her brother plant a garden around her playhouse and through it and the Garden People, they learn the pleasures and wonders of gardening.

Download or read book Shampoozel written by Laurence Anholt and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2004 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this version of the classic fairy tale "Rapunzel," the daughter of two hairdressers is locked in a tower by the Bad Hair Witch.

Download or read book Analectic Magazine and Naval Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: