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Author : Linda Capus Riley
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395934890
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Elephants Swim written by Linda Capus Riley and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1995 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a variety of animals and illustrates how each behaves in water.
Author : Linda Capus Riley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Elephants Swim written by Linda Capus Riley and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elephants swim gracefully underwater and use their trunks like snorkels. Hippos sink to the bottom and go to sleep. Walruses sing as they swim along, and so do whales. Linda Capus Riley has written a lovely - and informative - poem about the ways that sixteen animals behave in water and added notes for those readers who would like to know more about the animals. Steve Jenkins's beautiful and playful cut-paper illustrations capture the diversity of the swimmers.
Author : Sarah Bamford Seidelmann
Publisher : Conari Press
ISBN 13 : 1633410625
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Swimming with Elephants written by Sarah Bamford Seidelmann and published by Conari Press. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After two decades in the study and practice of medicine, Sarah Seidelmann took a three month sabbatical to search for a way to feel good again. Having witnessed human suffering early in her career and within her own family, she longed for a way to address more than just the physical needs of her patients and to live in a lighter, more conscious way. Swimming with Elephants tells the eccentric, sometimes poignant, and occasionally hilarious experience of a working mother undergoing a bewildering vocational shift from physician to shamanic healer. During that tumultuous period of answering her call, Sarah met an elephant who would become an important spirit companion on her journey, had bones thrown for her by a shaman in South Africa, and traveled to India for an ancient Hindu pilgrimage, where she received the blessing she had been longing for. Ultimately, she discovered an entirely different way of healing, one that she had always aspired to, and that enabled her to help those who are suffering.
Author : Rajiv Surendra
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1682450511
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (824 download)
Download or read book The Elephants in My Backyard written by Rajiv Surendra and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rajiv Surendra was filming Mean Girls, playing the beloved rapping mathlete Kevin Gnapoor, when a cameraman insisted he read Yann Martel's Life of Pi. So begins his "lovely and human" (Jenny Lawson, author of Furiously Happy) tale of obsessively pursuing a dream, overcoming failure, and finding meaning in life. “This was a once-in-a-lifetime chance. I found myself standing dangerously close to the edge of a cliff. Far below me was an incredible abyss with no end in sight. I could turn back and safely return to where I had come from, or I could throw caution to the wind, lift my arms up into the air . . . and jump.” —From The Elephants in My Backyard What happens when you spend ten years obsessively pursuing a dream, and then, in the blink of an eye, you learn that you have failed, that the dream will not come true? In 2003, Rajiv Surendra was filming Mean Girls, playing the beloved rapping mathlete Kevin Gnapoor, when a cameraman insisted he read Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. Mesmerized by all the similarities between Pi and himself—both are five-foot-five with coffee-colored complexions, both share a South Indian culture, both lived by a zoo—when Rajiv learns that Life of Pi will be made into a major motion picture he is convinced that playing the title role is his destiny. In a great leap of faith Rajiv embarks on a quest to embody the sixteen-year-old Tamil schoolboy. He quits university and buys a one-way ticket from Toronto to South India. He visits the sacred stone temples of Pondicherry, he travels to the frigid waters off the coast of rural Maine, and explores the cobbled streets of Munich. He befriends Yann Martel, a priest, a castaway, an eccentric old woman, and a pack of Tamil schoolboys. He learns how to swim, to spin wool, to keep bees, and to look a tiger in the eye. All the while he is really learning how to dream big, to fail, to survive, to love, and to become who he truly is. Rajiv Surendra captures the uncertainty, heartache, and joy of finding ones place in the world with sly humor and refreshing honesty. The Elephants in My Backyard is not a journey of goals and victories, but a story of process and determination. It is a spellbinding and profound book for anyone who has ever failed at something and had to find a new path through life.
Author : Malcolm Cox
Publisher : Dpi Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781577822066
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (22 download)
Download or read book An Elephant's Swimming Pool written by Malcolm Cox and published by Dpi Publishing. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Augustine once said that the Gospel of John is deep enough for an elephant to swim and shallow enough for a child not to drown. Here, the author shares a devotional thought on each of the 21 chapters of this beloved Gospel.
