Author:
Publisher: Ladybird Books
ISBN: 9781844226825
Category : Fables
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Part of the six re-tellings of Favourite Tales from South East Asia, this story comes from China.
The Tortoise Who Wanted to Fly
Author:
Publisher: Ladybird Books
ISBN: 9781844226825
Category : Fables
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Part of the six re-tellings of Favourite Tales from South East Asia, this story comes from China.
Publisher: Ladybird Books
ISBN: 9781844226825
Category : Fables
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Part of the six re-tellings of Favourite Tales from South East Asia, this story comes from China.
The Turtle who Wanted to Fly
Author: Kayla Glaser
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735245614
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In this funny and inspirational picture book, Tiptoe the turtle learns that not every dream is easy for everyone. If he wants to succeed at his strange new goal of flying, he needs to be proud of his progress- no matter how long it takes.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735245614
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In this funny and inspirational picture book, Tiptoe the turtle learns that not every dream is easy for everyone. If he wants to succeed at his strange new goal of flying, he needs to be proud of his progress- no matter how long it takes.
Jabuti the Tortoise
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0152053743
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A rain forest fable from Caldecott medalist Gerald McDermott
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0152053743
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A rain forest fable from Caldecott medalist Gerald McDermott
Tortoise Finds His Home
Author: Maya Fowler
Publisher: Bookdash
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Tortoise sets off in search of his house. Along the way, he meets new friends to help him. But the sky is darkening, and lightning flashes in the distance. Will Tortoise find his house in time?
Publisher: Bookdash
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Tortoise sets off in search of his house. Along the way, he meets new friends to help him. But the sky is darkening, and lightning flashes in the distance. Will Tortoise find his house in time?
Come, Thou Tortoise
Author: Jessica Grant
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307373924
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
A delightfully offbeat story that features an opinionated tortoise and her owner who find themselves in the middle of a life-changing mystery. Audrey (a.k.a. Oddly) Flowers is living quietly in Oregon with Winnifred, her tortoise, when she finds out her dear father has been knocked into a coma back in Newfoundland. Despite her fear of flying, she goes to him, but not before she reluctantly dumps Winnifred with her unreliable friends. Poor Winnifred. When Audrey disarms an Air Marshal en route to St. John’s we begin to realize there’s something, well, odd about her. And we soon know that Audrey’s quest to discover who her father really was – and reunite with Winnifred – will be an adventure like no other. Excerpt: Winnifred is old. She might be three hundred. She came with the apartment. The previous tenant, a rock climber named Cliff, was embarking on a rock-climbing adventure that would not have been much fun for Winnifred. Back then her name was Iris. Cliff had inherited Iris from the previous tenant. Nobody knew how old Iris was or where she had come from originally. Now Cliff was moving out. He said, Would you like a tortoise. I would not say no to a tortoise, I said. I was alone in Portland and the trees were giant. I picked her up and she blinked at me with her upside-down eyelids. I felt instantly calm. Her eyes were soft brown. Her skin felt like an old elbow. I will build you a castle, I whispered. With a pool. And I was true to my word.
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307373924
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
A delightfully offbeat story that features an opinionated tortoise and her owner who find themselves in the middle of a life-changing mystery. Audrey (a.k.a. Oddly) Flowers is living quietly in Oregon with Winnifred, her tortoise, when she finds out her dear father has been knocked into a coma back in Newfoundland. Despite her fear of flying, she goes to him, but not before she reluctantly dumps Winnifred with her unreliable friends. Poor Winnifred. When Audrey disarms an Air Marshal en route to St. John’s we begin to realize there’s something, well, odd about her. And we soon know that Audrey’s quest to discover who her father really was – and reunite with Winnifred – will be an adventure like no other. Excerpt: Winnifred is old. She might be three hundred. She came with the apartment. The previous tenant, a rock climber named Cliff, was embarking on a rock-climbing adventure that would not have been much fun for Winnifred. Back then her name was Iris. Cliff had inherited Iris from the previous tenant. Nobody knew how old Iris was or where she had come from originally. Now Cliff was moving out. He said, Would you like a tortoise. I would not say no to a tortoise, I said. I was alone in Portland and the trees were giant. I picked her up and she blinked at me with her upside-down eyelids. I felt instantly calm. Her eyes were soft brown. Her skin felt like an old elbow. I will build you a castle, I whispered. With a pool. And I was true to my word.
The Aesop for Children
Author: Aesop
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
One hundred twenty-six best-loved fables of Aesop.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
One hundred twenty-six best-loved fables of Aesop.
When Turtle Grew Feathers
Author: Tim Tingle
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874837773
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Choctaw variant of Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, in which Turkey assists Turtle in defeating Rabbit.
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874837773
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Choctaw variant of Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, in which Turkey assists Turtle in defeating Rabbit.
Ajapa the Tortoise
Author: Margaret Baumann
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486149684
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Long before people could turn to books for instruction and amusement, they relied upon storytellers for answers to their questions about life. Africa boasts a particularly rich oral tradition, in which the griot — village historian — preserved and passed along cultural beliefs and experiences from one generation to the next. This collection of 30 timeless fables comes from the storytellers of Nigeria, whose memorable narratives tell of promises kept and broken, virtue rewarded, and treachery punished. Ajapa the Tortoise — a trickster, or animal with human qualities — makes frequent appearances among the colorful cast of talking animals. In "Tortoise Goes Wooing," he learns a valuable lesson in friendship and sharing. Ajapa's further adventures describe how, among other things, he became a chief, acquired all of the world's wisdom, saved the king, tricked the lion, and came to be bald. Recounted in simple but evocative language, these ancient tales continue to enchant readers and listeners of all ages.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486149684
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Long before people could turn to books for instruction and amusement, they relied upon storytellers for answers to their questions about life. Africa boasts a particularly rich oral tradition, in which the griot — village historian — preserved and passed along cultural beliefs and experiences from one generation to the next. This collection of 30 timeless fables comes from the storytellers of Nigeria, whose memorable narratives tell of promises kept and broken, virtue rewarded, and treachery punished. Ajapa the Tortoise — a trickster, or animal with human qualities — makes frequent appearances among the colorful cast of talking animals. In "Tortoise Goes Wooing," he learns a valuable lesson in friendship and sharing. Ajapa's further adventures describe how, among other things, he became a chief, acquired all of the world's wisdom, saved the king, tricked the lion, and came to be bald. Recounted in simple but evocative language, these ancient tales continue to enchant readers and listeners of all ages.
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: RH Childrens Books
ISBN: 0385373635
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Dr. Seuss presents three modern fables in the rhyming favorite Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. The collection features tales about greed (“Yertle the Turtle”), vanity (“Gertrude McFuzz”), and pride (“The Big Brag”). In no other book does a small burp have such political importance! Yet again, Dr. Seuss proves that he and classic picture books go hand in hand.
Publisher: RH Childrens Books
ISBN: 0385373635
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Dr. Seuss presents three modern fables in the rhyming favorite Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. The collection features tales about greed (“Yertle the Turtle”), vanity (“Gertrude McFuzz”), and pride (“The Big Brag”). In no other book does a small burp have such political importance! Yet again, Dr. Seuss proves that he and classic picture books go hand in hand.
Anansi and Turtle Go to Dinner
Author:
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874838565
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
After Anansi the spider tricks Turtle in order to keep his dinner for himself, Turtle turns the tables on Anansi.
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874838565
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
After Anansi the spider tricks Turtle in order to keep his dinner for himself, Turtle turns the tables on Anansi.