Chickadee

Author : Louise Erdrich
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062190079

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Chickadee by Louise Erdrich Pdf

Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, Chickadee is the first novel of a new arc in the critically acclaimed Birchbark House series by New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich. Twin brothers Chickadee and Makoons have done everything together since they were born—until the unthinkable happens and the brothers are separated. Desperate to reunite, both Chickadee and his family must travel across new territories, forge unlikely friendships, and experience both unexpected moments of unbearable heartache as well as pure happiness. And through it all, Chickadee has the strength of his namesake, the chickadee, to carry him on. Chickadee continues the story of one Ojibwe family's journey through one hundred years in America. School Library Journal, in a starred review, proclaimed, "Readers will be more than happy to welcome little Chickadee into their hearts."

Author : Susan M. Smith
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Nature
ISBN : 081172686X

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Black-Capped Chickadee by Susan M. Smith Pdf

Every aspect of a species' life in the wild -- courtship, nesting, brooding, communication, foraging, flying, fighting -- is covered in text by a leading ornithologist, and photographs by top nature photographers.

Author : Leslie Bulion
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781682632451

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Superlative Birds by Leslie Bulion Pdf

Get to know all about the best and brightest—and smelliest!—birds in Leslie Bulion's award-winning collection of avian science poetry. You won't even need binoculars! Ever wonder which bird has the loudest voice? Which one builds the biggest nest or has the most feathers? Get to know all about the best and brightest―and smelliest!―denizens of the bird world with this collection of nonfiction science verses. Award-winning science poetry author Leslie Bulion dedicates a variety of verse to these impressive birds and includes a science glossary, notes on poetic forms, and resources for more information in the back of the book. Witty drawings by Robert Meganck add another layer of fun to this humorous and informative gallery of the world's most accomplished birds. Ideal for cross-curricular learning, including units on animals, birds, nature, and poetry.

Author : Margaret Noodin
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780814347515

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What the Chickadee Knows by Margaret Noodin Pdf

Margaret Noodin explains in the preface of her new poetry collection, What the Chickadee Knows (Gijigijigaaneshiinh Gikendaan), "Whether we hear giji-giji-gaane-shii-shii or chick-a-dee-dee-dee depends on how we have been taught to listen. Our world is shaped by the sounds around us and the filter we use to turn thoughts into words. The lines and images here were conceived first in Anishinaabemowin and then in English. They are an attempt to hear and describe the world according to an Anishinaabe paradigm." The book is concerned with nature, history, tradition, and relationships, and these poems illuminate the vital place of the author’s tribe both in the past and within the contemporary world. What the Chickadee Knows is a gesture toward a future that includes Anishinaabemowin and other indigenous languages seeing growth and revitalization. This bilingual collection includes Anishinaabemowin and English, with the poems mirroring one another on facing pages. In the first part, "What We Notice" (E-Maaminonendamang), Noodin introduces a series of seasonal poems that invoke Anishinaabe science and philosophy. The second part, "History" (Gaa Ezhiwebag), offers nuanced contemporary views of Anishinaabe history. The poems build in urgency, from observations of the natural world and human connection to poems centered in powerful grief and remembrance for events spanning from the Sandy Lake Tragedy of 1850, which resulted in the deaths of more than four hundred Ojibwe people, to the Standing Rock water crisis of 2016, which resulted in the prosecution of Native protesters and, ultimately, the completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline on sacred land. The intent of What the Chickadee Knows is to create a record of the contemporary Anishinaabe worldview as it is situated between the traditions of the past and as it contributes to the innovation needed for survival into the future. Readers of poetry with an interest in world languages and indigenous voices will need this book.

Author : Eileen M Stark
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-24
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781594858673

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Real Gardens Grow Natives by Eileen M Stark Pdf

CLICK HERE to download sample native plants from Real Gardens Grow Natives For many people, the most tangible and beneficial impact they can have on the environment is right in their own yard. Aimed at beginning and veteran gardeners alike, Real Gardens Grow Natives is a stunningly photographed guide that helps readers plan, implement, and sustain a retreat at home that reflects the natural world. Gardening with native plants that naturally belong and thrive in the Pacific Northwest’s climate and soil not only nurtures biodiversity, but provides a quintessential Northwest character and beauty to yard and neighborhood! For gardeners and conservationists who lack the time to read through lengthy design books and plant lists or can’t afford a landscape designer, Real Gardens Grow Natives is accessible yet comprehensive and provides the inspiration and clear instruction needed to create and sustain beautiful, functional, and undemanding gardens. With expert knowledge from professional landscape designer Eileen M. Stark, Real Gardens Grow Natives includes: * Detailed profiles of 100 select native plants for the Pacific Northwest west of the Cascades, plus related species, helping make plant choice and placement. * Straightfoward methods to enhance or restore habitat and increase biodiversity * Landscape design guidance for various-sized yards, including sample plans * Ways to integrate natives, edibles, and nonnative ornamentals within your garden * Specific planting procedures and secrets to healthy soil * Techniques for propagating your own native plants * Advice for easy, maintenance using organic methods

