Download or read book Odd Duck written by Cecil Castellucci and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theodora the duck sets a good example for her friend Chad, but who is the odd duck?

Download or read book A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting written by R. K. Sawyer and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The days are gone when seemingly limitless numbers of canvasbacks, mallards, and Canada geese filled the skies above the Texas coast. Gone too are the days when, in a single morning, hunters often harvested ducks, shorebirds, and other waterfowl by the hundreds. The hundred-year period from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries brought momentous changes in attitudes and game laws: changes initially prompted by sportsmen who witnessed the disappearance of both the birds and their spectacular habitat. These changes forever affected the state’s storied hunting culture. Yet, as R. K. Sawyer discovered, the rich lore and reminiscences of the era’s hunters and guides who plied the marshy haunts from Beaumont to Brownsville, though fading, remain a colorful and essential part of the Texas outdoor heritage. Gleaned from interviews with sportsmen and guides of decades past as well as meticulous research in news archives, Sawyer’s vivid documentation of Texas’ deep-rooted waterfowl hunting tradition is accompanied by a superb collection of historical and modern photographs. He showcases the hunting clubs, the decoys, the duck and goose calls, the equipment, and the unique hunting practices of the period. By preserving this account of a way of life and a coastal environment that have both mostly vanished, A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting also pays tribute to the efforts of all those who fought to ensure that Texas’ waterfowl legacy would endure. This book will aid their efforts, along with those of coastal residents, birders, wildlife biologists, conservationists, and all who are interested in the state’s natural history and in championing the preservation of waterfowl and wetland resources for the benefit of future generations.

Download or read book Duck written by Victoria de Rijke and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The squat, noisy duck occupies a prominent role in the human cultural imagination, as evidenced by everything from the rubber duck of childhood baths to insurance commercials. With Duck,Victoria de Rijke explores the universality of this quacking bird through the course of human culture and history. From the Eider duck to the Brazilian teal to the familiar mallard, duck species are richly diverse, and de Rijke offers a comprehensive overview of their evolutionary history. She explores the numerous roles that the duck plays in literature, art, and religion—including the Hebrew belief that ducks represent immortality, and the Finnish myth that the universe was hatched from a duck’s egg. The author also highlights the significant role humor has always played in human imaginings of duck life, such as the Topographia Hibernia, a twelfth-century tome contending that ducks originated as growths on tree trunks washed up on a beach. But the book does not neglect the bird’s role in everyday life as well, from food dishes to jokes to beloved animated characters such as Daffy Duck and Donald Duck. Duck is an entertaining account of a bird whose distinctive silhouette is known the world over.

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Download or read book The Ultimate Death written by Warren Murphy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As people begin dropping dead after consuming Chicken King poultry, the Destroyer and his omnipotent Asian mentor begin to suspect that a vegetarian vigilante is on the loose.

Download or read book Rag Duck written by Hatty Skinner and published by Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds. This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary.A girl is fast asleep, but her friends want to play with her! Will they be able to wake her up?Pink A/Band 1A offers emergent readers very simple, highly predictable texts and provides direct support through illustrations.The focus sounds in this book are: /s/ /a/ /t/ /p/ /i/ /n/Pages 14 and 15 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.

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Download or read book Fairy Tales and Stories written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Folk and Fairy Tales Fourth Edition written by Martin Hallett and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of folk and fairy tales brings together 52 stories from a range of historical and geographic traditions. Sections group tales together by theme or juxtapose variations of individual tales, inviting comparison and analysis across cultures and genres. An accessible section of critical selections provides a foundation for readers to analyze, debate, and interpret the tales for themselves. An expanded introduction by the editors looks at the history of folk and fairy tales and distinguishes between the genres, while revised introductions to individual sections provide more detailed history of particular tellers and tales, paying increased attention to the background and cultural origin of each tale. A selection of illustrations from editions of classic tales from the 19th to the 21st centuries is also included. This new edition includes a larger selection of critical articles, more modern and cross-cultural variations on classic tales, and an expanded discussion of illustrations.

Download or read book Young Folks Library A Book of famous fairy tales written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Danish Fairy Legends and Tales Translated by Caroline Peachey With a memoir of the author Third edition enlarged With 120 illustrations etc written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Fairy Tales written by Andersen and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know written by Hamilton Wright Mabie and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hans Christian Andersen s Complete Fairy Tales written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 923 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic tales of fairies and princesses, ducklings and dancing shoes from the master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. All the best-loved fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, including “The Ugly Duckling,” “Thumbelina,” “The Red Shoes,” “The Princess on the Pea,” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” fill the pages of this beautiful edition. Also included is “The Tallow Candle”—one of the earliest stories written by Andersen, just discovered recently! A great book of bedtime stories or for rainy day reading, as there are both short and long anecdotes included. Curl up with this collection of classics and lose yourself in childhood memories.

Download or read book Andersen s Fairy Tales written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1993 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of over forty of Anderson's most popular stories includes "The Ugly Duckling", "The Red Shoes", and "The Little Match Girl."

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Download or read book Teachers Monographs written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: