The Scarlet Ibis

The Scarlet Ibis PDF Author: James Hurst
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780886820008
Category : Brothers
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Ashamed of his younger brother's physical handicaps, an older brother teaches him how to walk and pushes him to attempt more strenuous activities.

The Scarlet Ibis

The Scarlet Ibis PDF Author: James Hurst
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780886820008
Category : Brothers
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Ashamed of his younger brother's physical handicaps, an older brother teaches him how to walk and pushes him to attempt more strenuous activities.

Scarlet Ibis

Scarlet Ibis PDF Author: Gill Lewis
Publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
ISBN: 1481449427
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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When a fire leaves twelve-year-old Scarlet in a different foster home than her autistic little brother, she tracks a bird to find her way back to him in this deeply moving illustrated novel from the author of Wild Wings. Scarlet doesn’t have an easy life. She’s never known her dad, her mom suffers from depression, and her younger brother Red has Asperger’s and relies heavily on her to make the world a safe place for him. Scarlet does this by indulging Red’s passion for birds, telling him stories about the day they’ll go to Trinidad and see all the wonderful birds there (especially his beloved Scarlet Ibis), saving her money to take him to the zoo, helping him collect bird feathers, and even caring for a baby pigeon who is nesting outside his window. But things with her mom are getting harder, and after a dangerous accident, Scarlet and Red are taken into foster care and separated. As Scarlet struggles to cope with the sudden changes in her life and her complex feelings towards her mom, the one thing she won’t give up on is finding Red. Nothing is going to get in her way—even if it might destroy the new possibilities offered to her by her foster family.

The Scarlet Ibis

The Scarlet Ibis PDF Author: Susan Hahn
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810151847
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 81

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Book Description
A collection of poems by Susan Hahn that use the image of the ibis to explore a wide range of topics, including slavery, ancient Egypt, individuality, and courage.

Wild Wings

Wild Wings PDF Author: Gill Lewis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442414499
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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This “vividly imagined and well-written novel” (Booklist, starred review) tells a gripping story about a boy from Scotland and a girl from West Africa who join together to save a migrating Osprey—and end up saving each other. When Callum spots crazy Iona McNair on his family’s sprawling property, she’s catching a fish with her bare hands. She won’t share the fish, but does share something else: a secret. She’s discovered a rare endangered bird, an Osprey, and it’s clear to both her and Callum that if anyone finds out about the bird, it, and its species, is likely doomed. Poachers, egg thieves, and wild weather are just some of the threats, so Iona and Callum vow to keep track of the bird and check her migratory progress using the code a preservationist tagged on her ankle, no matter what. But when one of them can no longer keep the promise, it’s up to the other to do it for them both. No matter what. Set against the dramatic landscapes of Scotland and West Africa, this is a story of unlikely friendships, the wonders of the wild—and the everyday leaps of faith that set our souls to flight.

Companion to Literature

Companion to Literature PDF Author: Abby H. P. Werlock
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 143812743X
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 859

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Book Description
Praise for the previous edition:Booklist/RBB "Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers"RUSA/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source"" ... useful ... Recommended for public libraries and undergraduates."

Tropical Birds Coloring Book

Tropical Birds Coloring Book PDF Author: Lucia De Leiris
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486247434
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Book Description
Forty-four drawings, with descriptive notes, of a variety of tropical birds, which may be colored or painted.

Treasury of Audubon Birds

Treasury of Audubon Birds PDF Author: John James Audubon
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486846563
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 147

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Book Description
Featuring the snowy egret, wild turkey, brown pelican, screech owl, and many others, this new collection gathers 130 select plates from Audubon's octavo edition. Includes an informative introduction to the artist and his work.

Spirits of the Air

Spirits of the Air PDF Author: Shepard Krech
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820328154
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 271

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Book Description
Before the massive environmental change wrought by the European colonization of the South, hundreds of species of birds filled the region's flyways in immeasurable numbers. Before disease, war, and displacement altered the South's earliest human landscape, Native Americans hunted and ate birds and made tools and weapons from their beaks, bones, and talons. More significant to Shepard Krech III, Indians adorned themselves with feathers, invoked avian powers in ceremonies and dances, and incorporated bird imagery on pottery, carvings, and jewelry. Krech, a renowned authority on Native American interactions with nature, reveals as never before the omnipresence of birds in Native American life. From the time of the earliest known renderings of winged creatures in stone and earthworks through the nineteenth century, when Native southerners took part in decimating bird species with highly valued, fashionable plumage, Spirits of the Air examines the complex and changeable influences of birds on the Native American worldview. We learn of birds for which places and people were named; birds common in iconography and oral traditions; birds important in ritual and healing; and birds feared for their links to witches and other malevolent forces. Still other birds had no meaning for Native Americans. Krech shows us these invisible animals too, enriching our understanding of both the Indian-bird dynamic and the incredible diversity of winged life once found in the South. A crowning work drawing on Krech's distinguished career in anthropology and natural history, Spirits of the Air recovers vanished worlds and shows us our own anew.

Moon Bear

Moon Bear PDF Author: Gill Lewis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481400940
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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Book Description
Originally published in Great Britain in 2013 by Oxford University Press.

The Imaginaries

The Imaginaries PDF Author: Emily Winfield Martin
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375974326
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Best-selling author/illustrator of The Wonderful Things You Will Be, Emily Winfield Martin, shares her "Imaginaries": paintings from over the last ten years, captioned with one enigmatic sentence, designed to inspire. From mermaids and giant flowers to magical robes and mysterious characters, this full-color collection of old and new art from Emily Winfield Martin will inspire the artist and writer in you! Each glorious image is given a mysterious or magical one-line caption--the beginning of a story, or maybe the middle--you imagine the rest. The captions are hand-written on vintage scraps of paper, envelopes, postcards and more. Akin to the Chris van Allsburg book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, The Imaginairies is destined to become a cult classic in its own right. The book is unjacketed with foil and a matte finish on the cover; a treasure to keep and display and pore over for years.