Author: Kate DiCamillo
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763652989
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
Author: Beryl Young
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781553800989
Category : Grandmothers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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What thirteen-year-old boy wants to travel on a hopeless quest to India with his grandmother? Not Ben Leeson, whose anger about his father's recent death has led him to escape into the isolated world of computer games. India is the last place Ben ever thought of visiting and his grandmother is the last person he'd ever dreamed of travelling with, but the ticket is already bought and Ben finds himself in India on a search for Gran's long lost pen pal, Shanti. In the midst of insufferableheat, strange food and the constant haggling of street beggars, Ben and Gran meet magicians and snake charmers and see bodies burning on funeral pyres. As they search for clues across the huge continent, Ben finds himself strangely compelled to follow the magnificent elephants and the elephant boy-god Ganesh. The challenges of the journey teach Ben that real life can be more exciting than any computer game and that by accepting the dark mysteries of India, he can come to terms with his father'sdeath. This adventure quest for children ten and up takes its place among the many captivating adult books about India, and is an invaluable resource for school curriculum studies on world religions.
Author: Rick Hodges
Publisher: Stormbird Press
ISBN: 9781925856132
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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A matriarch elephant teaches juveniles in the herd about the importance of loyalty as she leads them to a special place central to their beliefs about their creation--and helps the people among them learn more about themselves.
Author: Celesta Rimington
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0593121252
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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A magical adventure for fans of Katherine Applegate and Jennifer Holm about a girl with a mysterious connection to the elephant who saved her life. An elephant never forgets, but Lexington Willow can't remember her past. Swept away by a tornado as a toddler, she was dropped in a nearby Nebraska zoo, where an elephant named Nyah protected her from the storm. With no trace of her family, Lex grew up at the zoo with her foster father, Roger; her best friend, Fisher; and the wind whispering in her ear. Years later, Nyah sends Lex a telepathic image of the woods outside the zoo. Soon, Lex is wrapped up in an adventure involving ghosts, lost treasure, and a puzzle that might be the key to finding her family. Can Lex summon the courage to discover who she really is--and why the tornado brought her here all those years ago?
Author: David Barrow
Publisher: Gecko Press (Tm)
ISBN: 1776570081
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
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Elephant wants to play hide and seek. See if you can help the others find him--he's very good at hiding This tale of absurdity is perfect for sharing with children who will love finding Elephant (and being faster at it than the boy in the book ). Watch out for the dog and the tortoise, too . . .
Author: Mo Willems
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN: 9781423133087
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald and Piggie are best friends./DIVDIV In We Are in a Book! Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends? Using vocabulary perfect for beginning readers (and vetted by an early-learning specialist), Mo Willems has crafted a mind-bending story that is even more interactive than previous Elephant & Piggie adventures. Fans of the Geisel Award-winning duo won't be able to put this book down--literally!
Author: Henry Owens
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1615339051
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Elephants produce dung in prodigious quantities. This is a good thing, because elephant dung plays a key role in several African ecosystems. The nutrient-rich dung provides food for many animals. It also helps seeds spread and sprout. Learn more about elephant dung and the remarkable animals that produce it in this engrossing volume.
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 756
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Author: Bruno Nettl
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252099605
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 399
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In Following the Elephant, Bruno Nettl edits articles drawn from fifty years of the pioneering journal Ethnomusicology. The roster of acclaimed scholars hail from across generations, using other works in the collection as launching points for dialogues on the history and accomplishments of the field. Nettl divides the collection into three sections. In the first, authors survey ethnomusicology from perspectives that include thoughts on defining and conceptualizing the field and its concepts. The second section offers milestones in the literature that critique major works. The authors look at what separates ethnomusicology from other forms of music research and discuss foundational issues. The final section presents scholars considering ethnomusicology--including recent trends--from the perspective of specific, but abiding, strands of thought. Contributors: Charlotte J. Frisbie, Mieczylaw Kolinski, Gerhard Kubik, George List, Alan P. Merriam, Bruno Nettl, David Pruett, Adelaida Reyes, Timothy Rice, Jesse D. Ruskin, Kay Kaufman Shelemay, Gabriel Solis, Jeff Todd Titon, J. Lawrence Witzleben, and Deborah Wong
Author: Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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