Author: Alan Rabinowitz
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544358872
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
2015 Schneider Family Book Award Winner * "A candid and deeply resonant account of a hard-fought battle against societal stigma, and an embrace of one's true talent and calling." —Publisher's Weekly, starred review Speaking for the animals he loves gives one boy’s life hope, purpose, and truth in this gorgeous picture book autobiography. Alan loves animals, but the great cat house at the Bronx Zoo makes him sad. Why are they all alone in empty cages? Are they being punished? More than anything, he wants to be their champion—their voice—but he stutters uncontrollably. Except when he talks to animals…then he is fluent. Follow the life of the man Time Magazine calls, "the Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation" as he searches for his voice and fulfills a promise to speak for animals, and people, who cannot speak for themselves. This real-life story with tender illustrations by Catia Chien explores truths not defined by the spoken word. Publishers Weekly Best Book Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2015 Winner of the 2015 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award 2015 Green Earth Book Honor book
A Boy and a Jaguar
Author: Alan Rabinowitz
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544358872
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
2015 Schneider Family Book Award Winner * "A candid and deeply resonant account of a hard-fought battle against societal stigma, and an embrace of one's true talent and calling." —Publisher's Weekly, starred review Speaking for the animals he loves gives one boy’s life hope, purpose, and truth in this gorgeous picture book autobiography. Alan loves animals, but the great cat house at the Bronx Zoo makes him sad. Why are they all alone in empty cages? Are they being punished? More than anything, he wants to be their champion—their voice—but he stutters uncontrollably. Except when he talks to animals…then he is fluent. Follow the life of the man Time Magazine calls, "the Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation" as he searches for his voice and fulfills a promise to speak for animals, and people, who cannot speak for themselves. This real-life story with tender illustrations by Catia Chien explores truths not defined by the spoken word. Publishers Weekly Best Book Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2015 Winner of the 2015 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award 2015 Green Earth Book Honor book
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544358872
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
2015 Schneider Family Book Award Winner * "A candid and deeply resonant account of a hard-fought battle against societal stigma, and an embrace of one's true talent and calling." —Publisher's Weekly, starred review Speaking for the animals he loves gives one boy’s life hope, purpose, and truth in this gorgeous picture book autobiography. Alan loves animals, but the great cat house at the Bronx Zoo makes him sad. Why are they all alone in empty cages? Are they being punished? More than anything, he wants to be their champion—their voice—but he stutters uncontrollably. Except when he talks to animals…then he is fluent. Follow the life of the man Time Magazine calls, "the Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation" as he searches for his voice and fulfills a promise to speak for animals, and people, who cannot speak for themselves. This real-life story with tender illustrations by Catia Chien explores truths not defined by the spoken word. Publishers Weekly Best Book Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2015 Winner of the 2015 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award 2015 Green Earth Book Honor book
Heart of a Jaguar
Author: Marc Talbert
Publisher: Simon Pulse
ISBN: 9780689813320
Category : Mayas
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Balam, a Mayan boy struggling to achieve manhood, participates in fasts, prayers, and rituals to appease the gods and bring rain to his village.
Publisher: Simon Pulse
ISBN: 9780689813320
Category : Mayas
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Balam, a Mayan boy struggling to achieve manhood, participates in fasts, prayers, and rituals to appease the gods and bring rain to his village.
A to Zoo
Author: Rebecca L. Thomas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440834350
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1657
Book Description
Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440834350
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1657
Book Description
Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.
Tropical Nature
Author: Tropical nature
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of South America
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of South America
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The Play of Animals
Author: Karl Groos
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Cassell's popular natural history
Author: Cassell, ltd
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Tropical Nature. An Account of the Most Remarkable Phenomena of Life in the Western Tropics. Compiled from the Narratives of Distinguished Travellers and Observers. With ... Illustrations
Author: Nature
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Savages
Author: Christopher Hampton
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573615122
Category : Brazil
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
English diplomat's kidnapping by Brazilian revolutionary guerrillas is vehicle for indictment of western man for genocide of Clintas Largas tribe of Brazilian Indians.
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573615122
Category : Brazil
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
English diplomat's kidnapping by Brazilian revolutionary guerrillas is vehicle for indictment of western man for genocide of Clintas Largas tribe of Brazilian Indians.
Structural Analysis of Oral Tradition
Author: Pierre Maranda
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512804398
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Thirteen anthropologists, including Claude Levi-Strauss, Dell Hymes, and Edmund R. Leach, examine myths, rituals, fold dramas, folk tales, riddles, and folk songs, all in the context of the cultures in which they occur.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512804398
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Thirteen anthropologists, including Claude Levi-Strauss, Dell Hymes, and Edmund R. Leach, examine myths, rituals, fold dramas, folk tales, riddles, and folk songs, all in the context of the cultures in which they occur.