Animals category: 23627 books

  How Coyote Became Clever is an adaptation of a traditional Native American folktale told by the Karok people.  In the story, Coyote seeks the gift of being smart from the maker of all animals, and he tries to outwit the other animals by staying awake to get the first gift.  But will that strategy work? And if not, what happens if he is the last to get anything?  

Language is power. When animals take possession of words and, especially begin with names, they significantly move to the realm of freedom, Just like slaves who have acquired manumission and can speak and write freely. In this book of short stories, the animals assume the characters of humans and...

Pictures books are the best way to teach your children on nature. In this case, bears-one of the toughest and largest land animals.This amazing pictures and fun facts book uses simple words to describe bears and at the same time uses photos to illustrate the lessons. This book is suitable for...

Green Chimneys is a nationally renowned US nonprofit organization that helps improve the lives of at-risk urban children by incorporating animals and environmental activities into their educational experiences. Founded by Dr. Samuel (Rollo) B. Ross, Jr., “Green Chimneys Farm for Little Folk” opened...

Did you know that some animals can hide right out in the open? They use camouflage to blend in with their habitat to protect themselves from predators. Some animals can even change how they look to match their surroundings! Find out more about some of the amazing animals that hide using camouflage!

34 black and white hand-drawn illustrations of South African wild animals and birds with descriptions, habits and statistics.

Those Other Animals written by G. A. Henty who was a prolific English novelist and war correspondent. This book was published in 1891. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally...

Book 4 is about ANIMALS - Their souls, consciousness, contributions, uniqueness, and purpose. Deliberate topics to enrich, engage and expand awareness to reflect human care-taking choices. The Soul Self Series are guides for making CONSCIOUS CONNECTIONS while developing Critical Thinking skills....

Newspapers have long been enthralled by accounts of cute, cuddly, strange, dangerous and endangered beasts, and by extraordinary and sometimes apocryphal narratives of natural phenomena. This study explores the incidence of several such stories in the British press: from reports of the "ethnic" conflicts...

Practical Taxidermy - A Manual of Instruction In Collecting, Preserving, And Setting up Natural History Specimens of All Kinds, With Accitional Instructions In Modelling And Artistic Taxidermy. By Montague Browne, F.S.Z. This comprehensive manual on early taxidermy was published in London in 1884,...

From the author of The Story of Pain. “This deeply scholarly work is lively and challenging in equal measure, and rewarding throughout” (The Boston Globe). In 1872, a woman known only as “An Earnest Englishwoman” published a letter titled “Are Women Animals?” in which she protested...

Get the facts on some of nature’s most beloved animals and discover the unexpected ways humans and cats are similar in Just Like Us! Cats. Appealing mix of photographs and cartoon illustrations. What animals are loving parents, great diplomats, and world class CAThletes? CATS! While they...

The story of a father and his son who live by themselves in a cosy cabin in the woods. But, one day they are separated out in the beautifully falling snow. The boy is lost and falls asleep. When he wakes up he is surrounded by blinking eyes, a rabbit, a fox, an owl and all manner of other creatures...

Recognized today as one of America’s best zoos, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden has become one of Columbia, South Carolina’s most popular tourist destinations and one of the most visited zoos in the southeastern United States. Riverbanks celebrates its fortieth anniversary on April 25, 2014. Over the...