Download or read book Tales from the Amazon written by Martin Elbl and published by Burlington, Ont. : Hayes Pub.. This book was released on 1986 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents three tales of the Indians of the Amazon River Valley.
Download or read book Tales from the Amazon written by Elsie Spicer Eells and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales from the Amazon written by Elsie Spicer Eells and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stories from the Amazon written by Saviour Pirotta and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2000 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retellings of traditional stories from the people of the Amazon rain forests, including The Legend of the Sun God, The Tree of Life, and The Sad Song of the Moon.
Download or read book Jungle tastic Tales written by Helen Pugh and published by Helen Pugh. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Inca-tastic Tales comes a new collection of short stories: Jungle-tastic Tales! Are you brave enough to join Yacumama, the Amazon's most humongous and powerful snake, on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Amazon Region in South America? You are? Fab! Then grab your camera, mosquito net and raincoat, and LET'S GO! You're gonna travel through thousands of years of history and culture (a lot of which not many grown-ups know about!). For example, did you know...? - There were once huge cities in the Amazon rainforest. - The Amazon is home to millions of different species of animals and plants. - The first city in Peru to get electric street lights was in the Amazon Region. - A Premier League footballer grew up in the Ecuadorian Amazon. If that's got your interest, then jump in the canoe and we'll get started straight away. We'll start with the Ice Age and go right the way through to modern times. Oh, and Yacumama promises not to bite you! She'll be on her best behaviour. Praise for The Mysterious Helpers: "really exciting" "a good yarn" "I believe everyone should read this beautiful story."
Download or read book Jabuti the Tortoise written by and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rain forest fable from Caldecott medalist Gerald McDermott
Download or read book Amazonia written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treasury of Brazilian folktales is presented in the authentic voice of an author who grew up in the rain forest and includes stories identified as most representative of Amazonian culture, in a volume complemented by descriptions of indigenous populations and a glossary of animal and plant profiles.
Download or read book Tree of Life written by Charlotte Guillain and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each book in this beautifully illustrated series presents a different folk tale from around the world. This book tells the story of the Tree of Life, a traditional Amazonian folk tale. In it, the people of an Amazonian village learn the importance of looking after nature and the dangers of being too greedy.
Download or read book The Tree of Life An Amazonian Folk Tale written by Charlotte Guillain and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of the Tree of Life, a traditional Amazonian folk tale. In it, the people of an Amazonian village learn the importance of taking care of nature and the dangers of being too greedy.
Download or read book Amazon Tale written by Francisco Avalos and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A couple of tree poachers Erick and Julio fly over the Amazon rain forest looking for mahogany trees to cut when their plane goes down and crash deep in the jungle; Yara a ten years old native girl and her friends rescue Erick and Julio from the burning plane. Yara brings them to live with her tribe while they recover from their injuries. As Erick tries to find out where the mahogany trees grow in the area, he is taken in a wild and magical adventure and he will have to choose to either save Yara's world or destroy it.
Download or read book Traditional Stories from the Amazon written by Saviour Pirotta and published by Wayland. This book was released on 2006 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a lively, colourful and engaging book that recounts traditional stories from the Amazon. Each story is interspersed with interesting facts and maps that locate the story's setting. An activities section gives ideas for children to explore the stories and their culture in more detail.
Download or read book How Night Came written by Joanna Troughton and published by Penguin Uk. This book was released on 1998-06-25 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the world it is daylight all the time, because the Great Snake keeps night a prisoner, until the curiosity of three men sets night free.
Download or read book Stories from the Amazon written by Saviour Pirotta and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduce preteens to faraway lands through enchanting, tragic, scary, and hilarious folktales. As they finish each book, readers are invited to use their imaginations to extend the stories with continuations and "what if" possibilities. Maps and facts set the scene before each riveting tale. For hundreds of years, the people of the Amazon have heard stories of the King of the Pink Dolphins, who tries to trick young girls into marriage, and the battle between the King of the Vultures and the Sun God. Now your readers can experience these stories, too.
Download or read book Fables of the Amazon written by Alan J. Hesse and published by Bublish, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fables of the Amazon delivers important forest lessons, animal facts, and moral tales through humorous stories and vivid images that will broaden children’s minds to the unique world of the Amazon.” — Readers’ Favorite Natural history and ecology are fascinating but complex subjects. What better way to discover them than through a comic that is both funny and scientifically accurate? A perfect learning resource for nature-loving kids and adults, as well as a perfect classroom book for science teachers! Written by conservation scientists, this comic features facts about jungle animals drawn from actual field observations from the Amazon Jungle. What you will discover: - Eleven comic strip short fables featuring a wide array of South American jungle animals. Each fable comes with an ecology lesson. - An intimate look at the secret lives of wild guinea pigs, rare macaws, jaguars, leaf-cutter ants, the elusive Maned Wolf, and many others. - The authors' own natural history notes from the field with photos and cartoons. - Meet the quirky and unique animal characters of the mighty Amazon forest by buying this book! A word about the authors: Conservation scientists Dr. Louise Emmons and Alan J. Hesse have decades of field experience in the jungles of South America. Their unique, personal knowledge of wild animals and the secrets of the tropical forest is revealed in these short stories, brought to life by the humour of cartoons.
Download or read book Tales of the Amazon written by Daniel Munduruku and published by Groundwood Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About what life is like for some of the indigenous people of Brazil, many of whom live in the Amazon region.
Download or read book The Amazon Princess and the Pea written by Laurie S. Sutton and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2021 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wonder Woman recognizes that the Beastiamorphs overrunning the island of Valdonia are creations of her old enemy, Circe, so she sets out to deal with the threat; but she finds that the petulant king wants Superman, Circe has disguised herself, and the only clue is a strange, pea-sized stone hidden under a tower of mattresses on Wonder Woman's bed--and she has to untangle Circe's spell, defeat the sorceress, and prove to the king that she is a real hero.
Download or read book How Night Came written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the world it is daylight all the time because the Great Snake keeps night a prisoner until the curiosity of three men sets night free.
