Tales About Birds
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Author | : Rachel Warren Chadd |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2016-08-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1472922875 |
The stories, myths and legends associated with more than 80 kinds of birds from around the world. Why are owls regarded either as wise or as harbingers of doom? What gave rise to the fanciful belief that storks bring babies? Why is the eagle associated with victory or the hummingbird with paradise? The answers are here in this engaging book. By re-telling the many legends, beliefs, proverbs and predictions associated with more than 80 birds from many nations, it brings into focus the close – and often ancient – links between humans and these remarkable feathered descendants of dinosaurs. Discover, for instance: - Why the cockerel features on many church spires - The one sacred bird that symbolises life and peace in most cultures - How to dispel bad luck if you see a certain black-and-white bird - The South American 'devil bird' once thought to be a dragon Birds: Myth, Lore and Legend draws on historical accounts and scientific literature to reveal how colourful tales or superstitions were shaped by human imagination based on each bird's behaviour or appearance. It offers a fresh and enchanting perspective on birds across the world.
Author | : David Cunliffe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2020-08-31 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780997567342 |
Pip is a little bird who wants nothing more than to eat the fresh fruit high up in the trees. There's just one problem - The birds on her island don't fly. All the other birds think the idea sounds ridiculous. Afterall, Whoever Heard of a Flying Bird?But that won't stop Pip from trying. Surrounded by others that think she'll never succeed, Pip is determined to overcome adversity and self-doubt and reach the fruit. And if she tries hard enough, she might just succeed?
Author | : Laura C. Martin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : 9781564402165 |
Accurate descriptions, histories, myths, and legends of more than 100 birds.
Author | : Howard A. Norman |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780152019822 |
The creators of The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese provide an illustrated collection of folktales from around the world, all of which have a bird as a main character.
Author | : Meg McKinlay |
Publisher | : Candlewick Press |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 2021-04-20 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1536215260 |
To make a bird, you'll need hundreds of tiny, hollow bones, so light you can barely feel them on your palm, so light they can float on air. Next you'll need feathers, for warmth and lift. There will be more besides - perhaps shells and stones for last touches - but what will finally make your bird tremble with dreams of open sky and soaring flight? This picture book shows how even the smallest of things, combined with wonder and a steady heart, can transform into works of magic.
Author | : Cindi Alvitre |
Publisher | : Heyday Books |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781597145091 |
"A Tongva creation story of Catalina Island and how the black-crowned night heron came to be"--
Author | : Michael Steven Smith |
Publisher | : OR Books |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 2022-05-24 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781682193136 |
Charlie Parker is an African Grey Parrot. He entered the life of the Smith family three decades ago when they first encountered him in a downtown Manhattan bird shop and found him so irresistible, they had to bring him home. Charlie is many things in the Smith family, articulating them all in an astonishingly diverse and colorful vocabulary. He can be demanding, squawking imperiously "Clean my cage" or "Want some water." He can be very direct, warning an aggressive business associate who had been yelling at Debby "I'm going to kick your ass, you sonofabitch" He can be mischievous, making meowing noises to a neighbor's confused dog in the elevator. He is a survivor, who ended up recovering on an IV after the collapse of the World Trade Center filled the Smiths neighboring apartment with toxic dust. He is often the entertainer, with a songbook that extends across the opening bars of "Home on the Range" and "The Yellow Rose of Texas." Most of the time he is affectionate, as when he hangs upside down against the side of the cage and asks for his tummy to be tickled. In hearing Charlie's tales in this charming book, we come to realize that parrots are intelligent, sociable and loving creatures, to an extent that, as the renowned avian scientist Professor Irene Pepperberg insists in her introduction, they cannot meaningfully be owned by humans but should rather be enjoyed as companions.
Author | : Lucy Cousins |
Publisher | : Candlewick Press |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2017-03-28 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0763692654 |
Illustrations and rhyming text invite readers to imagine themselves as brilliant birds.
Author | : Megan Maynor |
Publisher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 2021-02-16 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1984896482 |
A young artist's drawings rebel against her when she tries to put her sketched birds in houses that match how they look, but not how they feel in this hilarious picture book perfect for readers of Julian is a Mermaid and The Big Orange Splot. A young artist has drawn birds and bird houses in corresponding colors. Now it's time to match them up. The blue bird goes in the blue house, the orange bird in the orange house, and so on. But wait! The birds don't agree with the narrator's choices and, much to her distress, are rebelling by swapping houses. Can the narrator make the birds see sense? Or is it possible that you just can't tell a bird by its feathers? "This bighearted picture book delivers a worthwhile message with humor and great respect for young readers."--The Horn Book "A fresh and funny take on an old moral."--Kirkus "Both Maynor’s dialogue text and Juanita’s digital art have a loose, improvisational feel that captures the thrill and frustration of a work in progress—and the value of empathy and flexibility in getting to know others."--Publishers Weekly "Use this to open a discussion on using words rather than assumptions, or as an introduction to the way art can go in unexpected directions."--The Bulletin
Author | : Alexander Utkin |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018-04-10 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1910620386 |
An action-packed debut title for middle grade readers with an appetite for folklore and mythology, who are ready to move beyond storybook fairy tales. Debut author Alexander Utkin, retells the Slavic myths of his youth in a stunning new graphic novel, illustrated in a bold new style. When a merchant nurses the King of Birds back to health after he is injured in a great war, he is offered a great reward. Together they travel far across the land to the domains of the King's three sisters to claim the merchant's prize... but will they give up that which is most precious to them?