Download or read book Little Worm s Big Question written by and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poor little worm meets some remarkable animals, all with a claim to fame: the toughest (gorilla), fastest (falcon), longest tongue (chameleon), and most intelligent (human), among many others. He returns home feeling weak and inadequate until he realises that making compost is one of the most important things in the world. Lavishly illustrated and with some intriguing detail, this is a funny, thoughtful tale with an environmental message and plenty of talking points about diversity and self-esteem. Paul Fitzgerald is radical political cartoonist and activist known as Polyp. His work regularly appears in New Internationalist magazine and he has published several books. Eva Schlunke grew up off-grid in the Australian bush. She is a painter, illustrator, and prop builder. Both live and work in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Download or read book Worms written by Sian Smith and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented in rhyming patterns, this book introduces worms.
Download or read book Can a Bee Sting a Bee written by and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spirit of Schott’s Miscellany, The Magic of Reality, and The Dangerous Book for Boys comes Can a Bee Sting a Bee?—a smart, illuminating, essential, and utterly delightful handbook for perplexed parents and their curious children. Author Gemma Elwin Harris has lovingly compiled weighty questions from precocious grade school children—queries that have long dumbfounded even intelligent adults—and she’s gathered together a notable crew of scientists, specialists, philosophers, and writers to answer them. Authors Mary Roach and Phillip Pullman, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, chef Gordon Ramsay, adventurist Bear Gryllis, and linguist Noam Chomsky are among the top experts responding to the Big Questions from Little People, (“Do animals have feelings?”, “Why can’t I tickle myself?”, “Who is God?”) with well-known comedians, columnists, and raconteurs offering hilarious alternative answers. Miles above your average general knowledge and trivia collections, this charming compendium is a book fans of the E.H. Gombrich classic, A Little History of the World, will adore.
Download or read book Wiggling Worms at Work written by Wendy Pfeffer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-12-23 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crawling through the dirt, worms are hard at work, helping plants to grow. Worms help the fruit and vegetables we eat by loosening the soil and feeding the plants. Read and find out about these wiggling wonders!
Download or read book The Worm Book written by Janet Ahlberg and published by Puffin HC. This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest and greatest works of Greek literature - The Iliad and The Odyssey, have been attributed since antiquity to the poet Homer. This concise book is an introduction to the poet and his two great epics. Assuming no prior knowledge of Greek, the author supplies all the background information necessary to understand the poems. The book presents an overview of the Homeric question - considering the authorship, composition and transmission of the poems. It provides the historical background to the epics, literary readings of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and an analysis of the poet's plotting, narrative technique, and characterization. The author uses comparisons between the two poems to illustrate Homeric poetics. A final section reviews the important secondary literature on Homer and offers a guide to further reading. Throughout the author makes use of his own original research, especially on the relations between Greek alphabetic writing and the origins of Greek literature.
Download or read book Little Worm written by Laura Ann Elpers Pierce and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LITTLE WORM, BIG WORRY. Today is the day: Little Worm is going to run a whole mile! But oh no--it's raining! Little Worm starts to feel sad, and then he feels funny. He's so disappointed. Little Worm has been looking forward to this day for weeks. What if he can't run at all today? Laura Ann Pierce's story Little Worm: A Story about Worry models how to handle worry and anxiety when things don't turn out the way we expect. Join Little Worm as he learns how to readjust his plans and work through his anxiety.
Download or read book The Gardeners Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rainbow and the Worm written by Mae-Wan Ho and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1998 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly unusual book is a serious inquiry into Schrodinger's question, "What is life?", and at the same time a celebration of life itself. It takes the reader on a voyage of discovery through many areas of contemporary physics, from non-equilibrium thermodynamics and quantum optics to liquid crystals and fractals, all necessary for illuminating the problem of life. In the process, the reader is treated to a rare and exquisite view of the organism, gaining novel insights, not only into the physics but also into "the poetry and meaning of being alive". This book is intended for all who love the subject.
Download or read book Wonderful Worms written by Linda Glaser and published by Millbrook Press ™. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wonderful Worms encourages an appreciation for the small creatures of the earth by explaining the vital role that earthworms play in the planet's ecosystem. The book also contains informative charts and cross-section illustrations of the worm's underground environment.
Download or read book Fingerwiggly Worms written by Felicity Brooks and published by Fingerwiggles. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very little children and their grown-ups can poke their fingers through the holes to become Busy Worm and Little Worm and wiggle their way through this delightful story. Along the way, the wiggly worms meet Sam the Snail, Beth the Bee and avoid being eaten by the Early Bird before joining their friends (three more little fingers) for a very wiggly lunch in the compost heap. This highly interactive board book has simple rhyming text and die-cut holes that allow children's fingers to become characters in a story about wiggly worms. ittle children can use their fingers to become the wiggly worms in this charming story. Rhyming text is fun to read out loud. Helps children develop fine motor skills as they interact with the die-cut pages. Promotes the importance of wiggly worms and their place in the environment.
Download or read book Gardeners Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rainbow And The Worm The The Physics Of Organisms 3rd Edition written by Mae-wan Ho and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-08-06 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly unusual book began as a serious inquiry into Schrödinger's question, “What is life?”, and as a celebration of life itself. It takes the reader on a voyage of discovery through many areas of contemporary physics, from non-equilibrium thermodynamics and quantum optics to liquid crystals and fractals, all necessary for illuminating the problem of life. In the process, the reader is treated to a rare and exquisite view of the organism, gaining novel insights not only into the physics, but also into “the poetry and meaning of being alive.”This much-enlarged third edition includes new findings on the central role of biological water in organizing living processes; it also completes the author's novel theory of the organism and its applications in ecology, physiology and brain science.
Download or read book We Dig Worms written by Kevin McCloskey and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do worms do all day? How do they see? And why are they so cold and squishy? Find out by going on an underground tour through the hidden world of earthworms. Kevin McCloskey’s book even shows readers what’s happening inside a worm’s body— brain, crop, gizzard, and more. The book takes young readers from “ew!” to “wow!” as they learn about the different ways worms work hard to help the earth. Kids may pick up many of the life science lessons contained here on their first read, but they’ll return to We Dig Worms! again and again to rediscover its story. Deceptively simple, humble yet charming, this little book reaches surprising depths...just like, well, a worm!
Download or read book Mike Royko The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984 1997 written by Mike Royko and published by Agate Digital. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 3259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984–1997 is an expansive new volume of the longtime Chicago news legend’s work. Encompassing thousands of his columns, all of which originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune, this is the first collection of Royko work to solely cover his time at the Tribune. Covering politics, culture, sports, and more, Royko brings his trademark sarcasm and cantankerous wit to a complete compendium of his last 14 years as a newspaper man. Organized chronologically, these columns display Royko's talent for crafting fictional conversations that reveal the truth of the small-minded in our society. From cagey political points to hysterical take-downs of "meatball" sports fans, Royko's writing was beloved and anticipated anxiously by his fans. In plain language, he "tells it like it is" on subjects relevant to modern society. In addition to his columns, the book features Royko's obituary and articles written about him after his death, telling the tale of his life and success. This ultimate collection is a must-read for Royko fans, longtime Chicago Tribune readers, and Chicagoans who love the city's rich history of dedicated and insightful journalism.
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