Download or read book Willie the Different Worm The Turtle written by Gardiner M. Weir and published by PublishAmerica. This book was released on 2011-11-21 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this children's story the author, Gardiner M. Weir, applies human feelings to one of earth's least respected creatures. Willie the Worm is a happy fellow living in the soil and making sure he is not exposed to hungry birds or fishermen looking for bait. However, there is a lovely girl worm living next door, as it were, and Willie is smitten with love; but he is repulsed as being simply a yellow fellow with no special characteristics such as she likes to admire. Willie is saddened and crawls around somewhat depressed and not taking care of the dangers outside his burrow; and that is when a hungry thrush swoops down and grabs him. What will happen to Willie? The story is beautifully illustrated by Erin O'Connor."
Download or read book Box Turtle at Long Pond written by William T. George and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1989-09-28 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A day in the life of a box turtle is rendered carefully in words and lifelike illustrations with a text that respects its subject....Superior."--School Library Journal. "Will delight the young viewer. An excellent introduction to pond ecology, and a strikingly beautiful book."--Kirkus Reviews. It is dawn at Long Pond. Box Turtle's red eyes look out from his shelter within a crumbling tree, and his day begins ... In Beaver at Long Pond, the Georges introduced the pond and its resident. In this lyrical, magnificently painted companion book, they insure its place as a favorite spot on every child's itinerary.
Download or read book Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories written by Dr. Seuss and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes three humorous stories in verse, Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude McFuzz, and The Big Brag, followed by commentary and end notes, reproductions of illustrations from other Dr. Seuss books, and two poems, "The Ruckus" and "The Kindly Snather."
Download or read book The Troop written by Nick Cutter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE JAMES HERBERT AWARD FOR HORROR WRITING “The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t put it down. This is old-school horror at its best.” —Stephen King Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip—a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsite—shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry—Tim and the boys are exposed to something far more frightening than any tale of terror. The human carrier of a bioengineered nightmare. A horror that spreads faster than fear. A harrowing struggle for survival with no escape from the elements, the infected…or one another. Part Lord of the Flies, part 28 Days Later—and all-consuming—this tightly written, edge-of-your-seat thriller takes you deep into the heart of darkness, where fear feeds on sanity…and terror hungers for more.
Download or read book Hate That Cat written by Sharon Creech and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2014-12-23 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to Miss Stretchberry's class with Jack, the reluctant poet, who over the course of a year encounters new and challenging things like metaphors, alliterations, onomatopoeia, and one mean fat black cat! The Newbery Medal-winning author of Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech, introduced Jack in Love That Dog, a New York Times bestseller. Both Love That Dog and Hate That Cat are approachable, funny, warm-hearted introductions to poetry told from the point of view of a very real kid wrestling with school assignments. These books are fast reads that will be welcomed by middle graders as they too wonder how poetry and schoolwork connect with their interests and how to uncover their true voices. In Hate That Cat, Jack is only trying to save that fat black cat stuck in the tree by his bus stop—but the cat scratches him instead! At school Miss Stretchberry begins teaching new poems, everything from William Carlos Williams to Valerie Worth to T.S. Eliot. As the year progresses, Jack gradually learns to love that cat and finds new ways to express himself.
Download or read book Alice in Wonderland written by Lewis Carroll and published by Seven Books. This book was released on 2024-09-25 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. It is seen as an example of the literary nonsense genre. The artist John Tenniel provided 42 wood-engraved illustrations for the book.It received positive reviews upon release and is now one of the best-known works of Victorian literature; its narrative, structure, characters and imagery have had a widespread influence on popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre. It is credited as helping end an era of didacticism in children's literature, inaugurating an era in which writing for children aimed to "delight or entertain". The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. The titular character Alice shares her name with Alice Liddell, a girl Carroll knewscholars disagree about the extent to which the character was based upon her.
Download or read book The Works of William Robertson written by William Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 1192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dancing Girl and the Turtle written by Karen Kao and published by Lynn Michell. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rape. A war. A society where women are bought and sold but no one can speak of shame. Shanghai 1937. Violence throbs at the heart of The Dancing Girl and the Turtle.Song Anyi is on the road to Shanghai and freedom when she is raped and left for dead. The silence and shamethat mark her courageous survival drive her to escalating self-harm and prostitution. From opium dens to high- class brothels, Anyi dances on the edge of destruction while China prepares for war with Japan. Hers is the voice of every woman who fights for independence against overwhelming odds.The Dancing Girl and the Turtle is one of four interlocking novels set in Shanghai from 1929 to 1954. Through the eyes of the dancer, Song Anyi, and her brother Kang, the Shanghai Quartet spans a tumultuous time in Chinese history: war with the Japanese, the influx of stateless Jews into Shanghai, civil war and revolution. How does the love of a sister destroy her brother and all those around him?
Download or read book The Whole Works of William Browne Britannia s pastorals book 3 The shepheards pipe The Inner Temple masque Miscellaneous poems written by William Browne and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book William s Riddles Fun for the Whole Family written by William H.S. Dean and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of everyday words to make fun riddles, for the whole family to enjoy.
Download or read book The works of William Robertson D D To which is prefixed an account of the life and writings of the author by Dugald Stewart etc written by William Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 1262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 99 Fables written by William March and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2011-04-25 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "March has picked up where Aesop and Don Marquis left off, prick- ing vanities and exposing antics of chronic phonies. ... Here are damning truths about the Noblest Animal, here is vitriol without venom. richard Brough catches the full flavor in his illustrations."--New York Times Book Review.
Download or read book The Book of Barely Imagined Beings written by Caspar Henderson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From medieval bestiaries to Borges’s Book of Imaginary Beings, we’ve long been enchanted by extraordinary animals, be they terrifying three-headed dogs or asps impervious to a snake charmer’s song. But bestiaries are more than just zany zoology—they are artful attempts to convey broader beliefs about human beings and the natural order. Today, we no longer fear sea monsters or banshees. But from the infamous honey badger to the giant squid, animals continue to captivate us with the things they can do and the things they cannot, what we know about them and what we don’t. With The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Caspar Henderson offers readers a fascinating, beautifully produced modern-day menagerie. But whereas medieval bestiaries were often based on folklore and myth, the creatures that abound in Henderson’s book—from the axolotl to the zebrafish—are, with one exception, very much with us, albeit sometimes in depleted numbers. The Book of Barely Imagined Beings transports readers to a world of real creatures that seem as if they should be made up—that are somehow more astonishing than anything we might have imagined. The yeti crab, for example, uses its furry claws to farm the bacteria on which it feeds. The waterbear, meanwhile, is among nature’s “extreme survivors,” able to withstand a week unprotected in outer space. These and other strange and surprising species invite readers to reflect on what we value—or fail to value—and what we might change. A powerful combination of wit, cutting-edge natural history, and philosophical meditation, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings is an infectious and inspiring celebration of the sheer ingenuity and variety of life in a time of crisis and change.
Download or read book The Book of the Seasons written by William Howitt and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Poems of William Browne of Tavistock Britannia s pastorals Book III The Shepherd s pipe The inner Temple masque Miscellaneous poems Notes Index of names written by William Browne and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Various Writings of C M Embracing the Motley Book Behemoth The Politicians Poems on Man in the Republic Wakondah Puffer Hopkins Miscellanies Selections from Arcturus International Copyright written by Cornelius MATHEWS and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Homeschooler s Book of Lists written by Sonya Haskins and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 250 lists, home educators, private school teachers, and others will find important facts and essential information in one easy-to-use resource.
