The story tells of a homely little bird born in a barnyard who suffers abuse from the others around him until, much to his delight (and to the surprise of others), he matures into a beautiful swan, the most beautiful bird of all.
The book consisting of two volumes is a prose collection of Zhang Qiusheng's childhood autobiography. The author sincerely shares with the readers his childhood life and writing experience. There are dilemmas and self-help in childhood, happiness and impressiveness obtained from reading and writing, the feeling of being broad-minded and delightful after traveling on a long and arduous journey, and poetry and leisure in life. This is a collection of beautiful prose that enables readers to gain positive power.
Alejandra Ángeles' first novel, "Casta Diva," also published by Fondo Blanco in 2023, is set in Mexico City and tells the story of two young women, Ágata and Catalina, who share the same dream: to become opera singers. This raises the question: what does it take to be an opera Diva? Ágata doesn't quite know, but she yearns to find out. Her questioning also touches Catalina, who senses the answer and plans the journey. Ágata has the voice, but not the character. Catalina, on the other hand, has the voice, the character, and the cunning to navigate the challenging operatic environment. Ágata comes from a small family background, while Catalina... Catalina brings the music, which will become an accomplice and intertwine their lives. Choruses, cantatas, zarzuelas, and operas will stage the situations they must face behind the scenes to secure a place at the Opera of Bellas Artes, and with it, the opportunity for something much greater.
‘The largest of the eggs was still there in the nest, when finally the duckling hatched it was different from the rest.’ All the ugly duckling wants is to fit in, so he goes on a quest to find another bird like him. Follow the ugly duckling on an exciting adventure to see if he ever finds out where he belongs.
Peep! A duckling breaks through its shell and immediately attaches itself to the first thing it sees—a warmhearted young boy. When a newly hatched ducking follows a boy home, the two become inseparable. But the duckling is growing up. One day… Quack! Kevin Luthardt’s deceptively simple story poignantly and humorously dramatizes the special tale of friendship and demonstrates the importance of learning to let go of something you love.
We all know the story of the Ugly Duckling...But this time the classical story is made modern by the wonderful illustrations of the young Italian talent Veronica Ruffato.
"My mom is always with me!" Chick, duckling, flamingo and parrot… Various baby birds tell you about their lovely moms. How about your mother?
With a simple and direct language, and lots of humor, Mama hen and the monster. This beautiful book recreates Andersen’s “The Ugly Dukling”. It has been meant for early readers and narrates the story of six ducklings that find a monster in the woods and run to Mama Hen for protection. But when the mother finds the alleged ogre, it is just another duckling covered in mud, hungry and abandoned in the woods. On the other hand, the illustrations in this endearing tale shows another narrative layers that the words do not tell.
Children’s everyday life is full of tales and stories: What did I experience this weekend? How am I doing and what do I feel? Nursery children in particular need visual support to help them understand stories better. The use of narrative materials is ideal for making stories more concrete and tangible. The children experience the stories first hand, they become immersed and practise empathy and abstraction.In this book we present 24 ideas for popular songs and books such as “All my little ducklings” and “First comes the daddy ladybird”. Prepare each story in a different way: as a story box, a posting game or shadow theatre. Creativity has no limits!
Together, Dutch ingenuity, valiant Polish diplomats, friends, and family helped three generations defy all odds. Tutti's Promise is the true account of the Lichtenstern family's unwavering quest to stay alive during the Holocaust while protecting others in harm's way. Written by Tutti’s daughter and filled with historical photos and documents—including one very important Paraguayan passport—this multi-award-winning book draws the reader into the family's plight and reveals the preciouslegacy of a promise kept. As of September 8, 2022, the paperback edition has an additional four-page section in the back matter entitled “The Passport: Now We Know • 2022,” which explains how a network of people—including Jewish leaders and Polish diplomats in Bern, Switzerland—worked together and risked their lives to get unauthorized passports into the hands of Jews in peril throughout Europe. A promise kept is like the twinkling stars in the night sky: a constant reminder of something important that makes you who you are. Those who are moved by Lois Lowry's Number the Stars will also find Tutti's Promise a courageous and memorable story. AWARDS: • Designated a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young Readers by the National Council for the Social Studies & the Children’s Book Council • IBPA Benjamin Franklin AwardsTwo Silver Medals:~ Best New Voice: Children’s/YA~ Young Reader: Fiction (8-12 Years) * Nautilus Book Awards Silver WinnerMiddle Grades Fiction • Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards Gold Medal Winner Preteen Fiction — Historical/Cultural • Joseph Zola Memorial Holocaust Educator Award from the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford for the book proposal that led to Tutti’s Promise & Joseph Zola Memorial Professional Development Award for Tutti’s Promise Lesson Plans
The cock crows at dawn, the hen looks after her chicks, the ducklings paddle and learn to swim, cows graze, lambs frisk, and pigs roll in the mud. Visit the farmyard and find out about each of the farn animals. This title forms part of the My First Discoveries series, a unique collection of highly illustrated information books for children aged 4 to 7 that aims to awaken children’s interest in the wonders of the natural, physical and human world around them.
A LITTLE CAGE feels lonely because, unlike all the other cages, it’s not home to a bird. So it sets off in search of one. It meets a busy swallow, an independent sparrow, some noisy ducklings, a smug nightingale, a snooty peacock and finally a wise old owl. At the end of its journey it learns that the best way to make lasting friends is to take good care of them while respecting their freedom.
