Download or read book A Reliable Wife written by Robert Goolrick and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural Wisconsin, 1909. In the bitter cold, Ralph Truitt, a successful businessman, stands alone on a train platform waiting for the woman who answered his newspaper advertisement for "a reliable wife." But when Catherine Land steps off the train from Chicago, she's not the "simple, honest woman" that Ralph is expecting. She is both complex and devious, haunted by a terrible past and motivated by greed. Her plan is simple: she will win this man's devotion, and then, ever so slowly, she will poison him and leave Wisconsin a wealthy widow. What she has not counted on, though, is that Truitt — a passionate man with his own dark secrets —has plans of his own for his new wife. Isolated on a remote estate and imprisoned by relentless snow, the story of Ralph and Catherine unfolds in unimaginable ways. With echoes of Wuthering Heights and Rebecca, Robert Goolrick's intoxicating debut novel delivers a classic tale of suspenseful seduction, set in a world that seems to have gone temporarily off its axis.
Download or read book Loon Summer written by Barbara Santucci and published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My first morning on the lake I hear the loons. "Oh-OOOO-oooo." Their sad songs remind me that Mom isn't coming to the cottage this summer. Rainie knows that this summer will be different. As she and her dad do the things they've always done at the cottage, Rainie is painfully aware of her mom's absence. Throughout the summer Rainie watches a pair of loons on the lake watches as they lay eggs, hatch babies, and are together as a loon family. "My teacher says loons stay together for life. Why can't you and Mom?" she asks her dad. Loon Summer is an authentic, hopeful story of a child adjusting to the difficult reality of changes in her own family. As summer progresses, Rainie grows in her trust and understanding of the unconditional love each of her parents will always have for her.
Download or read book Loon Summer written by Sandy Gillum and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This amazing account of Common Loon parenting is perfect for adults and children to share. Filled with accurate information and stunning photographs, the story is not only fun to read but is also informative.
Download or read book Loon Summer written by Barbara Santucci and published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My first morning on the lake I hear the loons. "Oh-OOOO-oooo." Their sad songs remind me that Mom isn't coming to the cottage this summer. Rainie knows that this summer will be different. As she and her dad do the things they've always done at the cottage, Rainie is painfully aware of her mom's absence. Throughout the summer Rainie watches a pair of loons on the lake watches as they lay eggs, hatch babies, and are together as a loon family. "My teacher says loons stay together for life. Why can't you and Mom?" she asks her dad. Loon Summer is an authentic, hopeful story of a child adjusting to the difficult reality of changes in her own family. As summer progresses, Rainie grows in her trust and understanding of the unconditional love each of her parents will always have for her.
Download or read book The Way of the Loon written by Sally E. Burns and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Way of the Loon tells of a spring and summer in a loon family’s life on a lake in the boreal forest. When LaLa and Dapper return to the northern lake to raise a family, challenges lie ahead: hungry eagles, rowdy humans, and a large fish threaten their peace and security. But the loving couple are soon the proud parents of little Chortle, and spend the warm seasons helping him grow and teaching him about the ways of the loon. As he strengthens and matures, Chortle learns that his parents will soon leave him for the south. He will need to learn to listen to the breezes—the breezes will tell him when it’s time to journey on by himself. From their home, two young boys hearing the call of the loons, watch and learn about the birds. Through this watchful, gentle childhood presence, young readers are beckoned into the beautiful, poignant “way of the loon” and the inevitability of growing up.
Download or read book Loon written by Susan Vande Griek and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeously illustrated, lyrical non-fiction picture book about loons. It’s summertime, and as darkness falls there is a haunting sound from the lake — Ooh-hoo-oo, ooh-hoo-oo. It is a loon calling to its family across the water. This lyrical story follows the life cycle of two loon chicks. We see them breaking out of their eggshells, then learning to swim, find food and avoid predators such as snapping turtles and big bass fish. After they learn to fly, they migrate to the ocean. And when their striking black-and-white feathers finally emerge, they fly inland, each to find a new lake territory and mate. Accompanying Susan Vande Griek’s poetic text are Karen Reczuch’s gorgeous illustrations, which show the loons as they grow from tiny downy chicks to majestic adult birds. An afterword provides more information on loons, including their amazing diving ability, the meanings of their calls, and the environmental threats that they face. Also illustrated are five different types of loons and other animals that can be found in their lake habitat. The illustrations were researched in the Ornithology Collections at the Royal Ontario Museum, and Ron Ridout of Bird Studies Canada consulted on the text. Key Text Features illustrations author’s note further reading labels Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).
