The Way of the Loon

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Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525582461
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Book Synopsis The Way of the Loon by : Sally E. Burns

Download or read book The Way of the Loon written by Sally E. Burns and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Way of the Loon tells of a spring and summer in a loon family’s life on a lake in the boreal forest. When LaLa and Dapper return to the northern lake to raise a family, challenges lie ahead: hungry eagles, rowdy humans, and a large fish threaten their peace and security. But the loving couple are soon the proud parents of little Chortle, and spend the warm seasons helping him grow and teaching him about the ways of the loon. As he strengthens and matures, Chortle learns that his parents will soon leave him for the south. He will need to learn to listen to the breezes—the breezes will tell him when it’s time to journey on by himself. From their home, two young boys hearing the call of the loons, watch and learn about the birds. Through this watchful, gentle childhood presence, young readers are beckoned into the beautiful, poignant “way of the loon” and the inevitability of growing up.

A Reliable Wife

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Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1565129776
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (651 download)

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Book Synopsis A Reliable Wife by : Robert Goolrick

Download or read book A Reliable Wife written by Robert Goolrick and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural Wisconsin, 1909. In the bitter cold, Ralph Truitt, a successful businessman, stands alone on a train platform waiting for the woman who answered his newspaper advertisement for "a reliable wife." But when Catherine Land steps off the train from Chicago, she's not the "simple, honest woman" that Ralph is expecting. She is both complex and devious, haunted by a terrible past and motivated by greed. Her plan is simple: she will win this man's devotion, and then, ever so slowly, she will poison him and leave Wisconsin a wealthy widow. What she has not counted on, though, is that Truitt — a passionate man with his own dark secrets —has plans of his own for his new wife. Isolated on a remote estate and imprisoned by relentless snow, the story of Ralph and Catherine unfolds in unimaginable ways. With echoes of Wuthering Heights and Rebecca, Robert Goolrick's intoxicating debut novel delivers a classic tale of suspenseful seduction, set in a world that seems to have gone temporarily off its axis.

Loon Summer

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Publisher : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780802853899
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (538 download)

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Book Synopsis Loon Summer by : Barbara Santucci

Download or read book Loon Summer written by Barbara Santucci and published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My first morning on the lake I hear the loons. "Oh-OOOO-oooo." Their sad songs remind me that Mom isn't coming to the cottage this summer. Rainie knows that this summer will be different. As she and her dad do the things they've always done at the cottage, Rainie is painfully aware of her mom's absence. Throughout the summer Rainie watches a pair of loons on the lake watches as they lay eggs, hatch babies, and are together as a loon family. "My teacher says loons stay together for life. Why can't you and Mom?" she asks her dad. Loon Summer is an authentic, hopeful story of a child adjusting to the difficult reality of changes in her own family. As summer progresses, Rainie grows in her trust and understanding of the unconditional love each of her parents will always have for her.

Song of the Loon

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Publisher : arsenal pulp press
ISBN 13 : 1551523175
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (515 download)

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Book Synopsis Song of the Loon by : Richard Amory

Download or read book Song of the Loon written by Richard Amory and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “More completely than any author before him, Richard Amory explores the tormented world of love for man by man . . . a happy amalgam of James Fenimore Cooper, Jean Genet and Hudson’s Green Mansions.”—from the cover copy of the 1969 edition Published well ahead of its time, in 1966 by Greenleaf Classics, Song of the Loon is a romantic novel that tells the story of Ephraim MacIver and his travels through the wilderness. Along his journey, he meets a number of characters who share with him stories, wisdom and homosexual encounters. The most popular erotic gay book of the 1960s and 1970s, Song of the Loon was the inspiration for two sequels, a 1970 film of the same name, at least one porn movie and a parody novel called Fruit of the Loon. Unique among pulp novels of the time, the gay characters in Song of the Loon are strong and romantically drawn, which has earned the book a place in the canon of gay American literature. With an introduction by Michael Bronski, editor of Pulp Friction and author of The Pleasure Principle. Little Sister’s Classics is a new series of books from Arsenal Pulp Press, reviving lost and out-of-print gay and lesbian classic books, both fiction and nonfiction. The books in the series are produced in conjunction with Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium, the heroic Vancouver bookstore well-known for its anti-censorship efforts.

Loon Chase

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Publisher : Arbordale Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0976494388
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (764 download)

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Book Synopsis Loon Chase by : Jean Heilprin Diehl

Download or read book Loon Chase written by Jean Heilprin Diehl and published by Arbordale Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mother and son enjoy a peaceful canoe trip until their dog's instinct to chase birds adds excitement to the trip. Includes information about loons and directions for making a loon mask.

