Children Of The Forest

Author : Matt Myers
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780823452866

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Two siblings set off for adventure in the untamed wilds... of their own backyard. Pairing a serious text with charming illustrations that show the mundane truth of the kids' adventurous roaming, Children of the Forest is an ode to imaginative play and the wild fun you can have while staying close to home. We are wild. We are children of the forest. We were raised by wolves. Grabbing a bow and quiver, a kid sets off, toddler sister in tow, to live off the land-- in the expanses of their own backyard. First, they sneak past their snoozing father to pilfer supplies from the refrigerator, but only what they need. After that, they’re utterly on their own. Out in these uncharted spaces they encounter many dangers, from a ferocious mountain lion (a house cat) to a hulking canine beast (their dog). When the sun dips low, they make a camp complete with defenses to ward off predators. Matt Myers’s cool self-serious text is juxtaposed with whimsical art depicting the playful antics of backyard life, making for a tale full of delight for imaginative children.

Author : Jack Grossman,James Buchanan
Publisher : Spark Publications
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1943070482

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Child of the Forest by Jack Grossman,James Buchanan Pdf

Escaping the Horochów ghetto was just the beginning for twelve-year-old Musia Perlmutter. Alone, starving, freezing at times, and running and hiding for her life, Musia sought refuge in the forest for two years while Holocaust death camps loomed nearby. Child of the Forest is based on the true story and tribulations of Shulamit "Musia" Perlmutter, born in 1929 to Simcha and Fruma Perlmutter, and stands as a memorial to her extraordinary courage.

Author : Elsa Beskow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN : UOM:49015001067413

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Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow Pdf

Deep in the roots of an old pine tree live the children of the forest. Playing hide-and-seek with the squirrels, and snowballing in winter, each season brings its own adventures. (Ages 4-6)

Author : Elsa Beskow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1782508023

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Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow Pdf

The children of the forest live in the roots of an old pine tree. Each season brings new adventures for the children -- swimming and berry picking in summer; playing with fairies and harvesting mushrooms in autumn; sledging and feeding animal friends in winter. But spring brings the best surprise of all! This is a delightful seasonal story for young children about nature through the year from the world-renowned Swedish author--illustrator Elsa Beskow. This wonderful new edition of Children of the Forest faithfully reproduces Beskow's classic illustrations in a collectable picture book featuring a unique hand-crafted design, premium-quality paper, gold foil signature and a luxurious cloth spine. Create an Elsa Beskow library by collecting all of the gorgeous new editions.

Author : Riccardo Bozzi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 159270218X

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The Forest by Riccardo Bozzi Pdf

A lyrical book about the adventure of life, The Forest is also a magnificent visual work, both painterly and a technical feat of paper engineering. Here, sensory experience and the textures of the material world are rendered through die-cuts, embossing, cutouts, and two gatefolds. A beautifully considered work. Riccardo Bozzi was born in Milan in 1966. He is a journalist for the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. Violeta L piz is an illustrator from the Spanish island of Ibiza. Her beautifully textured work is filled with personality and playfulness. Valerio Vidali is an Italian illustrator based in Berlin. Vidali enjoys botanical gardens and spends his spare time building kites that rarely fly.

Author : Frederick Marryat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : New Forest (England : Forest)
ISBN : HARVARD:HWKPYA

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The Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat Pdf

Author : Kevin Duffy
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1995-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478608585

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Children of the Forest by Kevin Duffy Pdf

This intimate study portrays the hunter-gatherer Mbuti pygmies of Zaire. Kevin Duffy describes how these forest nomads, who are as adapted to the forest as its wildlife, gratefully acknowledge their beloved home as the source of everything they need: food, clothing, shelter, and affection. Looking on the forest in deified terms, they sing and pray to it and call themselves its children. With his patience and knowledge of their ways, Duffy was accepted by these, the worlds smallest people, and invited to participate in the cycle of their lives from birth to death.

Author : Juliet Marillier
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429913461

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Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier Pdf

Daughter of the Forest is a testimony to an incredible author's talent, a first novel and the beginning of a trilogy like no other: a mixture of history and fantasy, myth and magic, legend and love. Lord Colum of Sevenwaters is blessed with six sons: Liam, a natural leader; Diarmid, with his passion for adventure; twins Cormack and Conor, each with a different calling; rebellious Finbar, grown old before his time by his gift of the Sight; and the young, compassionate Padriac. But it is Sorcha, the seventh child and only daughter, who alone is destined to defend her family and protect her land from the Britons and the clan known as Northwoods. For her father has been bewitched, and her brothers bound by a spell that only Sorcha can lift. To reclaim the lives of her brothers, Sorcha leaves the only safe place she has ever known, and embarks on a journey filled with pain, loss, and terror. When she is kidnapped by enemy forces and taken to a foreign land, it seems that there will be no way for her to break the spell that condemns all that she loves. But magic knows no boundaries, and Sorcha will have to choose between the life she has always known and a love that comes only once. Juliet Marillier is a rare talent, a writer who can imbue her characters and her story with such warmth, such heart, that no reader can come away from her work untouched. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Maria Dek
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781616896140

