Author : Donald Elliott
Publisher : Gambit, Incorporated, Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,46 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Musical instruments
ISBN : 9780876451182
Whimsical animals introduce children--and fun loving adults --to all instruments.
Author : Vladimir Dinets
Publisher : Arcade
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 MB
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781950691999
The amazing story of a groundbreaking scientific quest over five continents to study our modern dinosaurs—that ends up changing a life, as well as our understanding about crocodiles and their relatives. A born naturalist and a fearless traveler, Vladimir Dinets wrote travel guides, conducted field research, and lived a couple of lives before he was accepted into the PhD program in zoology at the University of Miami. He thought crocodiles were a dead-end research topic—survivors from the age of the dinosaurs but not much else—until he witnessed groups of up to seventy alligators performing mating choruses that included infrasound vibrations—a form of communication extremely rare in nature—and a “dance” unknown in the scientific literature but that resembled a scene from Jurassic Park. To prove his thesis about the language of crocodiles, he spent the next six years traveling around the world on shoestring budgets and in extreme circumstances, studying almost every living species. At the same time, as a man desiring companionship in life, he sought love. With adventures on five continents, Dragon Songs is his account of this quest. It includes an escape from a boiling lava lake in the Afar Desert, being chased up a tree by a tiger in India, hitching a ride with a cocaine smuggler in Bolivia, and diving with giant Greenland sharks—all in the name of studying crocodiles, among which he routinely paddled in his inflatable kayak. Of course, not everything went according to plan. But, in the end, his ground-breaking research helped change the field. And during the course of his adventures, he met and courted his future wife.
Author :
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 31,34 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Alligators
ISBN : 9781455604753
Author : Maurice Sendak
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 28,69 MB
Release : 1991-03-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0064432548
‘An alligator jamboree, with all the letters ' A through Z.'
Author : Thacher Hurd
Publisher :
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 22,12 MB
Release : 1984-09-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
Miles and the Swamp Band have the time of their lives playing at the Alligator Ball, until they discover the menu includes Swamp Band soup.
Author : David Oatman
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 25,39 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780736062824
Activities become old favorites for one reason: Throughout the years, kids enjoy participating in them. But even old favorites can become stale after a while. Not so with Old Favorites, New Fun: Physical Education Activities for Children. This book, written by a physical educator with 30 years of experience, provides creative twists and refreshing modifications of classic activities, resulting in a wealth of choices to fit into and supplement your existing physical education curriculum. This book provides more than 350 thoroughly field-tested activities addressing core physical education content themes. These revitalized traditional activities help you meet major content demands of quality physical education in fresh, fun ways your students will love. What's more, you'll receive creative guidelines for dividing groups, starting play, and modifying "classic" sports to give you even more ways to keep students active--and encourage their enthusiasm for lifelong fitness. Old Favorites, New Fun includes the following features: - Activities to develop locomotor, manipulative, rhythmic, body and spatial awareness, and health-related fitness skills--thus ensuring your students get the extensive practice they need to succeed - Popular themes, such as parachute, team-building, and cross-curricular units, to extend and reinforce learning of core content - Clear equipment lists, objectives, setup instructions, and descriptions to help you transition between activities and classes by showing you what you need and how to place equipment and students quickly - Prominent safety notes to help you head off potential injuries The suggested modifications let you tailor activities to the needs of all your students so that everyone will benefit from the experience. Collectively, these activities will help your students meet all the national standards in physical education as you strive to meet physical education objectives in systematic and inviting ways. Old Favorites, New Fun is an easy-to-use resource to help you develop and reinforce your quality physical education program. Have new fun teaching these old favorites
Author : Doug Alderson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 30,43 MB
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1493048279
People have long been fascinated by the American alligator. Ever since humans arrived on the continent more than 15,000 years ago, the American alligator has been both feared and revered, celebrated and scorned, and often hunted for food and hide. Once tourism began to take hold in the South as a real industry, especially in Florida, the alligator took on iconic and even mythical status. “One of the most picturesque features of Florida has always been that uncouth and fierce-looking reptile called the alligator,” wrote Nevin O. Winter in 1918. “Everybody who comes down here to the peninsula has an ambition to see one in the wild.” Seminole Indians wrestled alligators for show. Alligator souvenirs and mascots often took what people feared—a sharp-toothed predator—and made it into something cute and cuddly. Alligator-themed songs were recorded and released, including “See You Later Alligator” by Bill Haley and His Comets. Hollywood into created alligator-themed movies such as Alligator People. Alligators were also reportedly kept in the White House under two presidencies. And perhaps the most unusual alligator story was one that helped to nab Ma Barker and her son Fred when they were hiding out along Florida’s Lake Weir. America’s Alligator examines the colorful and sometimes conflicted relationship our species has had with Alligator mississippiensis. Doug Alderson explores the country’s rich alligator mythology and how it inspired various forms of art, stories, photography, tourism and even humor.
Author : Frances Densmore
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 38,15 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN :
Author : Vladimir Bogdanov
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 26,3 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780879307363
Reviews and rates the best recordings of 8,900 blues artists in all styles.
Author : Jeff Klinkenberg
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 26,88 MB
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 081304748X
With a keen eye for detail and a lyrical style, Jeff Klinkenberg sets his sights on the contradictions that make up the Sunshine State. No one else would think to engage a professional symphony orchestra tuba player to find out whether bull gators will thunderously bellow back at a low B-flat during mating season (they do, but only to that pitch). From fishing camps and country stores to museums and libraries, Klinkenberg is forever unearthing the magic that makes Florida a place worth celebrating.
