Author: L Comissiong
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
ISBN: 9780333954386
Category : West Indian
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Long, long ago alligators had smooth, shiny skin. When they came out of the water to lie on the river bank in the morning sun, their skin glistened like emeralds. But nowadays, when alligators come out of the water to lie on the river bank in the morning sun, they dont swish their tails and cock their snouts in the air as they used to do. They dont close their eyes and turn away whenever land creatures pass by. Whats more, nowadays they have very rough skin! In this classic, beautifully illustrated Caribbean folk tale, we here the mysterious and fantastic story of how alligators got rough skin!
How Alligators Got Rough Skin
Author: L Comissiong
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
ISBN: 9780333954386
Category : West Indian
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Long, long ago alligators had smooth, shiny skin. When they came out of the water to lie on the river bank in the morning sun, their skin glistened like emeralds. But nowadays, when alligators come out of the water to lie on the river bank in the morning sun, they dont swish their tails and cock their snouts in the air as they used to do. They dont close their eyes and turn away whenever land creatures pass by. Whats more, nowadays they have very rough skin! In this classic, beautifully illustrated Caribbean folk tale, we here the mysterious and fantastic story of how alligators got rough skin!
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
ISBN: 9780333954386
Category : West Indian
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Long, long ago alligators had smooth, shiny skin. When they came out of the water to lie on the river bank in the morning sun, their skin glistened like emeralds. But nowadays, when alligators come out of the water to lie on the river bank in the morning sun, they dont swish their tails and cock their snouts in the air as they used to do. They dont close their eyes and turn away whenever land creatures pass by. Whats more, nowadays they have very rough skin! In this classic, beautifully illustrated Caribbean folk tale, we here the mysterious and fantastic story of how alligators got rough skin!
Lovable Lyle
Author: Bernard Waber
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395253786
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Lyle, the crocodile, thought everyone loved him until the day he received a hate note from an anonymous despiser.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395253786
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Lyle, the crocodile, thought everyone loved him until the day he received a hate note from an anonymous despiser.
The Caribbean Story Finder
Author: Sharon Barcan Elswit
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476663041
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
The Caribbean islands have a vibrant oral folklore. In Jamaica, the clever spider Anansi, who outsmarts stronger animals, is a symbol of triumph by the weak over the powerful. The fables of the foolish Juan Bobo, who tries to bring milk home in a burlap bag, illustrate facets of traditional Puerto Rican life. Conflict over status, identity and power is a recurring theme--in a story from Trinidad, a young bull, raised by his mother in secret, challenges his tyrannical father who has killed all the other males in the herd. One in a series of folklore reference guides by the author, this volume shares summaries of 438 tales--some in danger of disappearing--retold in English and Creole from West African, European, and slave indigenous cultures in 24 countries and territories. Tales are grouped in themed sections with a detailed subject index and extensive links to online sources.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476663041
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
The Caribbean islands have a vibrant oral folklore. In Jamaica, the clever spider Anansi, who outsmarts stronger animals, is a symbol of triumph by the weak over the powerful. The fables of the foolish Juan Bobo, who tries to bring milk home in a burlap bag, illustrate facets of traditional Puerto Rican life. Conflict over status, identity and power is a recurring theme--in a story from Trinidad, a young bull, raised by his mother in secret, challenges his tyrannical father who has killed all the other males in the herd. One in a series of folklore reference guides by the author, this volume shares summaries of 438 tales--some in danger of disappearing--retold in English and Creole from West African, European, and slave indigenous cultures in 24 countries and territories. Tales are grouped in themed sections with a detailed subject index and extensive links to online sources.
Jake's Bones
Author: Jake McGowan-Lowe
Publisher: Ticktock Books, Limited
ISBN: 9781848988521
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Jake McGowan-Lowe is a boy with a very unusual hobby. Since the age of 7, he has been photographing and blogging about his incredible finds and now has a worldwide following, including 100,000 visitors from the US and Canada. Follow Jake as he explores the animal world through this new 64-page book. He takes you on a world wide journey of his own collection, and introduces you to other amazing animals from the four corners of the globe. Find out what a cow's tooth, a rabbit's rib and a duck's quack look like and much, much more besides.
