Owls in the Family

Owls in the Family PDF Author: Farley Mowat
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 1551991993
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 107

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Book Description
Every child needs to have a pet. No one could argue with that. But what happens when your pet is an owl, and your owl is terrorizing the neighbourhood? In Farley Mowat’s exciting children’s story, a young boy’s pet menagerie – which includes crows, magpies, gophers and a dog – grows out of control with the addition of two cantankerous pet owls. The story of how Wol and Weeps turn the whole town upside down is warm, funny, and bursting with adventure and suspense.

Owls in the Family

Owls in the Family PDF Author: Farley Mowat
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 1551991993
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 107

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Book Description
Every child needs to have a pet. No one could argue with that. But what happens when your pet is an owl, and your owl is terrorizing the neighbourhood? In Farley Mowat’s exciting children’s story, a young boy’s pet menagerie – which includes crows, magpies, gophers and a dog – grows out of control with the addition of two cantankerous pet owls. The story of how Wol and Weeps turn the whole town upside down is warm, funny, and bursting with adventure and suspense.

My Discovery of America

My Discovery of America PDF Author: Farley Mowat
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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Book Description
In 1985, when Mowat tried to enter the United States for a book promotion tour, he was barred by the McCarran Act, a 1952 law enacted during the McCarthy era. This book, told with outraged but good humour, describes Mowat's fight against the ban.

Lost in the Barrens

Lost in the Barrens PDF Author: Farley Mowat
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 1551991853
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254

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Awasin, a Cree Indian boy, and Jamie, a Canadian orphan living with his uncle, the trapper Angus Macnair, are enchanted by the magic of the great Arctic wastes. They set out on an adventure that proves longer and more dangerous than they could have imagined. Drawing on his knowledge of the ways of the wilderness and the implacable northern elements, Farley Mowat has created a memorable tale of daring and adventure. When first published in 1956, Lost in the Barrens won the Governor-General’s Award for Juvenile Literature, the Book-of-the-Year Medal of the Canadian Association of Children’s Librarians and the Boys’ Club of America Junior Book Award.

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be PDF Author: Farley Mowat
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 1567926347
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185

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Book Description
"First published by The Curtis Publishing Company in 1957"--Title page verso.

Born Naked

Born Naked PDF Author: Farley Mowat
Publisher: D & M Publishers
ISBN: 1771000929
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Book Description
Farley Mowat's outrageous memoir begins with his unlikely conception in a canoe and continues to his boyhood fascination with creatures of the natural world and on to his youthful rambles and adventures. To his immense pleasure and his parents' dismay, he adopted various beasts (whom he affectionately calls "The Others") as roommates. In this boyhood memoir, he recounts the exploits of this second family, who have been the subjects of many of his beloved books for young readers. This is the tale of a mischievous, immensely gifted young naturalist, recounted with the wisdom, humor and grown-up perspective of a very talented writer.

Wesley the Owl

Wesley the Owl PDF Author: Stacey O'Brien
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416551735
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 243

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Book Description
Chronicles the author's rescue of an abandoned barn owlet, from her efforts to resuscitate and raise the young owl through their nineteen years together, during which the author made key discoveries about owl behavior.

The Curse of the Viking Grave

The Curse of the Viking Grave PDF Author: Farley Mowat
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 1551992426
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Book Description
The popular sequel to his award-winning Lost in the Barrens, this is Farley Mowat’s suspense-filled story of how Awasin, Jamie and Peetryuk, three adventure-prone boys, stumble upon a cache of Viking relics in an ancient tomb somewhere in the north of Canada. Packed with excitement and with little-known information about the customs of Viking explorers, this story of survival portrays the bond of youthful friendship and the wonders of a virtually unexplored land.

And No Birds Sang

And No Birds Sang PDF Author: Farley Mowat
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN: 1771000309
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Book Description
Mowat's gripping account of how a young man, excited by the prospect of battle, is transformed into a war-weary veteran.

Never Cry Wolf

Never Cry Wolf PDF Author: Farley Mowat
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 1551991918
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Book Description
EYE TO EYE WITH DEATH: THE WOLF PROJECT Hordes of bloodthirsty wolves are slaughtering the arctic caribou, and the government's Wildlife Service assigns naturalist Farley Mowat to investigate. Mowat is dropped alone onto the frozen tundra, where he begins his mission to live among the howling wolf packs and study their ways. Contact with his quarry comes quickly, and Mowat discovers not a den of marauding killers but a courageous family of skillful providers and devoted protectors of their young. As Mowat comes closer to the wolf world, he comes to fear with them the onslaught of bounty hunters and government exterminators out to erase the noble wolf community from the Arctic. Never Cry Wolf is one of the brilliant narratives on the myth and magic of wild wolves and man's true place among the creatures of nature. "We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be — the mythologized epitome of a savage, ruthless killer — which is, in reality, no more than the reflected image of ourself." — From the new Preface

A Grain of Rice

A Grain of Rice PDF Author: Helena Clare Pittman
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 152476552X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114

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Book Description
Over 200,000 copies sold! Now with a newly refreshed design, this classic mathematical folktale tells the story of a clever farmer who outwits the Emperor of China and becomes the wealthiest man in the world—all starting with one grain of rice. When a humble farmer named Pong Lo asks for the hand of the Emperor’s beautiful daughter, the Emperor is enraged. Whoever heard of a peasant marrying a princess? But Pong Lo is wiser than the Emperor knows. And when he concocts a potion that saves the Princess’s life, the Emperor gladly offers him any reward he chooses—except the Princess. Pong Lo makes a surprising request. He asks for a single grain of rice, doubled every day for one hundred days. The baffled Emperor obliges—only to discover that if you’re as clever as Pong Lo, you can turn a single grain of rice into all the wealth and happiness in the world! A Bank Street Best Book of the Year for 9 to 12 Praise for A Grain of Rice: “Gracefully illustrated. . . . This original story set in fifteenth-century China will captivate readers and perhaps teach them a little about mathematics.” —Booklist “Clever and quietly told in simple, yet evocative language.” —Kirkus Reviews “Any young reader (with calculator handy) will enjoy the tale.” —Scientific American “[A] book that is wise and humorous, and one to be perused and savored.” —School Library Journal