Author: Chiew-Siah Tei
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447237609
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
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The year is 1905 and Chai Mingzhi, an immigrant newly arrived in the port-town of Malacca, takes Engi, an indigenous boy from the tropical forest, to live with him. Trapped in a realm he doesn’t recognize and finding himself caught up in Chai Mingzhi’s bitter personal affairs, Engi quickly learns to take on the shape of the legendary mouse deer in order to survive in the outside world. Twenty years later, Engi sets out to unravel the mystery surrounding Chai’s past, his tireless quest for the land where the grand Minang Villa is built, and the tragedy that destroyed him. The Mouse Deer Kingdom is a tale of love and betrayal against the backdrop of a troubled time when hundreds of thousands of Chinese fled poverty and the Qing Empire for Southeast Asia, where their arrival unsettled native life in their new home.
Author: Hugh Craig
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Category : Mammals
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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Author: William Percival Westell
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Category : Mammals
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Author: Samuel Wells Williams
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Languages : en
Pages : 886
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Author: Samuel Wells Williams
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 906
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Author: Aaron Shepard
Publisher: Skyhook Press
ISBN: 1620352222
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
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"I'm quick and smart as I can be. Try and try, but you can't catch me!" Mouse Deer sings his song as he walks through the forest looking for tasty fruits and roots and shoots. Though he is small, he is not afraid. He knows that many big animals want to eat him -- but first they have to catch him! In these delightful trickster tales from Southeast Asia, find out how Mouse Deer gets the best of his enemies -- Tiger, Crocodile, and the most dangerous animal of all, Farmer! TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS -- A READER'S THEATER SCRIPT OF THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN AARON'S BOOK "FOLKTALES ON STAGE," OR FREE ON AARON'S WEB SITE. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Aaron Shepard is the award-winning author of "The Baker's Dozen," "The Sea King's Daughter," "The Monkey King," and many more children's books. His stories have appeared often in Cricket magazine, while his Web site is known internationally as a prime resource for folktales, storytelling, and reader's theater. Once a professional storyteller, Aaron specializes in lively retellings of folktales and other traditional literature, which have won him honors from the American Library Association, the New York Public Library, the Bank Street College of Education, the National Council for the Social Studies, and the American Folklore Society. Kim Gamble is one of the most popular children's book illustrators of Australia. He is also a frequent contributor to that country's much-loved School Magazine, where Aaron's Mouse Deer stories first appeared. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// "A retelling of some of Southeast Asia's most popular folklore .... Simply narrated, The Adventures of Mouse Deer is witty and steeped in the power of myth, as well as high-spirited determination.... [A] delightful introduction to an enduring legend."-- Small Press Bookwatch, Midwest Book Review, May 2005 "Mouse Deer's small stature leaves him vulnerable in the jungle, but Crocodile, Tiger, and Farmer are no match for this quick-witted, fearless creature. Give this book to children making their first forays into chapter books, and visit the author's Web site to download readers theater scripts." -- Daryl Grabarek, School Library Journal, Dec. 1, 2009 ///////////////////////////////////////////////// CONTENTS 1 ~ Mouse Deer and Tiger 2 ~ Mouse Deer and Crocodile 3 ~ Mouse Deer and Farmer ///////////////////////////////////////////////// SAMPLE Then he heard something. ROWR! There was Tiger! "Hello, Mouse Deer. I was just getting hungry. Now you can be my lunch." Mouse Deer didn't want to be lunch. He looked around and thought fast. He saw a mud puddle. "I'm sorry, Tiger. I can't be your lunch. The King has ordered me to guard his pudding." "His pudding?" said Tiger. "Yes. There it is." Mouse Deer pointed to the mud puddle. "It has the best taste in the world. The King doesn't want anyone else to eat it." Tiger looked longingly at the puddle. "I would like to taste the King's pudding." "Oh, no, Tiger! The King would be very angry." "Just one little taste, Mouse Deer! The King will never know." "Well, all right, Tiger. But first let me run far away, so no one will blame me."
Author: Samuel Orchart BEETON
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Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Author: Frederick Drimmer
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Category : Animal behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 774
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The Animal Kingdom is an epochal work in the field of natural history. Written by seven eminent naturalists on the staffs of the American Museum of Natural History and the New York Zoological Society, it has been four years in preparation, and comprises over two thousand pages and six hunded thousand words of authentic and interesting information about the wildlife of the world. It is far and away the most complete, authoritative, and up-to-date natural history in the English language today. The Animal Kindom will supply you with the knowledge you need if you are to understand the animals that share the world in which you live. Based on the most recent research and investigation, this great work explains simply and colorfully the intimate lives of wild animals, both common and exotic, of all lands--not only the mammals, but the birds, amphibians, reptiles, fishes, insects and other invertebrates. The writers tell you how you can recognize each important animal, where it lives, its habits, courtship, family life, how it raises its young, how it combats enemies and gets its food, and a wealth of other fascinating information--in short, the animal's natural history.
