Author: Wyatt Blassingame
Publisher: Dodd Mead
ISBN: 9780396080336
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Describes thirteen North American species of long-legged and long-necked migratory wading birds, including the great egret, American bittern, and Louisiana heron.
Wonders of Egrets, Bitterns, and Herons
Author: Wyatt Blassingame
Publisher: Dodd Mead
ISBN: 9780396080336
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Describes thirteen North American species of long-legged and long-necked migratory wading birds, including the great egret, American bittern, and Louisiana heron.
Publisher: Dodd Mead
ISBN: 9780396080336
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Describes thirteen North American species of long-legged and long-necked migratory wading birds, including the great egret, American bittern, and Louisiana heron.
Long-legged Wading Birds of the North American Wetlands
Author: Mark Riegner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Long-Legged Wading Birds Of The North American Wetlands combines Lucian Niemeyer's stunning color photography with Mark Riegner's broad scientific knowledge to produce both a beautiful and informative study of these magnificent birds.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Long-Legged Wading Birds Of The North American Wetlands combines Lucian Niemeyer's stunning color photography with Mark Riegner's broad scientific knowledge to produce both a beautiful and informative study of these magnificent birds.
100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
Author: Diana Wells
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 156512684X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
How did cranes come to symbolize matrimonial happiness? Why were magpies the only creatures that would not go inside Noah's Ark? Birds and bird imagery are integral parts of our language and culture. With her remarkable ability to dig up curious and captivating facts, Diana Wells hatches a treat for active birders and armchair enthusiasts alike. Meet the intrepid adventurers and naturalists who risked their lives to describe and name new birds. Learn the mythical stories of the gods and goddess associated with bird names. Explore the avian emblems used by our greatest writers--from Coleridge's albatross in "The Ancient Mariner" to Poe's raven. A sampling of the bird lore you'll find inside: Benjamin Franklin didn't want the bald eagle on our National Seal because of its "bad moral character," (it steals from other birds); he lobbied for the turkey instead. Chaffinches, whose Latin name means "unmarried," are called "bachelor birds" because they congregate in flocks of one gender. Since mockingbirds mimic speech, some Native American tribes fed mockingbird hearts to their children, believing it helped them learn language. A group of starlings is called a murmuration because they chatter so when they roost in the thousands. Organized alphabetically, each of these bird tales is accompanied by a two-color line drawing. Dip into 100 Birds and you'll never look at a sparrow, an ostrich, or a wren in quite the same way.
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 156512684X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
How did cranes come to symbolize matrimonial happiness? Why were magpies the only creatures that would not go inside Noah's Ark? Birds and bird imagery are integral parts of our language and culture. With her remarkable ability to dig up curious and captivating facts, Diana Wells hatches a treat for active birders and armchair enthusiasts alike. Meet the intrepid adventurers and naturalists who risked their lives to describe and name new birds. Learn the mythical stories of the gods and goddess associated with bird names. Explore the avian emblems used by our greatest writers--from Coleridge's albatross in "The Ancient Mariner" to Poe's raven. A sampling of the bird lore you'll find inside: Benjamin Franklin didn't want the bald eagle on our National Seal because of its "bad moral character," (it steals from other birds); he lobbied for the turkey instead. Chaffinches, whose Latin name means "unmarried," are called "bachelor birds" because they congregate in flocks of one gender. Since mockingbirds mimic speech, some Native American tribes fed mockingbird hearts to their children, believing it helped them learn language. A group of starlings is called a murmuration because they chatter so when they roost in the thousands. Organized alphabetically, each of these bird tales is accompanied by a two-color line drawing. Dip into 100 Birds and you'll never look at a sparrow, an ostrich, or a wren in quite the same way.
Halls of Fame
Author: John D'Agata
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555970494
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
"John D'Agata is an alchemist who changes trash into purest gold." —Guy Davenport, Harper's John D'Agata journeys the endless corridors of America's myriad halls of fame and faithfully reports on what he finds there. In a voice all his own, he brilliantly maps his terrain in lists, collage, and ludic narratives. With topics ranging from Martha Graham to the Flat Earth Society, from the brightest light in Vegas to the artist Henry Darger, who died in obscurity, Halls of Fame hovers on the brink between prose and poetry, deep seriousness and high comedy, the subject and the self.
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555970494
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
"John D'Agata is an alchemist who changes trash into purest gold." —Guy Davenport, Harper's John D'Agata journeys the endless corridors of America's myriad halls of fame and faithfully reports on what he finds there. In a voice all his own, he brilliantly maps his terrain in lists, collage, and ludic narratives. With topics ranging from Martha Graham to the Flat Earth Society, from the brightest light in Vegas to the artist Henry Darger, who died in obscurity, Halls of Fame hovers on the brink between prose and poetry, deep seriousness and high comedy, the subject and the self.
Wonder of Sharks
Author: Wyatt Blassingame
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780399612558
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of various species of sharks.
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780399612558
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of various species of sharks.
Wonders of Mules
Author: Sigmund A. Lavine
Publisher: Dodd Mead
ISBN: 9780396080510
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Discusses the mule, a hard-working, intelligent animal which is considered one of the greatest successes in the selective breeding of livestock.
Publisher: Dodd Mead
ISBN: 9780396080510
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Discusses the mule, a hard-working, intelligent animal which is considered one of the greatest successes in the selective breeding of livestock.
Our Dumb Animals
Author: George Thorndike Angell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Children's Book Review Index
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Young People's Books in Series
Author: Judith K. Rosenberg
Publisher: Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
This volume describes and lists series published for young people from early elementary grades through high school. Fiction series from 1976 through 1990 (and new titles in existing series through 1991) are included, as well as nonfiction series, which are limited to in-print titles only.
Publisher: Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
This volume describes and lists series published for young people from early elementary grades through high school. Fiction series from 1976 through 1990 (and new titles in existing series through 1991) are included, as well as nonfiction series, which are limited to in-print titles only.
Wetland Birds
Author: Milton W. Weller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521633628
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Readable and practical account of wetland bird ecology and conservation.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521633628
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Readable and practical account of wetland bird ecology and conservation.