Download or read book This Is a Flying Rat written by Andrew Cangelose and published by Oni Press. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about pigeons... “You mean ‘flying rats’? Pigeons and flying rats are basically the same thing!” Pigeons are considered one of the best fliers in the world. “Pigeons and flying rats are NOT the same thing. This book is about pigeons. Pigeons that can FLY!” From the creators of This Is a Taco and This Is a Whoopsie, Andrew Cangelose and Josh Shipley are back with a humorous tale of a “flying” rat and pigeon finding friendship despite their differences.
Download or read book This is a Flying Rat written by Andrew Cangelose and published by Oni Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creators of This Is a Taco, Andrew Cangelose and Josh Shipley are back with a humorous tale of a “flying” rat and pigeon finding friendship despite their differences. This is a book about pigeons… “You mean ‘flying rats’? Pigeons and flying rats are basically the same thing!” Pigeons are considered one of the best flyers in the world. “Pigeons and flying rats are NOT the same thing. This book is about pigeons. Pigeons that can FLY!”
Download or read book The Chinese Year of the Flying Rat written by Peter a J Holst MD Phd and published by . This book was released on 2020-02 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Aug 2018 there have been outbreaks of African swine fever in several provinces of China. At the end of 2018, the total amount of culled animals was 650,000. China's pigs herd, by far the world's largest, was estimated then at 360 million animals. The pigs should be half by the end of 2019 from a year earlier as an epidemic of African swine fever (ASF) sweeps through the world's top pork producer. Up to 200 million pigs have been culled or died due to the disease, while pork output felt by 30%. Production may take more than 5 years to recover to previous levels before the deadly outbreaks as challenges including a lack of solutions to prevent the disease and a lack of capital will restrict restocking.At the end of 2019, there was a first outbreak of corona virus in Wuhan, which has since been established to be the source of this virus. After the 2013 SARS epidemic, which spread from Hong Kong, Chinese virologists warned earlier that batborne CoVs will re-emerge to cause the next disease outbreak. China is a likely hot spot. Bats account for a quarter of mammalian species, rodents are 50 percent, and there's the rest of the mammals with us. Bats live on every continent, in proximity to humans and farms. The ability to fly of these flying rats makes them wide-ranging, which helps in spreading viruses, and their excreta can spread disease. Bats are host to a higher proportion of zoonoses than all other mammals.Bats and rodents have been spreading diseases in particular when the most intelligent mammals, which we are as humans, fertilized animals artificially and fattened them up to eat them en masse to combat world hunger. It is high time for humans to adopt different eating habits and no longer trade with wildlife.
Download or read book This Is a Taco written by Andrew Cangelose and published by Oni Press. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a squirrel . . . “Hey, I may be a squirrel, but my name is Taco! And I don't eat nuts and tree bark—blech—I prefer tacos!” The natural predator of squirrels is . . . “Whoa, whoa, whoa! Who is writing this book? I do not like where this is going.” This hilarious send-up of a children's nature primer teaches kids that the most important story is the one you write yourself.
Download or read book Dirty Rats written by Darrin Lunde and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobody likes a rat. And we're not talking about a snitch here. We're talking about those disgusting bald-tailed rodents that scurry around alleys and in the subway. But, hold on . . . are rats really so bad? There are hundreds of rat species all around the world that defy common stereotypes. Rats help predators survive, allow plants to spread their seeds, and even contribute to medical research that helps humans stay healthy. Simple, clear text introduces many of the rats that crawl on the earth today, where they live, what they eat, and how they survive. Next time you see a rat, take a second look.
Download or read book Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh written by Robert C. O'Brien and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some extraordinary rats come to the aid of a mouse family in this Newbery Medal Award–winning classic by notable children’s author Robert C. O’Brien. Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma. And Mrs. Frisby in turn renders them a great service.
Download or read book The Global Pigeon written by Colin Jerolmack and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food, its presence on our sidewalks is so common that people consider the bird a nuisance—if they notice it at all. Yet pigeons are also kept for pleasure, sport, and profit by people all over the world, from the “pigeon wars” waged by breeding enthusiasts in the skies over Brooklyn to the Million Dollar Pigeon Race held every year in South Africa. Drawing on more than three years of fieldwork across three continents, Colin Jerolmack traces our complex and often contradictory relationship with these versatile animals in public spaces such as Venice’s Piazza San Marco and London’s Trafalgar Square and in working-class and immigrant communities of pigeon breeders in New York and Berlin. By exploring what he calls “the social experience of animals,” Jerolmack shows how our interactions with pigeons offer surprising insights into city life, community, culture, and politics. Theoretically understated and accessible to interested readers of all stripes, The Global Pigeon is one of the best and most original ethnographies to be published in decades.