Magic realism, a prominent characteristic of Southern American literature, can be found in Ukrainian actuality as well. It bears Galician flavour with a tincture of history. Author of Ukrainian gothic literature and magic realism, laureate of the Shevchenko Prize, Halyna Pahutiak guides the reader through texts where vanished cities appear in the mist, where lions and birds of paradise live, and where two suns are shining above your head – and you’ll never guess which one is real. This book consists of two novellas, The Ugly Duckling and Lebedyn, and both will resonate with your soul and stay there like a weightless feather.
Based on Finnish mythology that recognizes the bear as the king of the forest, Oksi is a unique and epic graphic novel that is already being hailed as a masterpiece. A bear mother has given birth to her new cubs. One of them, however, is different. She looks more like a flame than a bear, and is bullied by her siblings. Even the mother is at a loss with the strange newcomer. But deep down, the mother has her own task to overcome: she has to grow out of the shadow of her own mother, the resentful goddess Emuu, mother of all animals. Drawing references both to the deep layers of Nordic mythology and stories ranging from Prometheus, The Ugly Duckling, and Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki, Oksi is a breathtaking magnum opus by an extraordinary Finnish artist.
Firkin and the Grey Gangsters is a collection of four tales in which animals are the heroes. Firkin and the Grey Gangsters was in 1936 a metaphor for the fear of takeover by corporate America – Firkin is a young red squirrel who leads his people in a battle against a horde of grey squirrel invaders from America. Firkin speaks in Scots. The Sheep who wasn’t a Sheep is about the thoughts going through the head of a sheep, swimming between one Outer Isle and the other. The White Drake is a farmyard drake in Perthshire learning about flying.
In this interactive version of The Little Mermaid you will find 8 illustrated pages with different mechanisms to turn, slide, lift and move the characters and objects along the story. The creatures will follow the story closely and become even more immersed in it by being able to play with their characters. For example, in this book they can change Little Mermaid's tail by pretty legs and make sea animals appear and disappear. It is a rhymed version, which enhances memory and the link with the story. Be seduced by the magic of classic tales in a unique collection with strong sliders to push and pull that will captivate the little ones. These sturdy board books are perfect for toddlers. Other titles in the series: Three Little Pigs Red Ridding Hood Hansel and Gretel Snow White Cinderella The Wolf and The Seven Kids Goldilocks Puss in Boots Ugly Duckling Hamelin Futist
This touching tale tells of a calf born in a pedigree Aberdeen Angus herd, an unusual calf that although is black in colour, is the wrong kind of black. Her times of hardship and degradation evolve her into a somewhat exceptional character. Now an old lady nearing the end of her life she tells her own extraordinary and comical tale of her exciting journey towards fulfilling her destiny.
Math with Fun is a course for children between 3 and 5 years old. This comprehensive research-based course helps children develop and master the basic mathematical skills as well as the legibility of numbers handwriting skill. Math with Fun is a course for children between 3 and 5 years old. This comprehensive research-based course helps children develop and master the basic mathematical skills as well as the legibility of numbers handwriting skill. The content is fully understandable, engaging, meaningful and relevant to the children’s life. It covers the following areas: Numbers, counting and cardinality Basic algebraic operations and thinking Data and measurement Geometry Problem solving and critical thinking
Angela and Max move to Minehead. Jamie leaves her friend Denis to join them. She is hyper, euphoric and suffers panic attacks. A psychiatrist diagnoses Bipolar Disorder and believes she had problems long before taking drugs. She moves into bed & breakfast, then returns to Leamington to be with Denis. Max’s personality suddenly becomes aggressive, hyper, destructive, and violent. Age fourteen, he is prescribed the same anti-psychotic medication as Jamie. After being excluded from school, he leaves home and turns to petty crime. Max commits ‘Grevious Bodily Harm’ and is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The courts place him in a children’s home, then in foster care. His girlfriend has his baby. Max’s life continues to be chaotic from alcohol abuse, drugs and crime. An armed response unit raids Angela’s home. Jamie acquires a flat in Leamington. Her mental health deteriorates drastically and she is admitted to hospital. She threatens to kill the psychiatrist as he continues to deny she is ill. A second opinion confirms Jamie has Bi-Polar and Schizophrenia. She attempts suicide a number of times as she suffers from paranoia, voices in her head, and poltergeist activity around her.
Well-known and rightly admired for her marathon solo bicycle journeys along the Himalayas, to Jerusalem and down the Nile, Bettina Selby decided, in the summer of 1988, to explore a country that was, on the face of it, all too familiar, yet turned out to be as beautiful, as exotic and as unexpected as anything she had come across in remoter places. Riding her trusty eighteen-gear bicycle, Evans, and carrying with her a tent, a sleeping-bag and as little as she needed for the outdoor life, she left London in search of the continuing England that lies beyond the motorways, the suburbs and the great conurbations. Her outward journey took her through the Cotswolds, the Welsh Borders, Staffordshire and the Peak District: but the purpose of her journey was to explore the North - the country of St Cuthbert and Wordsworth, Beatrix Potter and the Venerable Bede - and it was in the Lake District, along Hadrians Wall, in Lindisfarne and in Durham that she found the unchanging England of her memories: the England, too, of Sellafield and Teesside and a thousand exhaust fumes shimmering in the mountain air. Entertaining, vividly written, wonderfully evocative of open-air adventure at its best,Riding North One Summer is also a perceptive and often sobering insight into English life today. An evocation of open air adventure at its best. This is a beautifully written book that will inspire all travellers - even the armchair variety The Scotsman
