The Bird who Cleans the World
Author: Víctor Montejo
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of Mayan folktales deals with themes of creation, nature, mutual respect, and ethnic relations and conflicts.
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The Bird who Cleans the World
Author: Victor Montejo
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →These Mayan fables and animal stories were collected and transcribed by the author from Jakaltek-Maya language, one of the 21 Mayan languages that are still spoken in Guatemala. The stories are firmly rooted in the world of nature, demonstrating and insisting on honesty, understanding and respect among people and their cultures.
The Bird who was Afraid to Clean the Crocodile's Teeth
Author: Paris Sandow
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Slim the bird is assigned to clean Gar the crocodile's teeth, but Gar is the most fearsome crocodile in the river, and Slim is afraid until Gar saves his life and explains why he looks so frightening.
Vesper Flights
Author: Helen Macdonald
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2020-08-25
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 0802146694
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The New York Times–bestselling author of H is for Hawk explores the human relationship to the natural world in this “dazzling” essay collection (Wall Street Journal). In Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays, along with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing the massive migration of songbirds from the top of the Empire State Building, watching tens of thousands of cranes in Hungary, seeking the last golden orioles in Suffolk’s poplar forests. She writes with heart-tugging clarity about wild boar, swifts, mushroom hunting, migraines, the strangeness of birds’ nests, and the unexpected guidance and comfort we find when watching wildlife.
Bird Who Cleans the World
Author: Victor Montejo
Publisher: Turtleback
Published: 1992-11-01
Total Pages: 13
ISBN-13: 9780613858311
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The Latin American Story Finder
Author: Sharon Barcan Elswit
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2015-09-23
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 0786478950
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Anything is possible in the world of Latin American folklore, where Aunt Misery can trap Death in a pear tree; Amazonian dolphins lure young girls to their underwater city; and the Feathered Snake brings the first musicians to Earth. One in a series of folklore reference guides ("...an invaluable resource..."--School Library Journal), this book features summaries and sources of 470 tales told in Mexico, Central America and South America, a region underrepresented in collections of world folklore. The volume sends users to the best stories retold in English from the Inca, Maya, and Aztec civilizations, Spanish and Portuguese missionaries and colonists, African slave cultures, indentured servants from India, and more than 75 indigenous tribes from 21 countries. The tales are grouped into themed sections with a detailed subject index.
Birds of the World
Author: Frank Hall Knowlton
Publisher:
Published: 1909
Total Pages: 936
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Set forth in non-technical language the salient facts regarding the birds of the world ... Every family has been reviewed ... The treatment of the so-called game birds, both aquatic and non-aquatic, has purposely been made very full ... Main attention has been given to the birds as they appear in their homes--that is, their plumage, habits, songs; nests and eggs, food, etc."--Preface. 233 illustrations--color and black & white photographs, line drawings. Indexed.
All the Birds of the World
Author: Josep del Hoyo
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 967
ISBN-13: 9788416728374
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Broken Flute
Author: Doris Seale
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Published: 2005-08-04
Total Pages: 474
ISBN-13: 0759114714
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children is a companion to its predecessor published by Oyate, Through Indian Eyes: The Native Experience in Books for Children. A compilation of work by Native parents, children, educators, poets and writers, A Broken Flute contains, from a Native perspective, 'living stories,' essays, poetry, and hundreds of reviews of 'children's books about Indians.' It's an indispensable volume for anyone interested in presenting honest materials by and about indigenous peoples to children.
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