Author: Pleasant DeSpain
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
ISBN: 1684440254
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Turtle loves to dance and play the flute. But her exuberance puts her at risk when her music attracts the attention of a brave hunter who brings her home to make turtle stew. After she is caught, her only hope for escape is the hunter's children ... and her own wit. This folktale, first told by the indigenous people of Brazil, is now told throughout Latin America. Like the people of Latin America, Turtle always seems to survive any challenge by using her courage and wit. Beautiful watercolors radiant with the dense foliage and hardy wildlife of the Amazon rain forest, guides the reader through this timeless adventure story.
Author: Karen Kao
Publisher: Lynn Michell
ISBN: 0993599710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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A rape. A war. A society where women are bought and sold but no one can speak of shame. Shanghai 1937. Violence throbs at the heart of The Dancing Girl and the Turtle.Song Anyi is on the road to Shanghai and freedom when she is raped and left for dead. The silence and shamethat mark her courageous survival drive her to escalating self-harm and prostitution. From opium dens to high- class brothels, Anyi dances on the edge of destruction while China prepares for war with Japan. Hers is the voice of every woman who fights for independence against overwhelming odds.The Dancing Girl and the Turtle is one of four interlocking novels set in Shanghai from 1929 to 1954. Through the eyes of the dancer, Song Anyi, and her brother Kang, the Shanghai Quartet spans a tumultuous time in Chinese history: war with the Japanese, the influx of stateless Jews into Shanghai, civil war and revolution. How does the love of a sister destroy her brother and all those around him?
Author: Maggie Duff
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780027330106
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Lured into captivity when her singing is praised, a many-talented turtle charms her hungry captors and dances to freedom.
Author: Nicola Davies
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536221309
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31
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"Simple, lyrical words and bright, acrylic double-page pictures convey the astonishing facts about the Loggerhead sea turtle. . . . A powerful nature story for a young audience." —Booklist Far, far out at sea lives one of the world’s most mysterious creatures, the Loggerhead turtle. For thirty years she swims the oceans, wandering thousands of miles as she searches for food. Then, one summer night, she lands on a beach to lay her eggs—the very same beach where she herself was born. Nicola Davies’s lyrical text offers fascinating information about the journey of the tiny, endangered Loggerhead, while charming paintings by Jane Chapman vividly illustrate one turtle’s odyssey.
Author: Jennifer Keats Curtis
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
ISBN: 1607188724
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
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When a mother diamondback terrapin lays eggs in Maggie's sandbox, Maggie becomes a "turtle-sitter" to help the babies safely hatch and in the process she learns about these unique animals and their struggle for survival.
Author: Stephanie Roth Sisson
Publisher:
ISBN: 1626728194
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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From the creator of Star Stuff comes a picture book biography of Rachel Carson, the iconic environmentalist who fought to keep the sounds of nature from going silent.
Author: Leanne Simpson
Publisher: Arbeiter Ring Pub
ISBN: 9781894037501
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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By combining provocative prose with photo-essay, Time and the Suburbs explores the disappearance of cities in North America under the weight of suburban, exurban, and other forms of development that are changing the way we live and do politics. Drawing on social theory from Henri Lefebvre and Guy Debord to Antonio Negri, this book reconceptualizes the tasks facing activists and social movments. This is both a provocative essay and introduction to important social theory for anyone interested in cites and urban development.
Author: Linda Glaser
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 0761384413
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Simple text and bold, beautiful paper sculpture convey the animal life, plant life, weather, colors, clothing, and feelings associated with the winter season.
Author: Eric A. Kimmel
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN: 1430129786
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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"....Jerry Terheyden's narration alternates between the slow pace of a turtle and the bounce of an exuberant spider.... Balloons filing with air and underwater bubbles are among the fitting sound effects." -AudioFile Magazine
Author: Terri Cohlene
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780833563668
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This enchanting Cherokee legend comes alive through the author's vivid adaptation and striking illustrations. Children will be spellbound as they read about the distinctive lifestyle and beliefs of the Cherokee people. Full color.
