Fables Of The Amazon

Author : Alan J. Hesse,Louise H. Emmons
Publisher : Bublish, Inc.
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781647040765

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Fables of the Amazon by Alan J. Hesse,Louise H. Emmons Pdf

“Fables of the Amazon delivers important forest lessons, animal facts, and moral tales through humorous stories and vivid images that will broaden children’s minds to the unique world of the Amazon.” — Readers’ Favorite Natural history and ecology are fascinating but complex subjects. What better way to discover them than through a comic that is both funny and scientifically accurate? A perfect learning resource for nature-loving kids and adults, as well as a perfect classroom book for science teachers! Written by conservation scientists, this comic features facts about jungle animals drawn from actual field observations from the Amazon Jungle. What you will discover: - Eleven comic strip short fables featuring a wide array of South American jungle animals. Each fable comes with an ecology lesson. - An intimate look at the secret lives of wild guinea pigs, rare macaws, jaguars, leaf-cutter ants, the elusive Maned Wolf, and many others. - The authors' own natural history notes from the field with photos and cartoons. - Meet the quirky and unique animal characters of the mighty Amazon forest by buying this book! A word about the authors: Conservation scientists Dr. Louise Emmons and Alan J. Hesse have decades of field experience in the jungles of South America. Their unique, personal knowledge of wild animals and the secrets of the tropical forest is revealed in these short stories, brought to life by the humour of cartoons.

Author : Louise H Emmons,Alan J Hesse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1099141974

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Fables of the Amazon by Louise H Emmons,Alan J Hesse Pdf

Jaguar is creeping through the jungle hoping to find something fat, juicy, and easy to catch. He's famished. Hasn't eaten in days. He stealthily parts some bushes and there, in a natural clearing, is a Tapir. A lovely, fat, juicy Tapir. Jaguar licks his chops, bunches his muscles, and suddenly springs out! The Tapir is startled out of her pleasant daydreaming to stark reality: sudden danger - time to run, NOW! Inches from Jaguar's extended claws, Tapir swerves and bolts at the last moment! With Jaguar hot on her heels, she thrashes away in panic, blindly crashing into bushes, narrowly missing tree trunks! Hot in pursuit, Jaguar is almost upon her...just a few more inches and he can sink his claws into her back and bring her down for a the killing bite...just a few more inches....THWACK!Fables of the Forest and Savanna: Fun Lessons in Ecology is a comic book that portrays South American animals of the Amazon forest and grasslands, and makes a great educational resource for curious kids, as well as their their parents and teachers. The tale of Jaguar and Tapir is one of 11 short stories, of fables, filled with adventure, humor and scientific knowledge imparted by the authors' personal experience and studies as conservation field biologists. Readers of all ages aged 8 upwards will enjoy following the antics of the hero, Flaco the Maned Wolf, and his side-kick Toco the Toucan, as they interact with tortoises, bees, armadillos, parrots, guinea pigs and others. Humans are also involved, enabling the comic to also share knowledge regarding the conservation of biodiversity in the Amazon region. Each story is structured like a fable, with a final message about ecology, and in some cases, a moral principle.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Cosimo Classics
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Fiction
ISBN : HARVARD:HWP5Z7

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Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

"Peculiar and provocative, graceful, funny, sometimes eerie, and always beautiful, Stevenson's Fables are true masterpieces of art, wit, and style." -Association for Scottish Literary Studies, 2018 This jacketed hardcover edition of Fables (1896), by Robert Louis Stevenson, represents the author's attempt to master the age-old genre of fables. Although not all stories have been as popular, many have been highly praised as great works of fiction. These include "Poor Thing" and "The Song of the Morrow," both of which have earned their place alongside stories by the Brothers Grimm and Perrault, Andersen, and Lang as immortal classics.

Author : Aesop
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798668489091

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Aesop's Fables (Illustrated) by Aesop Pdf

Unbelievably rich in history, Aesop's Fables are known the world over for their educational cautionary tales about morality, justice, and truth. Most assume the fables were originally intended for the education of children, but they are rooted in much more complex and sophisticated beginnings. Turns out, "Aesop the fable writer" was a slave from ancient Greece in the 5th century, but since the fables were first passed down orally, no one really knows what fables originated with him from that time, which came later, or which came from another source altogether but were attributed to his name. In any case, to read the fables is to immerse oneself in basic issues of human psychology, relationships, and understanding of the world around us. The notion that this storied tradition began with a 5th century Greek slave, then grew with the contributions of multicultural voices and stories makes it an eternally relevant work.

