Author : Robert Michael Pyle
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 39,93 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780395466315
The author of Wintergreen remembers his first encounter with the wonders of nature as a child in the region of the Highline Canal in Colorado, and describes how this special place became both sanctuary and teacher. Tour.
Author : Robert Michael Pyle
Publisher :
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,86 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780870716027
An engrossing memoir and eloquent portrait of place,The Thunder Treeshows how powerful the relationship between people and the natural world can be. "When people connect with nature, it happenssomewhere,"Pyle writes. "My own point of intimate contact with the land was a ditch... Without a doubt, most of the elements of my life flowed from that canal." The High Line Canal, originally built outside of Denver as part of an ambitious plan to bring water to eastern Colorado for irrigation, became the author's place of sanctuary and play, and his birthplace as a naturalist. This reprint of the classic book, updated with a new foreword by Richard Louv and a preface to this edition, makes one of Pyle's important early works once again available. For a new generation of readers, it offers a powerful argument for preserving opportunities for exploring nature.
Author : Andrew Gale Ontko
Publisher : Maverick Books (TX)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,55 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Oregon
ISBN : 9780892882328
Author : Shutta Crum
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 32,43 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780618618651
A farm family scurries for shelter from a violent thunderstorm that brings welcome relief from the heat and also an unexpected surprise.
Author : James F. David
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 30,40 MB
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429911204
When a freak natural phenomenon dissolves the boundaries between yesterday and today, the world is transformed into a patchwork mixture of the present and the distant past. Entire cities are replaced by primeval forests. Prehistoric monsters stalk modern city streets, hunting for human prey. While ordinary men and women struggle to survive in this strange new world, the president and his advisers search for a way to undo the catastrophe. But the solution may be more devastating than the dinosaurs.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Sherman Alexie
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 31,93 MB
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316271063
From New York Times bestselling author Sherman Alexie and Caldecott Honor winning Yuyi Morales comes a striking and beautifully illustrated picture book celebrating the special relationship between father and son. Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normal name...one that's all his own. Dad is known as big Thunder, but little thunder doesn't want to share a name. He wants a name that celebrates something cool he's done like Touch the Clouds, Not Afraid of Ten Thousand Teeth, or Full of Wonder. But just when Little Thunder thinks all hope is lost, dad picks the best name...Lightning! Their love will be loud and bright, and together they will light up the sky.
Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 43,16 MB
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1635925037
In this collection of poems that's a science, poetry, and adventure story all rolled into one, noted children's poet Jane Yolen takes readers on an expedition underground. This thought-provoking collection will evoke a sense of wonder and awe in readers, as they discover the mysterious world underneath us. Kids will explore everything from animal burrows, to human creations -- like subways -- to ancient cities and fossils. Even deeper down, there are caves, magma, and Earth's tectonic plates. The illustrations show how girl and boy, accompanied by several animals, go on a fantastic underground journey. In these poems, young readers will see that beneath us are the past, the present, and the future.
Author : Patricia Polacco
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 12,11 MB
Release : 1990-03-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0399222316
A loud clap of thunder booms, and rattles the windows of Grandma's old farmhouse. "This is Thunder Cake baking weather," calls Grandma, as she and her granddaughter hurry to gather the ingredients around the farm. A real Thunder Cake must reach the oven before the storm arrives. But the list of ingredients is long and not easy to find . . . and the storm is coming closer all the time! Reaching once again into her rich childhood experience, Patricia Polacco tells the memorable story of how her grandma--her Babushka--helped her overcome her fear of thunder when she was a little girl. Ms. Polacco's vivid memories of her grandmother's endearing answer to a child's fear, accompanied by her bright folk-art illustrations, turn a frightening thunderstorm into an adventure and ultimately . . . a celebration! Whether the first clap of thunder finds you buried under the bedcovers or happily anticipating the coming storm, Thunder Cake is a story that will bring new meaning and possibility to the excitement of a thunderstorm.
Author : Fred Saberhagen
Publisher : JSS Literary Productions, LLC
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 26,66 MB
Release : 2020-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1937422216
Haraldur the northman once joined Jason on his fabled quest for the Golden Fleece, but now he wants nothing more to do with gods and adventure. Returning to his homeland for the first time in many years, he hopes only to settle down on a farm of his own—until he comes across an impenetrable wall of eldritch fire and a lovesick youth determined to breach the wall at any cost. Behind the towering flames, he is told, lies a beautiful Valkyrie trapped in an enchanted sleep, as well as, perhaps, a golden treasure beyond mortal reckoning. It is the gold that tempts Hal to agree, against his better judgment, to assist the youth in his quest. But to find a way past the fiery wall, they must first brave gnomes, ghosts, and the wrath of the gods themselves. For a mighty battle is brewing, and Hal soon finds himself caught up in a celestial conflict between Thor the Thunderer, Loki the Trickster, and most powerful of all, Wodan, the merciless Lord of Battles!
Author : Mildred D. Taylor
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 34,37 MB
Release : 2004-04-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1101657944
Winner of the Newbery Medal, this remarkably moving novel has impressed the hearts and minds of millions of readers. Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. And it is also Cassie's story—Cassie Logan, an independent girl who discovers over the course of an important year why having land of their own is so crucial to the Logan family, even as she learns to draw strength from her own sense of dignity and self-respect. * "[A] vivid story.... Entirely through its own internal development, the novel shows the rich inner rewards of black pride, love, and independence."—Booklist, starred review
