Author : Alwyn Owen
Publisher : Raupo
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 40,42 MB
Release : 2002-03-11
Category : Birds
ISBN : 9781869487157
"Long ago when the world was new the kiwi lived in the treetops with the other birds and played and sang all day long. But when a plague of insects threatens to destroy the forest mighty Tane calls upon the birds to save the precious trees. Who of all the birds will answer Tane's plea and what sacrifices will need to be made?"--Back cover. Suggested level: junior, primary.
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Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 29,21 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Big books
ISBN : 9780947526306
How Kiwi lost his wings retells a folktale from New Zealand, in which a Kiwi leaves the forest roof to live in the darkness of the forest floor and protect the trees. Being Kiwi introduces factual information about New Zealand.
Author : André Ngāpō (|e author)
Publisher :
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 44,89 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Big books
ISBN : 9781776694235
Folktale from Aotearoa New Zealand. The kiwi once had beautiful rainbow-coloured wings. When Tane-hokahoka asked the birds to help protect the forest by living on the forest floor eating insects, only the kiwi agreed. Its legs grew sturdy and it lost its wings.
Author : Leslie Godfrey
Publisher : Oddgodfrey Early Readers'
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 28,62 MB
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781087811611
Harboring a dream to sail across the world's widest ocean, a seasick unicorn gathers his friends and casts off to sea to vomit rainbows and battle self-doubt in a quest to reach the sandy shoreline of beach bonfires and success.
Author : Katrina van Grouw
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 31,89 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 0691151342
There is more to a bird than simply feathers. And just because birds evolved from a single flying ancestor doesn't mean they are structurally the same. With 385 stunning drawings depicting 200 species, The Unfeathered bird is a richly illustrated book on bird anatomy that offers refreshingly original insights into what goes on beneath the feathered surface.
Author : Matthew Owens
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 32,66 MB
Release : 2022
Category :
ISBN : 9781775437642
Author : Lewis I. Held (Jr.)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 46,73 MB
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1107030447
This book explores the latest developments in evo-devo to explain the science behind tiger stripes, camel humps, and other fascinating animal traits.
Author : Lorraine F. Dunphy
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,35 MB
Release : 2008-03
Category : Fairies
ISBN : 1598585533
A fairy tale of long ago unfolds by a mystical, red mountain in Australia called Uluru. The Aboriginal People, who live nearby, have a great knowledge of Earth and have carefully protected a secret for thousands of years. Will the secret be lost or revealed?Follow the fairies: Kiwi, Sassy, Madame Fairy and Josh, as they go on a magical adventure and lead you to the answer. I lived and worked in Connecticut for many years, until a recent move to Arizona. I am employed at a university and enjoy the distinctive character of Arizona on my commute. My inspiration for this fairy tale was a combination of telling bedtime stories to my children, when they were very young, and my respect for Indigenous Australians who, I believe, have an ancient and profound knowledge of our Earth. Writing this book, off and on, for the past several years has been more fun than work. I hope you have fun reading it. Sincerely, Lorraine F. Dunphy
Author : Karen Russell
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 26,91 MB
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307595447
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • The bravely imagined, wildly acclaimed debut novel from the author of Vampires in the Lemon Grove—about a thirteen year old girl who sets out on a mission through magical swamps to save her family. "Ms. Russell is one in a million.... A suspensfuly, deeply haunted book." —The New York Times Thirteen-year-old Ava Bigtree has lived her entire life at Swamplandia!, her family’s island home and gator-wrestling theme park in the Florida Everglades. But when illness fells Ava’s mother, the park’s indomitable headliner, the family is plunged into chaos; her father withdraws, her sister falls in love with a spooky character known as the Dredgeman, and her brilliant big brother, Kiwi, defects to a rival park called The World of Darkness. As Ava embarks on her mission to save them all, we are drawn into a lush debut that takes us to the shimmering edge of reality.
Author : Berkeley Breathed
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,70 MB
Release : 1995-10
Category :
ISBN : 9780785780397
For use in schools and libraries only. Opus the penguin wants nothing more than to be able to fly--one thing that penguins cannot do--until one Christmas Eve, Opus realizes his greatest dream.
