Dancing Turtle: A Folktale from Brazil
Dancing Turtle: A Folktale from Brazil

Author: Pleasant DeSpain

Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.

Published: 2017-12-13

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 1684440254

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Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Turtle loves to dance and play the flute. But her exuberance puts her at risk when her music attracts the attention of a brave hunter who brings her home to make turtle stew. After she is caught, her only hope for escape is the hunter's children ... and her own wit. This folktale, first told by the indigenous people of Brazil, is now told throughout Latin America. Like the people of Latin America, Turtle always seems to survive any challenge by using her courage and wit. Beautiful watercolors radiant with the dense foliage and hardy wildlife of the Amazon rain forest, guides the reader through this timeless adventure story.

Dancing Girl and the Turtle
Dancing Girl and the Turtle

Author: Karen Kao

Publisher: Lynn Michell

Published: 2017-04-01

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0993599710

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A rape. A war. A society where women are bought and sold but no one can speak of shame. Shanghai 1937. Violence throbs at the heart of The Dancing Girl and the Turtle.Song Anyi is on the road to Shanghai and freedom when she is raped and left for dead. The silence and shamethat mark her courageous survival drive her to escalating self-harm and prostitution. From opium dens to high- class brothels, Anyi dances on the edge of destruction while China prepares for war with Japan. Hers is the voice of every woman who fights for independence against overwhelming odds.The Dancing Girl and the Turtle is one of four interlocking novels set in Shanghai from 1929 to 1954. Through the eyes of the dancer, Song Anyi, and her brother Kang, the Shanghai Quartet spans a tumultuous time in Chinese history: war with the Japanese, the influx of stateless Jews into Shanghai, civil war and revolution. How does the love of a sister destroy her brother and all those around him?

Dancing Turtle
Dancing Turtle

Author: Maggie Duff

Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9780027330106

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Lured into captivity when her singing is praised, a many-talented turtle charms her hungry captors and dances to freedom.

Turtles In My Sandbox
Turtles In My Sandbox

Author: Jennifer Keats Curtis

Publisher: Arbordale Publishing

Published: 2006-09-10

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 1607188724

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When a mother diamondback terrapin lays eggs in Maggie's sandbox, Maggie becomes a "turtle-sitter" to help the babies safely hatch and in the process she learns about these unique animals and their struggle for survival.

Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!
Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!

Author: April Pulley Sayre

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1580891489

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From before the time she hatches until she returns to the same beach to lay eggs of her own, a sea turtle is helped to escape from danger many times by different human hands.

One Tiny Turtle
One Tiny Turtle

Author: Nicola Davies

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2024-04-02

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 1536221309

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"Simple, lyrical words and bright, acrylic double-page pictures convey the astonishing facts about the Loggerhead sea turtle. . . . A powerful nature story for a young audience." —Booklist Far, far out at sea lives one of the world’s most mysterious creatures, the Loggerhead turtle. For thirty years she swims the oceans, wandering thousands of miles as she searches for food. Then, one summer night, she lands on a beach to lay her eggs—the very same beach where she herself was born. Nicola Davies’s lyrical text offers fascinating information about the journey of the tiny, endangered Loggerhead, while charming paintings by Jane Chapman vividly illustrate one turtle’s odyssey.

Anansi's Party Time
Anansi's Party Time

Author: Eric A. Kimmel

Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1430129786

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"....Jerry Terheyden's narration alternates between the slow pace of a turtle and the bounce of an exuberant spider.... Balloons filing with air and underwater bubbles are among the fitting sound effects." -AudioFile Magazine

Anansi and Turtle Go to Dinner
Anansi and Turtle Go to Dinner

Author:

Publisher: august house

Published: 2007-12-19

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780874838565

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After Anansi the spider tricks Turtle in order to keep his dinner for himself, Turtle turns the tables on Anansi.

Dancing Turtle
Dancing Turtle

Author:

Publisher: august house

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9780874835021

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After being caught by a hunter, a clever turtle uses her wits and her talent playing the flute to trick the hunter's children into helping her escape.

Dancing on Our Turtle's Back
Dancing on Our Turtle's Back

Author: Leanne Simpson

Publisher: Arbeiter Ring Pub

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9781894037501

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By combining provocative prose with photo-essay, Time and the Suburbs explores the disappearance of cities in North America under the weight of suburban, exurban, and other forms of development that are changing the way we live and do politics. Drawing on social theory from Henri Lefebvre and Guy Debord to Antonio Negri, this book reconceptualizes the tasks facing activists and social movments. This is both a provocative essay and introduction to important social theory for anyone interested in cites and urban development.