The Summer-house Loon

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Publisher : Galaxy Children's Large Print
ISBN 13 : 9780745169712
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (697 download)

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Book Synopsis The Summer-house Loon by : Anne Fine

Download or read book The Summer-house Loon written by Anne Fine and published by Galaxy Children's Large Print. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teenage girl and her blind history professor father help a young couple in love solve their biggest problem.

Secrets of the Loon

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ISBN 13 : 9781681341583
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (415 download)

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Book Synopsis Secrets of the Loon by : Laura Purdie Salas

Download or read book Secrets of the Loon written by Laura Purdie Salas and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations and rhyming text follow a loon chick as she learns how to survive--and thrive--in her first year. Includes facts about loons.

Moon Loon

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Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN 13 : 1589794540
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (897 download)

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Book Synopsis Moon Loon by : Sandy Ferguson Fuller

Download or read book Moon Loon written by Sandy Ferguson Fuller and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the dark, soft night, the haunting call of a single loon echoes over a moonlit lake. All through the day, only one magnificent black and white bird scribes ripples across the surface. Why is he so alone? Moon Loon is an evocative, gentle bedtime story about a girl who is fascinated by this solitary loon. Through richly layered colored-pencil illustrations, we follow the girl's musings on the loon from spring through fall.

Loon Lessons

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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452963657
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Book Synopsis Loon Lessons by : James D. Paruk

Download or read book Loon Lessons written by James D. Paruk and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nature of the common loon, from biology to behavior, from one of the world’s foremost observers of the revered waterbird Even those who know the loon’s call might not recognize it as a tremolo, yodel, or wail, and may not understand what each call means, how it’s made, and why. And those who marvel at the loon’s diving prowess might wonder why this bird has such skill, or where loons go when they must leave northern lakes in winter. For these and so many other mysteries, Loon Lessons provides evolutionary and ecological explanations that are curious and compelling. Written by one of the world’s foremost experts on the subject, the book is a compendium of knowledge about the common loon and an engaging record of scientific sleuthing, documenting more than twenty-five years of research into the great northern diver. James D. Paruk has observed and compared loons from Washington and Saskatchewan to the coasts of California and Louisiana, from high elevation deserts in Nevada to mountain lakes in Maine. Drawing on his extensive experience, a wealth of data, and well-established scientific principles, he considers every aspect of the loon, from its plumage and anatomy to its breeding, migration, and wintering strategies. Here, in the first detailed scientific account of the common loon in more than thirty years, Paruk describes its biology in an accessible and entertaining style that affords a deeper understanding of this beautiful and mysterious bird’s natural history and annual life cycle.

Loon

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Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1554982316
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (549 download)

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Book Synopsis Loon by : Susan Vande Griek

Download or read book Loon written by Susan Vande Griek and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeously illustrated, lyrical non-fiction picture book about loons. It’s summertime, and as darkness falls there is a haunting sound from the lake — Ooh-hoo-oo, ooh-hoo-oo. It is a loon calling to its family across the water. This lyrical story follows the life cycle of two loon chicks. We see them breaking out of their eggshells, then learning to swim, find food and avoid predators such as snapping turtles and big bass fish. After they learn to fly, they migrate to the ocean. And when their striking black-and-white feathers finally emerge, they fly inland, each to find a new lake territory and mate. Accompanying Susan Vande Griek’s poetic text are Karen Reczuch’s gorgeous illustrations, which show the loons as they grow from tiny downy chicks to majestic adult birds. An afterword provides more information on loons, including their amazing diving ability, the meanings of their calls, and the environmental threats that they face. Also illustrated are five different types of loons and other animals that can be found in their lake habitat. The illustrations were researched in the Ornithology Collections at the Royal Ontario Museum, and Ron Ridout of Bird Studies Canada consulted on the text. Key Text Features illustrations author’s note further reading labels Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

Loon Baby

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547254873
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (472 download)

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Book Synopsis Loon Baby by : Molly Beth Griffin

Download or read book Loon Baby written by Molly Beth Griffin and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2011 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gentle read-aloud to help calm every young child's greatest fear.

Half a Chance

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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 054562083X
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (456 download)

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Book Synopsis Half a Chance by : Cynthia Lord

Download or read book Half a Chance written by Cynthia Lord and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving new middle-grade novel from the Newbery Honor author of RULES. When Lucy's family moves to an old house on a lake, Lucy tries to see her new home through her camera's lens, as her father has taught her -- he's a famous photographer, away on a shoot. Will her photos ever meet his high standards? When she discovers that he's judging a photo contest, Lucy decides to enter anonymously. She wants to find out if her eye for photography is really special -- or only good enough.As she seeks out subjects for her photos, Lucy gets to know Nate, the boy next door. But slowly the camera reveals what Nate doesn't want to see: his grandmother's memory is slipping away, and with it much of what he cherishes about his summers on the lake. This summer, Nate will learn about the power of art to show truth. And Lucy will learn how beauty can change lives . . . including her own.

