The Burro PDF Download

Author: Frank Brookshier
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806133386
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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The donkey, the onager, the koulan-the burro. All are names for one of the world’s most used and abused beasts of burden. If the horse was the animal of conquest, it was the lowly burro who made it possible for civilization to spread to the far reaches of the earth. Burros brought wood to the fires, raised water from the wells, toiled in the fields, carried the great and the poor, followed the conquistadors to the New World, and packed for the prospector and miner. Recommended by Cleveland Amory, renowned animal welfare advocate and founder of the Black Beauty Ranch, this book is an eloquent and appealing account of the burro’s past and present. It includes a chapter on the selection, feeding, and care of pet burros.

Author: Jami Parkison
Publisher: RSM Press
ISBN: 9781559420556
Category : Animal films
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Despite her feeling that she is only a burro, Pequeña is able to live up to the noble heritage of her ancestors who helped to build Mexico.

Author: Victor Villasenor
Publisher: HarperCollins+ORM
ISBN: 0061734268
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 346

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Standing at the podium, Victor Villaseñor looked at the group of educators amassed before him, and his mind flooded with childhood memories of humiliation and abuse at the hands of his teachers. He became enraged. With a pounding heart, he began to speak of these incidents. When he was through, to his great disbelief he received a standing ovation. Many in the audience could not contain their own tears. So begins the passionate, touching memoir of Victor Villaseñor. Highly gifted and imaginative as a child, Villaseñor coped with an untreated learning disability (he was finally diagnosed, at the age of forty-four, with extreme dyslexia) and the frustration of growing up Latino in an English-only American school in the 1940s. Despite teachers who beat him because he could not speak English, Villaseñor clung to his dream of one day becoming a writer. He is now considered one of the premier writers of our time.

Author: Graham Mackintosh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780932653413
Category : Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Entertaining account of the author's experiences walking with a burro 1,000 miles from the U.S. border to Loreto, Baja California. Mackintosh and his burro traversed scorching desert and frigid pine-covered mountains to visit mission sites along the way.

Author: Jim Arnosky
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN: 9780399255199
Category : Donkeys
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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When Little Burro's band of burros leaves her canyon, Little Burro does not want to follow, but she soon finds out that visiting new places can be fun. Full color.

Author: Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060560312
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Hee-haw! Pedro and Papa go to the market to buy a new burro. But they see so many burros there—how will they ever find one that is just right? Maybe their new burro will have to find them instead! In a simple, engaging story, the author of Biscuit introduces a new set of appealing characters for the youngest readers to fall in love with.

Author: Terri Fields
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
ISBN: 1934359181
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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In a Southwestern retelling of "The Little Red Hen," Burro finds it difficult to get any help from his friends as he diligently works to turn corn into tortillas, in a text that includes a Spanish/English glossary and a simple recipe for making tortillas.

Author: Monica Brown
Publisher: Tricycle Press
ISBN: 0385374550
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Ana loves stories. She often makes them up to help her little brother fall asleep. But in her small village there are only a few books and she has read them all. One morning, Ana wakes up to the clip-clop of hooves, and there before her, is the most wonderful sight: a traveling library resting on the backs of two burros‑all the books a little girl could dream of, with enough stories to encourage her to create one of her own. Inspired by the heroic efforts of real-life librarian Luis Soriano, award-winning picture book creators Monica Brown and John Parra introduce readers to the mobile library that journeys over mountains and through valleys to bring literacy and culture to rural Colombia, and to the children who wait for the BiblioBurro. A portion of the proceeds from sales of this book was donated to Luis Soriano's BiblioBurro program.

Author: Jeanette Winter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442440732
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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A man, his burros, and his books bring joy to children in remote Colombian villages in this inspiring book based on a true story by celebrated picture book creator Jeanette Winter. Luis loves to read, but soon his house in Colombia is so full of books there’s barely room for the family. What to do? Then he comes up with the perfect solution—a traveling library! He buys two donkeys—Alfa and Beto—and travels with them throughout the land, bringing books and reading to the children in faraway villages. Complete with an author’s note about the real man on whom this story is based.

Author: Christopher McDougall
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0525433252
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 369

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From the bestselling author of Born to Run, a heartwarming story about training a rescue donkey to run one of the most challenging races in America, and, in the process, discovering the life-changing power of the human-animal connection. "A delight, full of heart and hijinks and humor." —John Grogan, author of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog When Christopher McDougall decided to adopt a donkey in dire straits, he had no idea what he was getting himself into. But with the help of his neighbors, Chris came up with a crazy idea. Burro racing, a unique type of competition in which humans and donkeys run side by side over mountains and through streams, would be exactly the challenge Sherman and Chris needed. In the course of Sherman’s training, Chris would enlist Amish running clubs, high-spirited goats, the service animal community, and two Sarah Palin–loving long-distance female truckers. Sherman’s heartwarming story of overcoming all odds to run one of the most unbelievable races in America shows the healing power of movement and the strength of the human-animal connection. Look for Christopher McDougall's new book, Born to Run 2, coming in December!