Creatures of land, water, and sky are featured here in short poems for early readers. Noted poet and educator Georgia Heard writes about baboons and bears, eagles and bats, dragonflies and frogs. Naturalist and illustrator Jennifer Dewey captures each animal in dramatic detail. The book is written and illustrated with a reverence for the natural world and for wildlife and will find an audience not only in children but in nature-lovers of all ages.
This imaginative guide uses first hand accounts, historical records, works of literature and art, and the imaginative insights of the scientifically trained author to detail the evolution, habits, life cycles, reproductive behaviour and specialised abilities of dozens of fabled beings.
Excerpt from Earth, Sea and Sky, or Marvels of the Universe: Being a Full and Graphic Description of All That Is Wonderful in Every Continent of the Globe, in the World of Waters and the Starry Heavens, Containing Thrilling Adventures on Land and Sea A natural division has been made according to the three great divi sions Of the universe, earth, sea, and sky, and the result is a combina tion of Three Books in one Volume. In the first part of the work the reader is conducted through the coun tries and climes Of the whole world. He is even led back to periods be fore the advent Of man. The ancient world with its vast forests, remark able deluges, strange animals and gigantic upheavals rises before him. He sees immense quadrupeds and birds, more monstrous than any of the imaginary creatures Of Old mythology. Coming down to a later period the reader visits the famous countries of the globe, climbs the mountain ranges Of Asia, stands on Alps piled on Alps, witnesses burning volcanoes, extinct craters, terrible avalanches and landslides, moving glaciers, earthquakes that swallow cities with thousands Of their inhabitants, the brilliant aurora painted on the northern sky, and the fatal ravages Of cyclones, and tornadoes. The marvelous relics that are discovered under the microscope, together with living creatures are computed by tens Of thousands to the square inch. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Originally published in 1968, Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea marks the first of the six now beloved Earthsea titles. Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tumultuous tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.
