Author: Sally M. Walker
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9781575053455
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of crocodiles, as well as efforts to protect them.
In the Sea There are Crocodiles
Author: Fabio Geda
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385534744
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
When ten-year-old Enaiatollah Akbari’s small village in Afghanistan falls prey to Taliban rule in early 2000, his mother shepherds the boy across the border into Pakistan but has to leave him there all alone to fend for himself. Thus begins Enaiat’s remarkable and often punishing five-year ordeal, which takes him through Iran, Turkey, and Greece before he seeks political asylum in Italy at the age of fifteen. Along the way, Enaiat endures the crippling physical and emotional agony of dangerous border crossings, trekking across bitterly cold mountain pathways for days on end or being stuffed into the false bottom of a truck. But not everyone is as resourceful, resilient, or lucky as Enaiat, and there are many heart-wrenching casualties along the way. Based on Enaiat’s close collaboration with Italian novelist Fabio Geda and expertly rendered in English by an award- winning translator, this novel reconstructs the young boy’s memories, perfectly preserving the childlike perspective and rhythms of an intimate oral history. Told with humor and humanity, In the Sea There Are Crocodiles brilliantly captures Enaiat’s moving and engaging voice and lends urgency to an epic story of hope and survival.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385534744
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
When ten-year-old Enaiatollah Akbari’s small village in Afghanistan falls prey to Taliban rule in early 2000, his mother shepherds the boy across the border into Pakistan but has to leave him there all alone to fend for himself. Thus begins Enaiat’s remarkable and often punishing five-year ordeal, which takes him through Iran, Turkey, and Greece before he seeks political asylum in Italy at the age of fifteen. Along the way, Enaiat endures the crippling physical and emotional agony of dangerous border crossings, trekking across bitterly cold mountain pathways for days on end or being stuffed into the false bottom of a truck. But not everyone is as resourceful, resilient, or lucky as Enaiat, and there are many heart-wrenching casualties along the way. Based on Enaiat’s close collaboration with Italian novelist Fabio Geda and expertly rendered in English by an award- winning translator, this novel reconstructs the young boy’s memories, perfectly preserving the childlike perspective and rhythms of an intimate oral history. Told with humor and humanity, In the Sea There Are Crocodiles brilliantly captures Enaiat’s moving and engaging voice and lends urgency to an epic story of hope and survival.
The Street of Crocodiles
Author: Bruno Schulz
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140186253
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Street of Crocodiles in the Polish city of Drogobych is a street of memories and dreams where recollections of Bruno Schulz's uncommon boyhood and of the eerie side of his merchant family's life are evoked in a startling blend of the real and the fantastic. Most memorable - and most chilling - is the portrait of the author's father, a maddened shopkeeper who imports rare birds' eggs to hatch in his attic, who believes tailors' dummies should be treated like people, and whose obsessive fear of cockroaches causes him to resemble one. Bruno Schulz, a Polish Jew killed by the Nazis in 1942, is considered by many to have been the leading Polish writer between the two world wars.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140186253
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Street of Crocodiles in the Polish city of Drogobych is a street of memories and dreams where recollections of Bruno Schulz's uncommon boyhood and of the eerie side of his merchant family's life are evoked in a startling blend of the real and the fantastic. Most memorable - and most chilling - is the portrait of the author's father, a maddened shopkeeper who imports rare birds' eggs to hatch in his attic, who believes tailors' dummies should be treated like people, and whose obsessive fear of cockroaches causes him to resemble one. Bruno Schulz, a Polish Jew killed by the Nazis in 1942, is considered by many to have been the leading Polish writer between the two world wars.
Alligators and Crocodiles (New & Updated)
Author: Gail Gibbons
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823454487
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Do you know the difference between alligators and crocodiles...? Learn the latest facts about the world’s largest reptiles from beloved science writer for kids Gail Gibbons. This updated edition vetted by an expert introduces young readers to everything they would want to know about the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, alligators and crocodiles. With kid-friendly text and diagrams, Gibbons compares the two reptiles--their physical differences, what they eat, where they are found, how fast they swim, how they raise their young, and more. Kids will want to read this book again and again to learn all about these crocodilians that have been around for millions of years. A great read-aloud for the child who loves the reptile house at the zoo or nonfiction resource for older children. Includes extra facts about alligators and crocodiles in the back!
