Book Description
An account of Squeak, a young ruby-throated hummingbird, chronicles the bird's rescue, its daily activities and behavior, its growth to maturity in the author's indoor garden, and its eventual release back into the wild.
Author : Arnette Heidcamp
Publisher : Crown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 27,31 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0517577291
An account of Squeak, a young ruby-throated hummingbird, chronicles the bird's rescue, its daily activities and behavior, its growth to maturity in the author's indoor garden, and its eventual release back into the wild.
Author : Noriko Carroll
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 28,78 MB
Release : 2006-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780740757075
Provides full-color photographs that chronicle the life of a hummingbird, following the story of Honey, an adult female, and her two chicks, Ray and Zen, including building a nest, laying the eggs, hatching, and their first flight.
Author : Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,81 MB
Release : 2025-04-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781771642088
The hummingbird parable, with origins in the Quechuan people of South America, has become a talisman for environmentalists and activists who are committed to making meaningful change in the world. In this simple yet powerful story, the determined hummingbird does everything she can to put out a raging fire that threatens her forest home. The hummingbird--symbol of wisdom and courage--demonstrates that doing something is better than doing nothing at all. In this revised edition of the best-selling book, the parable is supplemented by an informative fact page about hummingbirds and evocative artwork by internationally renowned artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. Yahgulanaas's distinct and lively Haida Manga style complements the optimistic tale that encourages everyone to take responsibility for the planet.
Author : Wangari Maathai
Publisher : Lantern Books
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 34,23 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781590560402
Wangari Maathai, founder of The Green Belt Movement, tells its story including the philosophy behind it, its challenges, and objectives.
Author : Graciela LimÑn
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 13,1 MB
Release : 1996-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611922929
An Aztec princess describes the Spanish conquest of Mexico. She is Huitzitzlin, 82, of the court of Montezuma and she tells her tale to a priest so history will know who the Aztecs really were. By the author of The Memories of Ana Calderon.
Author : Luis Alberto Urrea
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 27,65 MB
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0759567514
From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The House of Broken Angels and Good Night, Irene, discover the epic historical novel following the journey of a young saint fighting for her survival. This historical novel is based on Urrea's real great-aunt Teresita, who had healing powers and was acclaimed as a saint. Urrea has researched historical accounts and family records for years to get an accurate story.
Author : Stephen P. Kiernan
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 46,1 MB
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0062369563
From the author of the acclaimed debut novel The Curiosity comes an emotionally resonant tale about a woman who must take care of two wounded men – one, her soldier-husband, just home from the war in Iraq; the other, a dying World War II scholar-historian who harbors a long-buried secret. Deborah Birch is a seasoned hospice nurse whose daily work requires courage and compassion. But her skills and experience are tested in new and dramatic ways when her easygoing husband, Michael, returns from his third deployment to Iraq haunted by nightmares, anxiety, and rage. She is determined to help him heal, and to restore the tender, loving marriage they once had. At the same time, Deborah’s primary patient is Barclay Reed, a retired history professor and expert in the Pacific Theater of World War II whose career ended in academic scandal. Alone in the world, the embittered professor is dying. As Barclay begrudgingly comes to trust Deborah, he tells her stories from that long-ago war, which help her find a way to help her husband battle his demons. Told with piercing empathy and heartbreaking realism, The Hummingbird is a masterful story of loving commitment, service to country, and absolution through wisdom and forgiveness.
Author : Keith Baker
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 26,25 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780152053086
A young boy paints the flight of a hummingbird as it zips, loops, and zigzags around his garden.
Author : Sandro Veronesi
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,97 MB
Release : 2022-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781474617482
Author : Natalie Lloyd
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 36,16 MB
Release : 2022-08-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1338654616
A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book From the bestselling author of A Snicker of Magic comes a heartfelt story about a girl who -- armed with her trusty, snazzy wheelchair -- refuses to let her brittle bone disease stand in the way of adventure Twelve-year-old homeschooled Olive is tired of being seen as "fragile" just because she has osteogenesis imperfecta (otherwise known as brittle bone disease) so she's thrilled when she finally convinces her parents to let her attend Macklemore Elementary. Olive can't wait to go to a traditional school and make the friends she's always longed for, until a disastrous first day dashes her hopes of ever fitting in. Then Olive hears whispers about a magical, wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives near Macklemore. It’ll be the solution to all her problems! If she can find the bird and prove herself worthy, the creature will make her most desperate, secret wish come true. When it becomes clear that she can't solve the mystery on her own, Olive teams up with some unlikely allies who help her learn the truth about the bird. And on the way, she just might learn that our fragile places lead us to the most wonderful magic of all...