The Bird and Other Stories

Reducere. A nonfiction picture book that explores the amazing adaptations that keep certain species of bird alive and soaring Not all birds build nests with ...

Reducere. DescriptionSet in Bangladesh and the United States, the eight stories in The Bird Catcher address gender expectations, familial love, and questions...

Reducere. Pete Dunne has been watching birds since he was seven years old. But not just watching--deeply absorbing every nuance of color, markings, shape, fl...

Reducere. "My Heart is Like a Singing Bird - Selected Bird Poems of Christina Rossetti" contains a fantastic collection of beautiful nature poetry by English...

Reducere. Midwest Book Award (MIPA)The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Their Ways of Life is a classic ethnography, originally published in 1928, that gr...

Reducere. In The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce defined "war" as "a by-product of the arts of peace." A Civil War veteran, Bierce had absolutely no illusi...

Reducere. DescriptionFollowing her acclaimed debut, Show Her a Flower, A Bird, A Shadow, award-winning author Peg Alford Pursell explores and illuminates lov...

Description"A White Heron" is a short story by Sarah Orne Jewett. First published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company in 1886, it was soon collected a...

Reducere. DescriptionA young girl eagerly identifies and counts the birds she observes around her town during the New England Christmas Bird Count.Young Ava ...

The Huckabirds Learn to Face Fear features two illustrated stories paired with a section aimed at caregivers, all designed to teach children how to...

From bracken to butterbur to "princess" bamboo, some of Japan's most iconic foods are foraged, not grown, in its forests, fields, and coastal water...

Reducere. Solomon and the Ant, using the Bible as a dialogue partner, examines stories from the Qur'an, their drama, characters, and meaning. Although some q...

Extinction Studies focuses on the entangled ecological and social dimensions of extinction, exploring the ways in which extinction catastrophically...

Reducere. Zitkala-Sa (Red Bird) (1876-1938), also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was one of the best-known and most influential Native Americans of the tw...

DescriptionFrom the earliest cave paintings through to the internet and street art, this inspiring book chronicles the 100 most influential ideas t...

Reducere. In 1950, two spinning disks flew over Great Falls, Montana, and were filmed on a hand-held camera. Today, those "flying saucers" in the now-famous ...

Reducere. An collection of psychological short fiction from debut author, Jordan Murray. What happens when a fragile musician conjures a justification for he...

Reducere. One sunny day on his postal route, Vincent Wyckoff crosses the path of an elderly gentleman whistling for his lost parakeet. The old man is upset, ...

Reducere. Autumn is the season of misty mornings and cosy nights in, but as the leaves begin to fall the nights get longer and the shadows grow darker... Sec...

Reducere. A beaver caught in a lie; a caterpillar with low self-esteem; a bird who is bullied for his size; a mouse who encounters Jesus. All these and more ...

Reducere. This fascinating and informative compendium of Native American lore was assembled by one of twentieth-century America's premier ethnographer/anthro...

Reducere. DescriptionEstes Park, Colorado has a fascinating history. The Estes family, first pioneer settlers; Lord Dunraven and Isabella Bird; Griff Evans a...

Reducere. Stories of the wondrous and secret lives of kids fromAnya Martin - Eden Royce - Nemma Wollenfang - Premee Mohamed - Laurie Tom - DaVaun Sanders - A...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Tennessee WilliamsHere are the eleven remarkable stories of Tennessee Williams's first volume of short fiction, originally ...

Ted Hughes wrote a series of stories for children from the early 1960s through until 1995 about how the world, and the creatures in it, came into b...

Reducere. This book describes the traditional use of wild plants among the Arikara (Sahnish) for food, medicine, craft, and other uses. The Arikara grew corn...

Reducere. DescriptionPassenger pigeon. Carolina parakeet. Eskimo curlew. In this timely collection of elegies, award-winning poet Holly J. Hughes gives voice...

Reducere. DescriptionBorn different, the ugly duckling is mocked by his siblings, rejected by other ducks, and even shunned by his own mother. The sad little...

Reducere. In this riveting collection of true crime stories from the files of award-winning journalist, New York Times bestselling author of 32 books, M. Wil...

Reducere. In 1985, Deborah J. Ross sold her first Darkover short story to Marion Zimmer Bradley's Free Amazons of Darkover. "Midwife" relates the adventures ...

Reducere. The four Dr. Seuss picture books in this giftable boxed set celebrate individuality, environmentalism, kindness, and acceptance--and are among the ...

Picture book tells the story of home vs. adventure, when Tamlin, a horse, travels the wide world a bird tells him about. Explores themes of longing...

Reducere. Say Happy Birthday to someone special with this small hardcover gift book featuring art by Dr. Seuss An ideal choice instead of a greeting card, it...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Wyman RichardsonIntroduction by: Robert FinchDr. Wyman Richardson lived the life of a busy, and distinguished, physician, p...

Reducere. This story charts the intertwining friendships of a crab, a goat, a bird, and a gecko. Along the way, there are the usual challenges of our eat-or-...

DescriptionJoin MARMALADE THE MOOSE as she uses mindfulness while walking to fun new and familiar places What will she discover while using her sen...

Reducere. The Bronx Is Burning meets Chuck Klosterman in this wild pop-culture history of baseball's most colorful and controversial decade The Major Leagues...

Reducere. This beautifully illustrated picture books tells the story of the spirit of the sea, referred to as Nuliajuq, Sedna, Takannaaluk, and many other In...

Reducere. The long-intertwined communities of the Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation and the bordering towns in Sheridan County, Nebraska, mark their histo...

Reducere. Look through the cut-outs and guess who it is! First a game, then plenty of funny and interesting animal facts. Find out how frogs survive in the d...

Reducere. Award NameIndieFab awardsAward categoryRegional BookThe long-intertwined communities of the Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation and the bordering ...

Reducere. In "War at the Snow White Motel, " Rex and his family are vacationing in Vermont. A thoughtless act launches him into war with an older teenager at...

Join chicks, turtles, and their fuzzy countryside friends as they stretch and yawn and start the day in this new board book series! These adorable ...

Reducere. Brad Watson's first novel has been eagerly awaited since his breathtaking, award-winning debut collection of short stories, Last Days of the Dog-Me...

Join stegosauraus and his fuzzy dino friends as they crunch and munch their way through the jungle in this new board book series! These adorable bo...

Reducere. Did a tiny bird in Texas really communicate with a horse and convince him it was okay to load on a trailer he'd never been on? Did a horse, after a...

Join a polar bear cub and her fuzzy arctic friends as they curl up for a cozy, snowy night in this new board boo series! These adorable board books...