Download or read book Where Is My Flying Car written by J. Storrs Hall and published by Stripe Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an engineer and futurist, an impassioned account of technological stagnation since the 1970s and an imaginative blueprint for a richer, more abundant future The science fiction of the 1960s promised us a future remade by technological innovation: we’d vacation in geodesic domes on Mars, have meaningful conversations with computers, and drop our children off at school in flying cars. Fast-forward 60 years, and we’re still stuck in traffic in gas-guzzling sedans and boarding the same types of planes we flew in over half a century ago. What happened to the future we were promised? In Where Is My Flying Car?, J. Storrs Hall sets out to answer this deceptively simple question. What starts as an examination of the technical limitations of building flying cars evolves into an investigation of the scientific, technological, and social roots of the economic stagnation that started in the 1970s. From the failure to adopt nuclear energy and the suppression of cold fusion technology to the rise of a counterculture hostile to progress, Hall recounts how our collective ambitions for the future were derailed, with devastating consequences for global wealth creation and distribution. Hall then outlines a framework for a future powered by exponential progress—one in which we build as much in the world of atoms as we do in the world of bits, one rich in abundance and wonder. Drawing on years of original research and personal engineering experience, Where Is My Flying Car?, originally published in 2018, is an urgent, timely analysis of technological progress over the last 50 years and a bold vision for a better future.
Download or read book The Mice and the Flying Basket written by Rodney Peppé and published by StarWalk Kids Media. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To enter the Flying Circus and win the prize that will make their fortunes, the little mice need a flying machine. So they build a wonderful flying basket --- but will they win the prize?
Download or read book Rats written by Grace Hansen and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about rats and the amazing ways they help each other. Readers will learn about rats--where they look like, what they eat, etc. This title pairs simple text with vibrant photographs. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.
Download or read book The Year of the Rat written by Oliver Chin and published by Immedium. This book was released on 2008 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ralph the rat learns what his best qualities really are when his friend Bing needs help after a big bunch of balloons carries him away. Lists the birth years and characteristics of individuals born in the Chinese Year of the Rat.
Download or read book The Rat and the Bat written by Pemerika L. Tauiliili and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of life experiences in a poetic format. It is called Through the Darkness/ Into the Light to signify our journey on earth, as well as what could lay beyond. It tells a story of pain and torment, and the paths chosen to over come the hurdles of the everyday. The book is about a series life and world events and how I have interperted them.
Download or read book Teaching Eddie to Fly written by Katarina Macurova and published by Little Stories for Little Readers. This book was released on 2024-04-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delveinto a charming picture book with an unexpected twist, featuring Arthur thebear and his bird friend, Eddie, as they embark on an adventure to teach Eddiehow to fly. "TeachingEddie to Fly" is a heartwarming picture book centered around Arthur, thebear, and his bird friend, Eddie. Arthur's curiosity sparks a unique journeywhen he asks Eddie, 'Why don't you fly?' Eddie's candid response, 'Becausenobody has taught me how,' sets them on a path filled with determination,laughter, and globe-trotting adventures. Through various exercises andencounters with birds from around the world, Arthur's mission to teach Eddie tofly takes an unexpected turn toward the end of the book, leaving young readerswith a valuable lesson about embracing individuality and the joy of friendship. Thisdelightful book, tailored for children aged 3-6, offers engaging storytellingand vivid illustrations. It encourages kids to celebrate their uniqueness,value friendships, and promotes diversity. "Teaching Eddie to Fly" isa cherished addition to any child's library, delivering both entertainment andimportant life lessons.
Download or read book The Rats in the Walls written by H.P. Lovecraft and published by SAMPI Books. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "The Rats in the Walls" by H.P. Lovecraft, a man restores his ancestral estate in England, only to be haunted by mysterious noises within the walls. As he investigates, he uncovers horrifying secrets about his family's dark past and the ancient horrors lurking beneath the mansion.
Download or read book Rats Bulls and Flying Machines written by Deborah Mazzotta Prum and published by . This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a lively style for young readers, and aligned with the Core Knowledge Sequence curriculum for Grade 5, Rats, Bulls, and Flying Machines makes history more than "just a bunch of names and dates." It emphasizes the story in history, brings interesting characters to life, and provides plenty of engaging anecdotes ¿ even an occasional cartoon! Rats, Bulls, and Flying Machines is generously illustrated in color. Teacher's guide available at www.coreknowledge.org.
Download or read book My Beautiful Birds written by Suzanne Del Rizzo and published by Pajama Press Inc.. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind Sami, the Syrian skyline is full of smoke. The boy follows his family and all his neighbours in a long line, as they trudge through the sands and hills to escape the bombs that have destroyed their homes. But all Sami can think of is his pet pigeons - will they escape too? When they reach a refugee camp and are safe at last, everyone settles into the tent city. But though the children start to play and go to school again, Sami can't join in. When he is given paper and paint, all he can do is smear his painting with black. He can't forget his birds and what his family has left behind. One day a canary, a dove, and a rose finch fly into the camp. They flutter around Sami and settle on his outstretched arms. For Sami it is one step in a long healing process at last. A gentle yet moving story of refugees of the Syrian civil war, My Beautiful Birds illuminates the ongoing crisis as it affects its children. It shows the reality of the refugee camps, where people attempt to pick up their lives and carry on. And it reveals the hope of generations of people as they struggle to redefine home.
Download or read book Misunderstood written by Rachel Toor and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shares the author's experiences with her pet rat Iris, offering anecdotes of her antics and other rat owners and discussing how to care for rats, health concerns, life spans, and eating habits.