Publisher: Ticktock Books, Limited
ISBN: 9781848988521
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Jake McGowan-Lowe is a boy with a very unusual hobby. Since the age of 7, he has been photographing and blogging about his incredible finds and now has a worldwide following, including 100,000 visitors from the US and Canada. Follow Jake as he explores the animal world through this new 64-page book. He takes you on a world wide journey of his own collection, and introduces you to other amazing animals from the four corners of the globe. Find out what a cow's tooth, a rabbit's rib and a duck's quack look like and much, much more besides.
Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism
Author: Thomas Brothers
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393241459
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Biography. "Profoundly evocative and altogether admirable…The writing and detail are so brilliant that I found the volume revelatory." —Tim Page, Washington Post Nearly 100 years after bursting onto Chicago’s music scene under the tutelage of Joe "King" Oliver, Louis Armstrong is recognized as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. A trumpet virtuoso, seductive crooner, and consummate entertainer, Armstrong laid the foundation for the future of jazz with his stylistic innovations, but his story would be incomplete without examining how he struggled in a society seething with brutally racist ideologies, laws, and practices. Thomas Brothers picks up where he left off with the acclaimed Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, following the story of the great jazz musician into his most creatively fertile years in the 1920s and early 1930s, when Armstrong created not one but two modern musical styles. Brothers wields his own tremendous skill in making the connections between history and music accessible to everyone as Armstrong shucks and jives across the page. Through Brothers's expert ears and eyes we meet an Armstrong whose quickness and sureness, so evident in his performances, served him well in his encounters with racism while his music soared across the airwaves into homes all over America. Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism blends cultural history, musical scholarship, and personal accounts from Armstrong's contemporaries to reveal his enduring contributions to jazz and popular music at a time when he and his bandmates couldn’t count on food or even a friendly face on their travels across the country. Thomas Brothers combines an intimate knowledge of Armstrong's life with the boldness to examine his place in such a racially charged landscape. In vivid prose and with vibrant photographs, Brothers illuminates the life and work of the man many consider to be the greatest American musician of the twentieth century.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393241459
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Biography. "Profoundly evocative and altogether admirable…The writing and detail are so brilliant that I found the volume revelatory." —Tim Page, Washington Post Nearly 100 years after bursting onto Chicago’s music scene under the tutelage of Joe "King" Oliver, Louis Armstrong is recognized as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. A trumpet virtuoso, seductive crooner, and consummate entertainer, Armstrong laid the foundation for the future of jazz with his stylistic innovations, but his story would be incomplete without examining how he struggled in a society seething with brutally racist ideologies, laws, and practices. Thomas Brothers picks up where he left off with the acclaimed Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, following the story of the great jazz musician into his most creatively fertile years in the 1920s and early 1930s, when Armstrong created not one but two modern musical styles. Brothers wields his own tremendous skill in making the connections between history and music accessible to everyone as Armstrong shucks and jives across the page. Through Brothers's expert ears and eyes we meet an Armstrong whose quickness and sureness, so evident in his performances, served him well in his encounters with racism while his music soared across the airwaves into homes all over America. Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism blends cultural history, musical scholarship, and personal accounts from Armstrong's contemporaries to reveal his enduring contributions to jazz and popular music at a time when he and his bandmates couldn’t count on food or even a friendly face on their travels across the country. Thomas Brothers combines an intimate knowledge of Armstrong's life with the boldness to examine his place in such a racially charged landscape. In vivid prose and with vibrant photographs, Brothers illuminates the life and work of the man many consider to be the greatest American musician of the twentieth century.
Trunks, Leather Goods and Umbrellas
Author:
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Category : Leather goods
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leather goods
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
American Alligator
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : American alligator
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Category : American alligator
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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The Grand Design
Author: Sally Foy
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
What's the Difference Between an Alligator and a Crocodile?
Author: Lisa Bullard
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404855475
Category : Alligators
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Do you know the difference between an alligator and a crocodile? One animal has a wide, rounded snout. The other animal's snout is thin and pointed. Find out which animal is which.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404855475
Category : Alligators
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Do you know the difference between an alligator and a crocodile? One animal has a wide, rounded snout. The other animal's snout is thin and pointed. Find out which animal is which.
Alligators and Crocodiles!
Author: Laurence Pringle
Publisher:
ISBN: 1590782569
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
The dinosaurs were outlived by crocodile-like predators. today, their descendants are found on five continents. These animals are strange and wonderful indeed.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1590782569
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
The dinosaurs were outlived by crocodile-like predators. today, their descendants are found on five continents. These animals are strange and wonderful indeed.