Author : Linda Capus Riley
Publisher : Turtleback
ISBN 13 : 9780606155229
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (552 download)
Download or read book Elephants Swim written by Linda Capus Riley and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. Shows the various ways hippos, elephants, walruses, and other animals act in the water.
Author : Ben Lerwill
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536224049
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)
Download or read book Do Baby Elephants Suck Their Trunks? written by Ben Lerwill and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collage artwork captures the love between parent and child across species, in this perfect read-aloud that encourages children to celebrate their uniqueness while also learning about ways they might be similar to babies in the animal kingdom.
Author : Changaram S. Venugopal
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 152554151X
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)
Download or read book The Incredible Essence of Elephants written by Changaram S. Venugopal and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2019-07-10 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can elephants cry? Why are grandmother elephants so important? How does an elephant grieve the death of a loved one? These are just of few of the many questions people have about elephants. The Incredible Essence of Elephants explores the fascinating and remarkable answers to these questions, and much, much more. With the expertise of two long-time veterinarians, this book offers insights into the origins of elephants; different types of elephants and their habitats; famous and influential elephants throughout history; the biology of elephants; human management and interference in elephants; and the striking similarities between the human and elephant behaviour, social development and connection, compassion, and grief. In this newly translated book with latest fresh topics, we can learn about one of the most endearing and sometimes misunderstood animals on our planet. Through examining how elephants’ habitats are threatened and the ways they are exploited by humans, we also learn about the difficult side of human nature in how we relate to elephants. Dr. Changaram Venugopal and Dr. Jacob V. Cheeran remind us of the complexities of the animal kingdom and the power of observation. Packed with first-hand experience and expert insights, this book is funny, informative, and thorough. The Incredible Essence of Elephants is comprehensive and enjoyable read for anyone interested in elephants.
Author : Richard Spilsbury
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 9781403446893
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (468 download)
Download or read book A Herd of Elephants written by Richard Spilsbury and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2004 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do elephants live in a herd? Who keeps young elephants safe? How do elephants greet each other? Find the answers to these and many more questions in A Herd of Elephants. Many mammals live alone, but most elephants live together in groups called herds. Read this book to look at the fascinating life and habits of elephants and to see how a herd works.
Author : Ellen Greene Stewart
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476645930
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Elephants written by Ellen Greene Stewart and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-03-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elephants are a keystone species and have been a part of the magic of the thickly forested land of South Africa for millennia. This book focuses on the history and work of Knysna Elephant Park, a leading South African elephant research facility that has been home to more than 40 elephants in 25 years. Unfortunately, all the mystique of the Knysna elephant has been reduced to a single elephant left alive. Exploring a wide range of topics, this book covers the impact of elephants' interactions with tourists, how they recover from trauma and even their relevance in human healthcare. Renowned elephant researchers explain the majesty of the elephant brain, which has the largest temporal lobe devoted to communication, language, spatial memory and cognition. To this effect, the book emphasizes the threat of poaching to these gentle giants, which has almost forced them to extinction. Perhaps if humans pay attention to how elephants symbolize our relationship with nature, we can learn important lessons about humanity itself.
Author : Mia Coulton
Publisher : MaryRuth Books
ISBN 13 : 9781933624532
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (245 download)
Download or read book Baby Elephant Goes for a Swim written by Mia Coulton and published by MaryRuth Books. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Norma Kroeger
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525561049
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Fourteen Trumpeting Elephants written by Norma Kroeger and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen Trumpeting Elephants...what has that got to do with Cranbrook or the Kootenays of British Columbia? Why is there a statue of an elephant at the end of Baker Street? What is the best place to pick huckleberries? Grandpa is telling stories to an audience of Cranbrook town folk that include his 10 year old grandson. Grandpa's tales are based on the escape of a herd of elephants from a circus train in 1926. His tales include the imagined escapades of one Charlie Ed: an elephant who successfully evaded his pursuers, and in the weeks of his freedom "climbed mountains, swam rivers and worked at a logging camp. This story provides a much needed historical record suitable for children's as well as adult reading. Too often we do not know the history in our own back yard. This story will not only entertain but educate and hopefully plant seeds of curiosity in children and adults alike.