Dead Hot Shot

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1440531595
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (45 download)

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Book Synopsis Dead Hot Shot by : Victoria Houston

Download or read book Dead Hot Shot written by Victoria Houston and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-29 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder never takes a holiday...or so Loon Lake learns one wintry Thanksgiving Day. Chief of Police Lew Ferris, short-handed thanks to an AWOL coroner, never even gets the turkey stuffed before the bodies start to surface. By the end of the day, credit card theft and dysfunctional families have so muddied the waters that not even expert tracker and dedicated fishing guide Ray Pradt can hope to fish the final day of muskie season. And while retired dentist Doc Osborne had counted on sitting by the fire with Lew (out of uniform) and planning a fly-fishing trip to Wyoming, the unexpected arrival of Gina Palmer, former investigative reporter turned forensics database expert, ramps up the action with her pursuit of a Canadian link to the theft of merchandise from stores across the upper Midwest. Dead Hot Shot, ninth in the Loon Lake Mystery series, is a heady mix of murder, mayhem, and fishing in the northwoods of Wisconsin.

A Summer of Birds

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Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 080717369X
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis A Summer of Birds by : Danny Heitman

Download or read book A Summer of Birds written by Danny Heitman and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the summer of 1821, a cash-strapped John James Audubon worked as a tutor at Oakley Plantation in Louisiana’s rural West Feliciana Parish. This move initiated a profound change in direction for the struggling artist. Oakley’s woods teemed with life, galvanizing Audubon to undertake one of the most extraordinary endeavors in the annals of art: a comprehensive pictorial record of America’s birds. That summer, Audubon began what would eventually become his four-volume opus, Birds of America. In A Summer of Birds, Danny Heitman recounts the season that shaped Audubon’s destiny, sorting facts from romance to give an intimate view of the world’s most famous bird artist. A new preface marks the two-hundredth anniversary of that eventful interlude, reflecting on Audubon’s enduring legacy among artists, aesthetes, and nature lovers in Louisiana and around the world.

Loon Lake

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 030776298X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis Loon Lake by : E.L. Doctorow

Download or read book Loon Lake written by E.L. Doctorow and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-09-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hero of this dazzling novel by American master E. L. Doctorow is Joe, a young man on the run in the depths of the Great Depression. A late-summer night finds him alone and shivering beside a railroad track in the Adirondack mountains when a private railcar passes. Brightly lit windows reveal well-dressed men at a table and, in another compartment, a beautiful girl holding up a white dress before her naked form. Joe will follow the track to the mysterious estate at Loon Lake, where he finds the girl along with a tycoon, an aviatrix, a drunken poet, and a covey of gangsters. Here Joe’s fate will play out in this powerful story of ambition, aggression, and identity. Loon Lake is another stunning achievement of this acclaimed author. “Powerful . . . [a] complex and haunting meditation on modern American history.” –The New York Times “A genuine thriller . . . a marvelous exploration of the complexities and contradictions of the American dream . . . Not under any circumstances would we reveal the truly shattering climax.” –The Dallas Morning News “A dazzling performance . . . [Loon Lake] anatomizes America with insight, passion, and inventiveness.” –The Washington Post Book World “Hypnotic . . . tantalizes long after it has ended.” –Time “Compelling . . . brilliantly done.” –St. Louis Post-Dispatch “A masterpiece.” –Chicago Sun-Times

Legend of the Loons Necklace

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Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525530933
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Book Synopsis Legend of the Loons Necklace by : Christopher Big Plume

Download or read book Legend of the Loons Necklace written by Christopher Big Plume and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’ve ever heard it, you know that Loons have a very distinctive call like no other bird. Their calls echo over many hundreds of Canada’s lakes in spring, summer and fall. But, if you’ve ever seen a loon, you’ll know that they also have very special markings like no other bird. The Secret of the Loon’s Necklace is the traditional Indigenous legend of how the loons got their special neck and back markings. It is the story of old Kelora, a self-proclaimed medicine man who is almost blind. Mocked by almost his whole tribe, he proves that there is still magic in the land of humans and animals. He also proves that being old doesn’t mean you can’t use that magic to help your family and community. The old and those with disabilities, too, have value in our communities. His story shows how much more we can achieve when we work together and respect each other.

Great Northern Diver

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Publisher : Little Brown
ISBN 13 : 9780316249546
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (495 download)

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Book Synopsis Great Northern Diver by : Barbara Juster Esbensen

Download or read book Great Northern Diver written by Barbara Juster Esbensen and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 1990 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the elusive loon, one of the most primitive birds in the United States.