Author : Curt Moeller
Publisher : Kumo Publishing
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0994972709

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Modern Fables by Curt Moeller Pdf

Modern Fables is a series of tales in which animals act like humans- complete with murder, adultery, and jealousy, but also forgiveness, intelligence, and compassion. The eighteen fables contained in this volume explore issues of morality, ethics, and psychology in both serious and lighthearted ways, creating just as many questions as they answer.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798747286313

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Fables (Annotated) by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment.Fables by Robert Louis StevensonThe fable, as a literary art form, had a great attraction for Mr. Stevenson at all times; and in an early review of Lord Lytton's Fables at Song, he attempted to define some of their proper aims and methods. To this kind of work, according to his conception of the matter, essentially several of his own semi-supernatural stories belonged, such as "Will of the Mill", "Markheim" and even "Jekyll and Hyde;" in the composition of which he was combined with the dream element, at least in equal measure, the element of moral allegory or apology. He was also accustomed to occasionally testing the composition of more strictly called fables, and cast in the brief and familiar conventional form. In the winter of 1887-88 he already had enough of these, along with a few others running longer, and conceived in a more mystical and legendary streak, to allow him, as he thought,

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798676523893

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Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

Robert Louis Stevenson's Fables was published in New York in 1902. Previously, the thirteen fables had been published with other works. Stevenson had a long-standing fascination with the fable as a literary form. In 1888, he approached his publisher with a collection of fables that he had composed over the years.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798603047119

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Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

"Come, come, Cap'n, be just," returned the other. "There's no call to be angry with me in earnest. I'm on'y a chara'ter in a sea story. I don't really exist.""Well, I don't really exist either," says the Captain, "which seems to meet that.""I wouldn't set no limits to what a virtuous chara'ter might consider argument," responded Silver. "But I'm the villain of this tale, I am; and speaking as one sea-faring man to another, what I want to know is, what's the odds?""Were you never taught your catechism?" said the Captain. "Don't you know there's such a thing as an Author?"

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798651383511

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Fables Annotated Illustrated by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

20 short stories including: The Persons Of The Tale; The Sinking Ship; The Two Matches; The Sick Man And The Fireman; The Devil And The Innkeeper; The Penitent; The Yellow Paint; The House Of Eld; The Four Reformers; The Man And His Friend; The Reader; The Citizen And The Traveller; The Distinguished Stranger; The Cart-Horses And The Saddle-Horse; The Tadpole And The Frog; Something In It; Faith, Half Faith And No Faith At All; The Touchstone; The Poor Thing; and, The Song Of The Morrow.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798746855749

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Fables Annotated by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

20 short stories including: The Persons Of The Tale; The Sinking Ship; The Two Matches; The Sick Man And The Fireman; The Devil And The Innkeeper; The Penitent; The Yellow Paint; The House Of Eld; The Four Reformers; The Man And His Friend; The Reader; The Citizen And The Traveller; The Distinguished Stranger; The Cart-Horses And The Saddle-Horse; The Tadpole And The Frog; Something In It; Faith, Half Faith And No Faith At All; The Touchstone; The Poor Thing; and, The Song Of The Morrow.

Author : Sigal Adler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798640602494

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The City Mouse and the Country Mouse by Sigal Adler Pdf

City Mouse - Country Mouse: ************************You see, people and mice just don't get along, What good is your wealth if you do not belong?"The country mouse explained, "I'd rather be healthy, Better to be safe and sound than being wealthy.

Author : Mark Graham,Rob Kitchin,Shannon Mattern,Joe Shaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0995577676

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How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables by Mark Graham,Rob Kitchin,Shannon Mattern,Joe Shaw Pdf

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1096023911

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Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

Robert Louis Stevenson's Fables was published in New York by Longmans, Green in 1902. Previously, the thirteen fables had been published with other works. Stevenson had a long-standing fascination with the fable as a literary form. In 1888, he approached his publisher with a collection of fables that he had composed over the years.

Author : Aesop
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003-05-29
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780141915784

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The Complete Fables by Aesop Pdf

Aesop was probably a prisoner of war, sold into slavery in the early sixth century BC, who represented his masters in court and negotiations, and relied on animal stories to put across his key points. All these fables, full of humour, insight and savage wit, as well as many fascinating glimpses of ordinary life, have now been brought together for the first time in this definitive and fully annotated modern edition.

Author : Bill Willingham
Publisher : Vertigo
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781401256227

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Fables: The Deluxe Edition Book Nine by Bill Willingham Pdf

The final battle between the free Fables of the mundane world and the Empire occupying their former Homelands is here! The creatures of myth and fairytale lore have assembled together to finally face the Adversary and his hordes. But victory will not come without a price--who will live and who will die for the fate of the Homelands? Bill Willingham's Eisner Award-winning, New York Times best-selling series comes to the deluxe hardcover format here in FABLES: THE DELUXE EDITION BOOK NINE in one of the most epic storylines in the series' long history. This deluxe edition collects FABLES issues #70-82.