Download or read book Loon Lessons written by James D. Paruk and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nature of the common loon, from biology to behavior, from one of the world’s foremost observers of the revered waterbird Even those who know the loon’s call might not recognize it as a tremolo, yodel, or wail, and may not understand what each call means, how it’s made, and why. And those who marvel at the loon’s diving prowess might wonder why this bird has such skill, or where loons go when they must leave northern lakes in winter. For these and so many other mysteries, Loon Lessons provides evolutionary and ecological explanations that are curious and compelling. Written by one of the world’s foremost experts on the subject, the book is a compendium of knowledge about the common loon and an engaging record of scientific sleuthing, documenting more than twenty-five years of research into the great northern diver. James D. Paruk has observed and compared loons from Washington and Saskatchewan to the coasts of California and Louisiana, from high elevation deserts in Nevada to mountain lakes in Maine. Drawing on his extensive experience, a wealth of data, and well-established scientific principles, he considers every aspect of the loon, from its plumage and anatomy to its breeding, migration, and wintering strategies. Here, in the first detailed scientific account of the common loon in more than thirty years, Paruk describes its biology in an accessible and entertaining style that affords a deeper understanding of this beautiful and mysterious bird’s natural history and annual life cycle.
Download or read book Loon Summer written by Yvona Fast and published by . This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you heard? No ordinary bird, that common loon. From landing on just-thawed lakes in spring to raise their chicks, until they migrate to ocean waters in the fall, loons enchant us with their haunting calls and black and white plumage. Diving, swimming, fishing, raising their chicks, loons are portrayed through Yvona Fast's lyrical poems and Nina Schoch's stunning photos. Fun science facts accompany each poem and photo, providing scientific information about loon calls, diving abilities, fishing skills, and how they raise their chicks. A portion of all sales proceeds will be donated to the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation.
Download or read book Loon Chase written by Jean Heilprin Diehl and published by Arbordale Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mother and son enjoy a peaceful canoe trip until their dog's instinct to chase birds adds excitement to the trip. Includes information about loons and directions for making a loon mask.
Download or read book The Summer house Loon written by Anne Fine and published by Galaxy Children's Large Print. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teenage girl and her blind history professor father help a young couple in love solve their biggest problem.
Download or read book Secrets of the Loon written by Laura Purdie Salas and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations and rhyming text follow a loon chick as she learns how to survive--and thrive--in her first year. Includes facts about loons.
Download or read book Labrador the Country and the People written by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell and published by New York : The Macmillan Company. This book was released on 1909 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Moon Loon written by Sandy Ferguson Fuller and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the dark, soft night, the haunting call of a single loon echoes over a moonlit lake. All through the day, only one magnificent black and white bird scribes ripples across the surface. Why is he so alone? Moon Loon is an evocative, gentle bedtime story about a girl who is fascinated by this solitary loon. Through richly layered colored-pencil illustrations, we follow the girl's musings on the loon from spring through fall.
Download or read book Occasional Papers written by University of Michigan. Museum of Zoology and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Field Guide to the Birds written by and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains descriptions and illustrations of over four hundred species of birds found in eastern and central North America, and includes range maps, a life list, and an index of scientific and common names.
Download or read book A Montana Loon Summer Surprise written by Donna Love and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In spring, Crystal Lake in northwestern Montana is a busy place. Otters play, ospreys catch fish, and Canada geese look for the perfect nest site. One Canada goose climbed up on a tiny island and laid three eggs. Silly goose. She didn’t know the island was made for common loons. When the loon family returned from their winter home, they chased the goose off the island and took over nesting. The loons didn’t seem to mind that there were three eggs instead of two. And they didn’t seem to mind that the eggs were white instead of green. They didn’t even seem to mind that when the eggs hatched, the chicks were yellow instead of dark gray. These were their chicks and they needed to take care of them. In spring, Crystal Lake in northwestern Montana is a busy place. Otters play, ospreys catch fish, and Canada geese look for the perfect nest site. One Canada goose climbed up on a tiny island and laid three eggs. Silly goose. She didn’t know the island was made for common loons. When the loon family returned from their winter home, they chased the goose off the island and took over nesting. The loons didn’t seem to mind that there were three eggs instead of two. And they didn’t seem to mind that the eggs were white instead of green. They didn’t even seem to mind that when the eggs hatched, the chicks were yellow instead of dark gray. These were their chicks and they needed to take care of them.