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A Walk in the Forest by Maria Dek Pdf

A Walk in the Forest is a stunning invitation to discover the woods as a place for both imaginative play and contemplation: collect pinecones, feathers, or stones; follow the tracks of a deer; or listen to the chirping of birds and the whisper of trees. Build a shelter and play hide-and-seek. Pretend the woods are a jungle, or shout out loud to stir up the birds! The forest comes alive in all its mysterious glory in Maria Dek's charming watercolor images and poetic text.

Author : Dawn Casey,Helen d'Ascoli,Anna Richardson
Publisher : Crafts and Family Activities
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-15
Category : Education, Elementary
ISBN : 1907359915

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The Children's Forest by Dawn Casey,Helen d'Ascoli,Anna Richardson Pdf

A rich and abundant treasury in celebration of the forest, this book is about encouraging children's natural fascination with the forest and its inhabitants. The authors have produced an enchanting book where imagination, story and play bring alive the world of the forest. Full of games, facts, celebrations, craft activities, recipes, foraging, stories and Forest School skills, The Children's Forest is much more than a manual: it is an invitation Engages children with nature through play and imagination in the forest and woods.Appealing to teachers, parents, and children, this book focuses on British and Irish trees, plants, animals, stories, poems, songs, crafts, and activities

Author : Elsa Beskow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1782503803

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An Elsa Beskow Gift Collection: Children of the Forest and Other Beautiful Books by Elsa Beskow Pdf

Five favourite stories in an exclusive gift set from Sweden's answer to Beatrix Potter, combined sales over 265,000.

Author : Jane Worroll,Peter Houghton
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781780289298

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Play The Forest School Way by Jane Worroll,Peter Houghton Pdf

Woodland games, crafts, and other outdoor adventures from the Forest School—for parents and their children The rise of the grassroots Forest School movement in recent years is part of a groundswell of concern about the wellbeing of our children, with many media scare stories about child obesity, "nature deficit disorder" (as described in Last Child in the Woods), and lack of exposure to risk. This outdoor adventure manual is the antidote! Packed full of ideas, from making nature jewelry and whittling a bow and arrow, to building a shelter and foraging for food, it also celebrates the Forest School philosophy of encouraging self-esteem, confidence, and social skills through engagement with nature. The activities contain variations for varied age groups, small groups like play dates or birthday parties, as well as things to do with just one or two children. Parents are encouraged to guide the play but the activity instructions are written in a simple style with fun illustrations so that kids can take the lead as well.

Author : Stephanie Graegin
Publisher : Random House Studio
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780553537895

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Little Fox in the Forest by Stephanie Graegin Pdf

Fans of Aaron Becker’s Caldecott Honor winner Journey will love this utterly enchanting wordless picture book in which two friends follow a young fox deep into the woods and discover a wondrous and magical world. When a young girl brings her beloved stuffed fox to the playground, much to her astonishment, a real fox takes off with it! The girl chases the fox into the woods with her friend, the boy, following close behind, but soon the two children lose track of the fox. Wandering deeper and deeper into the forest, they come across a tall hedge with an archway. What do they find on the other side? A marvelous village of miniature stone cottages, tiny treehouses, and, most extraordinary of all, woodland creatures of every shape and size. But where is the little fox? And how will they find him? Stephanie Graegin’s oh-so-charming illustrations are simply irresistible, and readers young and old will want to pore over the pages of this delightful fantasy adventure again and again.

Author : Sibylle von Olfers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1782508597

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The Story of the Snow Children by Sibylle von Olfers Pdf

A collectable new edition of the classic winter picture book with vintage illustrations from the creator of The Story of the Root Children. The snow children take Poppy on a magical adventure to the Snow Queen's wintry kingdom where she visits a shimmering ice castle and dances at the Princess's birthday celebrations until it is time for her to go home. Sibylle von Olfers' vintage stories of nature children have been loved by generations. The whimsical tales are accompanied by beautiful art nouveau illustrations of characterful creatures, cheerful plants and flowers and magical little folk. This wonderful new edition of The Story of the Snow Children faithfully reproduces Olfers' classic illustrations in a collectable picture book featuring a hand-crafted design, premium-quality paper and a luxurious cloth spine. The Sibylle von Olfers library also includes mini gift editions and board books for very young children.

Author : Winifred Foley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0946252491

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A Child in the Forest by Winifred Foley Pdf