Author : Sarah Bamford Seidelmann
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN 13 : 1573247014
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (732 download)
Download or read book Swimming with Elephants written by Sarah Bamford Seidelmann and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fascinating, amusing, and wise account of how someone born with a shaman's predilections, raised in a rationalist culture, finds her way back to her true self." - Martha Beck, The New York Times bestselling author After 2 decades in the study and practice of medicine, Sarah Seidelmann took a 3-month sabbatical to search for a way to feel good again. Having witnessed human suffering early in her career and within her own family, she longed for a way to address more than just the physical needs of her patients and to live in a lighter, more conscious way. Swimming with Elephants tells the eccentric, sometimes poignant, and occasionally hilarious experience of a working mother undergoing a bewildering vocational shift from physician to shamanic healer. During that tumultuous period of answering her call, Sarah met an elephant who would become an important spirit companion on her journey, had bones thrown for her by a shaman in South Africa, and traveled to India for an ancient Hindu pilgrimage, where she received the blessing she had been longing for. Ultimately, she discovered an entirely different way of healing, one that she had always aspired to and that enabled her to help those who are suffering. "From the lakes of Minnesota to the Ganges River in India, Sarah Seidelmann's transformative journey from MD to shamanistic healer is a refreshingly honest and very funny tale of spiritual growth." - Matt Adrian, author of The Guide to Troubled Birds "This is an exceedingly vulnerable, beautifully written book and the most genuine spiritual memoir I have ever read. It is also - in many hilarious moments - laugh out loud funny." - Maria Bamford, Comedian and star of Netflix Original Series Lady Dynamite
Author : Linda Stanek
Publisher : Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 0984155422
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (841 download)
Download or read book Beco's Big Year written by Linda Stanek and published by Lerner Publishing Group. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the birth and first year of Beco, an Asian elephant born at the Columbus Zoo, describing how he learns to control his trunk, take a bath, swim, play with toys, and follow directions.
Author : Alan de Queiroz
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN 13 : 0465020518
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)
Download or read book The Monkey's Voyage written by Alan de Queiroz and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the world, closely related species are found on landmasses separated by wide stretches of ocean. What explains these far-flung distributions? Why are such species found where they are across the Earth? Since the discovery of plate tectonics, scientists have conjectured that plants and animals were scattered over the globe by riding pieces of ancient supercontinents as they broke up. In the past decade, however, that theory has foundered, as the genomic revolution has made reams of new data available. And the data has revealed an extraordinary, stranger-than-fiction story that has sparked a scientific upheaval. In The Monkey’s Voyage, biologist Alan de Queiroz describes the radical new view of how fragmented distributions came into being: frogs and mammals rode on rafts and icebergs, tiny spiders drifted on storm winds, and plant seeds were carried in the plumage of sea-going birds to create the map of life we see today. In other words, these organisms were not simply constrained by continental fate; they were the makers of their own geographic destiny. And as de Queiroz shows, the effects of oceanic dispersal have been crucial in generating the diversity of life on Earth, from monkeys and guinea pigs in South America to beech trees and kiwi birds in New Zealand. By toppling the idea that the slow process of continental drift is the main force behind the odd distributions of organisms, this theory highlights the dynamic and unpredictable nature of the history of life. In the tradition of John McPhee’s Basin and Range, The Monkey’s Voyage is a beautifully told narrative that strikingly reveals the importance of contingency in history and the nature of scientific discovery.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Appletons' Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Linda L. Richards
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1459821386
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (598 download)
Download or read book Return from Extinction written by Linda L. Richards and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Less than 100 years ago, the northern elephant seal was thought to be extinct. Today more than 250,000 elephant seals swim in the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Mexico. In Return from Extinction: The Triumph of the Elephant Seal Linda L. Richards tells the story of their dramatic recovery. Elephant seals were hunted to near extinction for their precious oil before the Mexican government stepped in to protect them. Many people thought it was too late. Even though the life of the elephant seal is difficult and only 20 percent of pups born will make it to adulthood, the species adapted and came back from the brink. They are a true conservation success story.