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823454487
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Do you know the difference between alligators and crocodiles...? Learn the latest facts about the world’s largest reptiles from beloved science writer for kids Gail Gibbons. This updated edition vetted by an expert introduces young readers to everything they would want to know about the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, alligators and crocodiles. With kid-friendly text and diagrams, Gibbons compares the two reptiles--their physical differences, what they eat, where they are found, how fast they swim, how they raise their young, and more. Kids will want to read this book again and again to learn all about these crocodilians that have been around for millions of years. A great read-aloud for the child who loves the reptile house at the zoo or nonfiction resource for older children. Includes extra facts about alligators and crocodiles in the back!
Counting Crocodiles
Author: Judy Sierra
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152163563
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
In this rhymed retelling of a traditional Asian tale, a clever monkey uses her ability to count to outwit the hungry crocodiles that stand between her and a banana tree on another island across the sea.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152163563
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
In this rhymed retelling of a traditional Asian tale, a clever monkey uses her ability to count to outwit the hungry crocodiles that stand between her and a banana tree on another island across the sea.
The Crocodiles
Author: Youssef Rakha
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1609805712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Set in Cairo between 1997 and 2011, The Crocodiles is narrated in numbered, prose poem-like paragraphs, set against the backdrop of a burning Tahrir Square, by a man looking back on the magical and explosive period of his life when he and two friends started a secret poetry club amid a time of drugs, messy love affairs, violent sex, clumsy but determined intellectual bravado, and retranslations of the Beat poets. Youssef Rakha’s provocative, brutally intelligent novel of growth and change begins with a suicide and ends with a doomed revolution, forcefully capturing thirty years in the life of a living, breathing, daring, burning, and culturally incestuous Cairo.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1609805712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Set in Cairo between 1997 and 2011, The Crocodiles is narrated in numbered, prose poem-like paragraphs, set against the backdrop of a burning Tahrir Square, by a man looking back on the magical and explosive period of his life when he and two friends started a secret poetry club amid a time of drugs, messy love affairs, violent sex, clumsy but determined intellectual bravado, and retranslations of the Beat poets. Youssef Rakha’s provocative, brutally intelligent novel of growth and change begins with a suicide and ends with a doomed revolution, forcefully capturing thirty years in the life of a living, breathing, daring, burning, and culturally incestuous Cairo.
Alligators and Crocodiles
Author: Deborah Dennard
Publisher: NorthWord Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9781559718608
Category : Alligators
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of various species of alligators and crocodiles from around the world.
Publisher: NorthWord Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9781559718608
Category : Alligators
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of various species of alligators and crocodiles from around the world.
When the Crocodiles Came to Town
Author: Magda Brol
Publisher: Orchard Books
ISBN: 9781408350881
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An exhilaratingly fresh, funny picture book with a strong message about rejecting prejudice and welcoming new arrivals from brilliantly talented debut author-illustrator Magda Brol. No one knows why the crocodiles have come to Dullsville. They look different. They act differently. And worst of all? They love messy, sticky, colourful ice cream. Yuck! But one little boy knows differently, and when two naughty thieves arrive in Dullsville one night, the whole town sees how much Dullsville needs its two brave and loyal crocs . . . A strong message about embracing difference and rejecting prejudice, delivered with bags of charm and toothy crocodile humour.
Publisher: Orchard Books
ISBN: 9781408350881
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An exhilaratingly fresh, funny picture book with a strong message about rejecting prejudice and welcoming new arrivals from brilliantly talented debut author-illustrator Magda Brol. No one knows why the crocodiles have come to Dullsville. They look different. They act differently. And worst of all? They love messy, sticky, colourful ice cream. Yuck! But one little boy knows differently, and when two naughty thieves arrive in Dullsville one night, the whole town sees how much Dullsville needs its two brave and loyal crocs . . . A strong message about embracing difference and rejecting prejudice, delivered with bags of charm and toothy crocodile humour.
Supercroc and the Origin of Crocodiles
Author: Christopher Sloan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439425285
Category : Crocodiles, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Discusses prehistoric crocodiles, including the discovery of SuperCroc in the Sahara Desert, and the lifestyles, habitats, and conservation of modern crocodiles.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439425285
Category : Crocodiles, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Discusses prehistoric crocodiles, including the discovery of SuperCroc in the Sahara Desert, and the lifestyles, habitats, and conservation of modern crocodiles.
Crocodiles
Author: Sally M. Walker
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9781575053455
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of crocodiles, as well as efforts to protect them.
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9781575053455
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of crocodiles, as well as efforts to protect them.
Crocodiles
Author:
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831700221
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831700221
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description