Download or read book Turtle in a Tree written by Neesha Hudson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spare and laugh-out-loud-funny picture book about seeing only half the full picture . . . and admitting when you're not quite all the way right. A greyhound swears there's a turtle in the tree. A bulldog says it's a squirrel. After all, a turtle in a tree? Who's ever heard of such a thing? But their argument leads to a most surprising discovery . . . that maybe neither one of them is all the way wrong, or all the way right, and friendship is all about listening to someone else's perspective.
Download or read book Turtle in a Tree written by Neesha Hudson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spare and laugh-out-loud-funny picture book about seeing only half the full picture . . . and admitting when you're not quite all the way right. A greyhound swears there's a turtle in the tree. A bulldog says it's a squirrel. After all, a turtle in a tree? Who's ever heard of such a thing? But their argument leads to a most surprising discovery . . . that maybe neither one of them is all the way wrong, or all the way right, and friendship is all about listening to someone else's perspective.
Download or read book Turtle in a Tree written by Beatrice Parnell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a awesome book about the a Turtle with a twist. You have to read the book to see how the Turtle got in the tree.
Download or read book The Turtle and the Monkey written by Paul Galdone and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1983 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greedy Monkey makes every effort to cheat Turtle out of the bananas that rightfully belong to her.
Download or read book The Bean Trees written by Barbara Kingsolver and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Bean Trees is the work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling.” — Los Angeles Times A bestseller that has come to be regarded as an American classic, The Bean Trees is the novel that launched Barbara Kingsolver’s remarkable literary career. It is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting pregnant. She succeeds, but inherits a three-year-old Native American girl named Turtle along the way, and together, from Oklahoma to Arizona, half-Cherokee Taylor and her charge search for a new life in the West. Hers is a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in seemingly empty places. This edition includes a P.S. section with additional insights from the author, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more.
Download or read book Turtles Cannot Climb Trees written by Bonnie J. Meyer and published by Robertson Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the author:
Download or read book Sky Tree written by Thomas Locker and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2001-08-07 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tree stands on a hill by a river. As the sky changes, so does the tree, its branches filling with clouds, stars, snow, birds, mists, and the golden spring sun. One tree can mean many things. Thomas Locker's lyrical text records the changes in the tree's world just as simply as a child might observe them, and his magnificent paintings crystallize the natural phenomena that embellish the tree on each page. Questions at the bottom of each page lead to a unique discussion in the back of the book, where art and science are intertwined, and further depth is added to the wonder of Sky Tree.
Download or read book Turtle in a Tree written by Beatrice Parnell and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-05 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turtle turtle in a tree. I wonder if anyone can see meHow did I get up in this tree. Up here for all the world to seeCan you imagine a turtle in a tree. Well I don't know. Can it be...
Download or read book The People in the Trees written by Hanya Yanagihara and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling anthropological adventure story with a profound and tragic vision of what happens when cultures collide—from the bestselling author of National Book Award–nominated modern classic, A Little Life “Provokes discussions about science, morality and our obsession with youth.” —Chicago Tribune It is 1950 when Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumored lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have attained a form of immortality that preserves the body but not the mind. Perina uncovers their secret and returns with it to America, where he soon finds great success. But his discovery has come at a terrible cost, not only for the islanders, but for Perina himself. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Download or read book Maya and the Turtle written by John C. Stickler and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL 2013-2014 MORNING CALM MEDAL** This multicultural children's book presents a heartwarming Korean fairy tale about a little girl and a fortunate encounter. Poverty is all Maya has ever known, but she doesn't allow it to stop her from caring for her father, and others, as best she can. Kind and gentle, she is a lovely young girl who always puts others first. One day, she finds a little turtle and takes him home, raising and loving him, never knowing that he will play an instrumental part in her destiny. Similar to The Korean Cinderella, Maya and the Turtle, is an original Korean fairy tale by authors John Stickler and Soma Han that teaches children that the road to greatness lies in selflessness and that the loving kindness of a pure heart can awaken great love and power in another. Beautifully illustrated by Han, this book contains fascinating bits of information about Korean culture and is a poignant tale about the rewards of kindness, patience and courage.
Download or read book Old Turtle and the Broken Truth written by Douglas Wood and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerhouse team Douglas Wood and Jon J Muth present a sequel to Old Turtle, the award-winning wisdom tale of peace and love for the earth. Seekers of all ages have been inspired by the stirring message of Old Turtle, the beloved, award-winning wisdom tale of peace. Now Old Turtle returns in a timeless story about love, acceptance, and the nature of truth.Long ago, as truth descended onto earth, it split in two: one piece landing among the people and the other blazing through the sky. When the people discover the piece of truth, it gives them strength and happiness. But over time, it turns them arrogant and greedy. They do not share their truth with others, wars rage on, and the earth begins to suffer. Then a Little Girl eager for change journeys to find Old Turtle, seeking the precious piece of wisdom that will mend the people's broken truth, making it -- and them -- whole once again.Douglas Wood's stirring and eloquent fable, soulfully illustrated in luminous watercolor by Jon J Muth, offers readers of all ages inspiration, hope, and a healing vision of peace.
Download or read book A Tree Is Nice written by Janice May Udry and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1987-06-26 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trees are beautiful. They fill up the sky. If you have a tree, you can climb up its trunk, roll in its leaves, or hang a swing from one of its limbs. Cows and babies can nap in the shade of a tree. Birds can make nests in the branches. A tree is good to have around. A tree is nice.
Download or read book Old Turtle written by Douglas Wood and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of nature argues about the forms of God, so people are sent as a reminder of all that God is, although they do not seem to understand the message themselves.
Download or read book Tyrone written by Sue Foley and published by Author's Choice Publishing. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Tyrone the turtle gets his brand new shiny red glasses he can't hide his head and be "it" in turtle hide and seek anymore.
Download or read book Trouble in the Trees written by Yolanda Ridge and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When tree climbing is banned at her townhouse complex, Bree assumes the role of activist and advocate in her community.
Download or read book The Bean Trees written by Barbara Kingsolver and published by Paw Prints. This book was released on 2008-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young, bright Taylor Greer leaves her poverty-stricken life in Kentucky and heads west, picking up an abandoned Native American baby girl whom she names Turtle and finds a new home in Tucson with Mattie, an old woman who takes in Central American refugees
Download or read book Squirrel s World written by Lisa Moser and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Squirrel's well-meaning attempts to help his forest friends do not always turn out as planned.
