Frog In The Well

Author : Alvin Tresselt
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781681370972

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The Frog in the Well by Alvin Tresselt Pdf

By Caldecott Medal winners Alvin Tresselt and Roger Duvoisin, The Frog in the Well is the charming tale of a brave frog who beats his fears and explores the world Once upon a time there was a frog who lived at the bottom of a well. The well was the frog’s whole world, until the day the well ran dry and the bugs began to disappear. What was happening to the world, the frog wondered, and what could he do? The hungry frog decided he must hop to the top of the well to see what he could of the end of the world. Conquering his fear, he peered out, and what did he see? Trees, flowers, meadows, marshes, and all kinds of end-of-the-world creatures! Entranced, the little frog ventured forth to find out more about the world outside his own. Based on a classic Chinese fable, and written and illustrated by the Caldecott-winning Alvin Tresselt and Roger Duvoisin, The Frog in the Well is a charming tale of one brave frog and his journey into wisdom.

Author : Donald Keene,Kazan Watanabe
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780231138260

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Frog in the Well by Donald Keene,Kazan Watanabe Pdf

Frog in the Well is a vivid and revealing account of Watanabe Kazan, one of the most important intellectuals of the late Tokugawa period. From his impoverished upbringing to his tragic suicide in exile, Kazan's life and work reflected a turbulent period in Japan's history. He was a famous artist, a Confucian scholar, a student of Western culture, a samurai, and a critic of the shogunate who, nevertheless, felt compelled to kill himself for fear that he had caused his lord anxiety. During this period, a typical Japanese scholar or artist refused to acknowledge the outside world, much like a "frog in the well that knows nothing of the ocean," but Kazan actively sought out Western learning. He appreciated European civilization and bought every scrap of European art that was available in Japan. He became a painter to help his family out of poverty and, by employing the artistic techniques of the West, achieved great success with his realistic and stylistically advanced portraits. Although he remained a nationalist committed to the old ways, Kazan called on the shogunate to learn from the West or risk disaster. He strove to improve the agricultural and economic conditions of his province and reinforce its defenses, but his criticisms and warnings about possible coastal invasions ultimately led to his arrest and exile. Frog in the Well is the first full-length biography of Kazan in English, and, in telling his life's story, renowned scholar Donald Keene paints a fascinating portrait of the social and intellectual milieus of the late Tokugawa period. Richly illustrated with Kazan's paintings, Frog in the Well illuminates a life that is emblematic of the cultural crises affecting Japan in the years before revolution.

Author : Arnold Lobel
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0062572733

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Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel Pdf

Once upon a time, there were two good friends: a frog and a toad. From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other, just as best friends should be. This book collects their warm and funny adventures.

Author : Alvin Tresselt
Publisher : William Morrow & Company
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0688511708

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The Frog in the Well by Alvin Tresselt Pdf

An apparent tragedy becomes a boon when the well dries up

Author : Kung Linliu
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1790445957

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Frog in a Well by Kung Linliu Pdf

Kung Linliu, Ph. D.Story of Chinese Idiom (7) The meaning of this idiom "Frog in a Well" is as follows.(1) People live in a small town might be with no great goal for life.(2) Young persons are encouraged to explore the fields where no one has gone before.

Author : Tim Halliday
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226184791

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The Book of Frogs by Tim Halliday Pdf

“A huge, beautiful compendium of 600 frogs from around the world, from the famed poison-arrow variety on up to the intriguingly named plaintive rain frog.” —Wired With over 7,000 known species, frogs display a stunning array of forms and behaviors. A single gram of the toxin produced by the skin of the Golden Poison Frog can kill 100,000 people. Male Darwin’s Frogs carry their tadpoles in their vocal sacs for sixty days before coughing them out into the world. The Wood Frogs of North America freeze every winter, reanimating in the spring from the glucose and urea that prevent cell collapse. The Book of Frogs commemorates the diversity and magnificence of all of these creatures, and many more. Six hundred of nature’s most fascinating frog species are displayed, with each entry including a distribution map, sketches of the frogs, species identification, natural history, and conservation status. Life-size color photos show the frogs at their actual size—including the colossal seven-pound Goliath Frog. Accessibly written by expert Tim Halliday and containing the most up-to-date information, The Book of Frogs will captivate both veteran researchers and amateur herpetologists. As frogs increasingly make headlines for their troubling worldwide decline, the importance of these fascinating creatures to their ecosystems remains underappreciated. The Book of Frogs brings readers face to face with six hundred astonishingly unique and irreplaceable species that display a diverse array of adaptations to habitats that are under threat of destruction throughout the world. “If you are a serious (and I mean serious) fan of the frog, you are in for a real treat.” —Boing Boing

Author : Guy Billout
Publisher : The Creative Company
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1568461887

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The Frog who Wanted to See the Sea by Guy Billout Pdf

Feeling adventurous one day, a frog leaves her pond and sets out to visit the great sea she has heard so much about.