Author : Monica Silvie
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781525303388

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Chickadee: Criminal Mastermind by Monica Silvie Pdf

A cheeky chickadee discovers he’s not quite who he thinks he is. Meet Chickadee. Criminal. Rapscallion. All-around bad seed. Sure, he started out obeying the rules, following his parents’ advice to not go near houses. But then, winter arrives. And it’s so much harder to find food! So when he spies a “vault” of “gold” near a house, Chickadee devises a plan to snatch some without getting caught! He’s the King of Thieves! Only, hmm, the humans seem to want him to visit the vault. Maybe Chickadee’s not a criminal after all? Kids will fall in love with this endearing masked “bandit,” as he slowly figures out what they knew about him all along!

Author : Germaine Suriyage
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9798885276214

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Adventures of Chickadee by Germaine Suriyage Pdf

About the Book Chickadees live in habitats at the edges of dense forests. They are a common visitor at bird feeders and are especially attracted to sunflower seeds. They are friendly to humans and will feed from one’s hand. When most of the back yard birds are gone for the winter, chickadees will not leave. They survive even the harshest winters because they are very smart birds. Adventures of Chickadee is a story about how two Chickadees leave their forest friends and venture into human territories looking for sunflower seeds. They see many things that are not familiar to them, but they find plenty of sunflower seeds along the way. As time passes by they miss their forest friends and must decide to stay or go back to the forest.

Author : Monica Silvie
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781525310430

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Chickadee: Criminal Mastermind by Monica Silvie Pdf

A cheeky chickadee discovers he’s not quite who he thinks he is. Meet Chickadee. Criminal. Rapscallion. All-around bad seed. Sure, he started out obeying the rules, following his parents’ advice to not go near houses. But then, winter arrives. And it’s so much harder to find food! So when he spies a “vault” of “gold” near a house, Chickadee devises a plan to snatch some without getting caught! He’s the King of Thieves! Only, hmm, the humans seem to want him to visit the vault. Maybe Chickadee’s not a criminal after all? Kids will fall in love with this endearing masked “bandit,” as he slowly figures out what they knew about him all along!

Author : Curtis J. Badger
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : 0811724239

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Carving and Painting a Black-Capped Chickadee with Ernest Muehlmatt by Curtis J. Badger Pdf

Full-color photos and detailed text illustrate every part of the process, from roughing out to painting.

Author : Louise Erdrich
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062395405

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Makoons by Louise Erdrich Pdf

In this award-winning sequel to Chickadee, acclaimed author Louise Erdrich continues her celebrated Birchbark House series with the story of an Ojibwe family in nineteenth-century America. Named for the Ojibwe word for little bear, Makoons and his twin, Chickadee, have traveled with their family to the Great Plains of Dakota Territory. There they must learn to become buffalo hunters and once again help their people make a home in a new land. But Makoons has had a vision that foretells great challenges—challenges that his family may not be able to overcome. Based on Louise Erdrich’s own family history, this fifth book in the series features black-and-white interior illustrations, a note from the author about her research, and a map and glossary of Ojibwe terms.

Author : Sandra Magsamen
Publisher : Cartwheel Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-26
Category : Board book
ISBN : 1338110896

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You're My Little Chickadee by Sandra Magsamen Pdf

A chickadee is reminded that they are loved.

Author : Ken A. Otter
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780198569992

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Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice by Ken A. Otter Pdf

Members of the Paridae family represent popular organisms for ornithological research. This is due to the flexibility to study this group of birds in both the lab and the natural environment. In contrast to previously published literature, this volume concentrates on research themes. The editor has invited a team of leading specialists to provide a synopsis of ecological and behavioural research, and to compare and contrast this with what is known from Old World members of this family (e.g. blue tit and great tit) as well as other avian groups.

Author : Frank Glew,Marna Twins
Publisher : Kitchener, Ont. : Pmara Katata Enterprises
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Chickadees
ISBN : 0968849407

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That Chickadee Feeling by Frank Glew,Marna Twins Pdf

A mother and child go outside and feed the chickadees. Includes facts about the black-capped chickadee.

Author : Dawn L. Watkins
Publisher : Journey Books (SC)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1579242731

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Chickadee Winter by Dawn L. Watkins Pdf

Jack does not think that he will enjoy the cold and snow of Christmas at his grandfather's house, so different from the hot climate he has known, but then he is delighted when Grandfather brings three chickadees inside and they become living decorations for the Christmas tree.

Author : Richard L. Schroeder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Birds
ISBN : MINN:31951D00865072L

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Tests of a Habitat Suitability Model for Black-capped Chickadees by Richard L. Schroeder Pdf