Author : Carolina De Robertis
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593312100

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The President and the Frog by Carolina De Robertis Pdf

A "sublime and gripping novel ... about hope: that within the world's messy pain there is still room for transformation and healing" (Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe), from the acclaimed author of Cantoras. “In the president’s excruciating (and sometimes humorous) encounters with his strangely healing frog ... De Robertis daringly invites us to imagine a man’s Promethean struggle to wrest control of his broken psyche under the most dire circumstances possible.” —The New York Times Book Review At his modest home on the edge of town, the former president of an unnamed Latin American country receives a journalist in his famed gardens to discuss his legacy and the dire circumstances that threaten democracy around the globe. Once known as the Poorest President in the World, his reputation is the stuff of myth: a former guerilla who was jailed for inciting revolution before becoming the face of justice, human rights, and selflessness for his nation. Now, as he talks to the journalist, he wonders if he should reveal the strange secret of his imprisonment: while held in brutal solitary confinement, he survived, in part, by discussing revolution, the quest for dignity, and what it means to love a country, with the only creature who ever spoke back—a loud-mouth frog. As engrossing as it is innovative, vivid, moving, and full of wit and humor, The President and the Frog explores the resilience of the human spirit and what is possible when danger looms. Ferrying us between a grim jail cell and the president's lush gardens, the tale reaches beyond all borders and invites us to reimagine what it means to lead, to dare, and to dream.

Author : Alvin R. Tresselt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:704898493

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The Frog in the Well by Alvin R. Tresselt Pdf

Author : Tim Harper
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 873 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674724617

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Underground Asia by Tim Harper Pdf

A major historian tells the dramatic and untold story of the shadowy networks of revolutionaries across Asia who laid the foundations in the early twentieth century for the end of European imperialism on their continent. This is the epic tale of how modern Asia emerged out of conflict between imperial powers and a global network of revolutionaries in the turbulent early decades of the twentieth century. In 1900, European empires had not yet reached their territorial zenith. But a new generation of Asian radicals had already planted the seeds of their destruction. They gained new energy and recruits after the First World War and especially the Bolshevik Revolution, which sparked utopian visions of a free and communist world order led by the peoples of Asia. Aided by the new technologies of cheap printing presses and international travel, they built clandestine webs of resistance from imperial capitals to the front lines of insurgency that stretched from Calcutta and Bombay to Batavia, Hanoi, and Shanghai. Tim Harper takes us into the heart of this shadowy world by following the interconnected lives of the most remarkable of these Marxists, anarchists, and nationalists, including the Bengali radical M. N. Roy, the iconic Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh, and the enigmatic Indonesian communist Tan Malaka. He recreates the extraordinary milieu of stowaways, false identities, secret codes, cheap firearms, and conspiracies in which they worked. He shows how they fought with subterfuge, violence, and persuasion, all the while struggling to stay one step ahead of imperial authorities. Undergound Asia shows for the first time how Asia’s national liberation movements crucially depended on global action. And it reveals how the consequences of the revolutionaries’ struggle, for better or worse, shape Asia’s destiny to this day.

Author : Sarah Mlynowski
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545746618

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Once Upon a Frog (Whatever After #8) by Sarah Mlynowski Pdf

The magical eighth installment in this New York Times and USA Today bestselling series! My brother, Jonah, and I just want to TALK to the magic mirror -- we're not planning on traveling into any fairytales today. Promise.Except we do wind up going through the mirror, this time into the story of The Frog Prince. The princess, who's supposed to transform the cute little frog back into a handsome prince, turns out to be super rude. Jonah and I decide we don't want -- or need -- her help. We can take matters into our own hands and turn the frog into a prince ourselves! Can't we?Now we just have to:- Climb out of a smelly well- Canoe over a waterfall- Sneak into a palace- Kiss a frog (ack)!And there's no time to waste -- let's hop to it!

Author : Max Velthuijs
Publisher : Random House
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781849396073

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Frog in Love by Max Velthuijs Pdf

In the very first story to feature the loveable amphibian, Frog is feeling most unwell. He keeps getting hot, then cold, and something inside his chest is going 'thump, thump'. Hare says it means he's in love! But who with? And how can he show his devotion - perhaps by performing the biggest jump ever?

Author : Emma Donoghue
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447249757

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Frog Music by Emma Donoghue Pdf

Inspired by a true unsolved crime, Frog Music is a gripping historical novel by Emma Donoghue, author of the multi-million-copy bestseller Room. San Francisco, 1876: a stifling heat wave and smallpox epidemic have engulfed the City. Deep in the streets of Chinatown live three former stars of the Parisian circus: Blanche, now an exotic dancer at the House of Mirrors, her lover Arthur and his companion Ernest. When an eccentric outsider joins their little circle, secrets unravel, changing everything – and leaving one of them dead. A New York Times bestseller, Frog Music is a dark and compelling story of intrigue and murder.

Author : Stephen Rickard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1781277850

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Frog In The Well by Stephen Rickard Pdf

Author : Betsy Franco-Feeney,Betsy Franco
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 015204874X

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Why the Frog Has Big Eyes by Betsy Franco-Feeney,Betsy Franco Pdf

A fable explaining how a staring contest left frogs with large eyes.