ilość książek w kategorii: 1823
Native American Animal Stories
ISBN: 9781555911270 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Papago Indians of the American Southwest say butterflies were created to gladden the hearts of children and chase away thoughts of aging and death. "How the Butterflies Came to Be" is one of twenty-four Native American tales included in "Native American Animal Stories." The stories, coming from Mohawk, Hopi, Yaqui, Haida and other cultures, demonstrate the power of animals in Native American traditions.
Parents, teachers and children will delight in lovingly told stories about "our relations, the animals." The stories come to life through magical illustrations by Mohawk artists John... The Papago Indians of the American Southwest say butterflies were created to gladden the hearts of children and chase away thoughts of aging and death...
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100,24 zł |
Keepers of the Night: Native American Stories and Nocturnal Activities for Children
ISBN: 9781555911775 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From night walks and moon reading to puppet shows and storytelling, this kid-tested resource provides users with everything necessary to learn about the nocturnal world.
From night walks and moon reading to puppet shows and storytelling, this kid-tested resource provides users with everything necessary to learn about t...
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95,88 zł |
Native Plant Stories
ISBN: 9781555912123 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Parents, teachers and Children will delight in these magical stories that promote responsible stewardship toward all living things. With original illustrations by Mohawk artists John Kahionhes Fadden and David Kanietakeron Fadden, these mythical stories draw upon legends from eighteen Native American tribes and illustrate the importance of plant life in Native American traditions.
Parents, teachers and Children will delight in these magical stories that promote responsible stewardship toward all living things. With original illu...
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108,98 zł |
The Girl Who Married the Moon: Tales from Native North America
ISBN: 9781555915667 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A companion volume to Bruchac's Flying with the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear, this anthology focuses on the role of women in traditional Indian cultures. Culled from 16 Native North American cultures, these traditional tribal tales dwell on the time in a young girl's life when she discovers she is becoming a woman. Illustrations.
A companion volume to Bruchac's Flying with the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear, this anthology focuses on the role of women in traditional Indian cultur...
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69,67 zł |
Blackfeet Indian Stories
ISBN: 9781557092014 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These stories come down from very ancient times. Grandfathers told them to their grandchildren, and they to their grandchildren, and so on from mouth to mouth. In 1913, George Bird Grinnell, one of the most famous ethnographers of the late nineteenth century, published this volume.
These stories come down from very ancient times. Grandfathers told them to their grandchildren, and they to their grandchildren, and so on from mouth ...
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73,15 zł |
Creepy Creatures and Other Cucuys
ISBN: 9781558854109 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have you ever been too scared to sleep with the lights off? Were you frightened by a scratching sound inside of your walls or the beady red eyes and knotted green fingers of a duende? In his first collection of scary stories, Xavier Garza asks these questions. The stories in this collection curdle with the creepy and crawling characters of traditional folklore. These stories brim with the supernatural: the mysterious disappearance of children who made deals with duendes, evil trolls who live inside the walls of our houses; the ghostly specter of La Llorona who floats along the creek bed,...
Have you ever been too scared to sleep with the lights off? Were you frightened by a scratching sound inside of your walls or the beady red eyes and k...
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43,46 zł |
Tibetan Folk Tales
ISBN: 9781570628924 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gleaned from an ancient oral tradition, these imaginative, colorful, and wisdom-filled stories will delight children and adults alike. This collection includes the Tibetan myth of creation; some of the famous Jataka tales, or stories of former lives of the Buddha; and the most popular of all the time-honored legends of Tibet, the great epic of King Gesar of Ling, the warrior who became a national hero.
Gleaned from an ancient oral tradition, these imaginative, colorful, and wisdom-filled stories will delight children and adults alike. This collection...
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108,98 zł |
The Legend of Leelanau
ISBN: 9781585361502 / Angielski / Twarda / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The young maiden Leelinau is forbidden from going into the Spirit Wood. But Leelinau so enjoys her time spent there with the Pukwudjinees (the tiny fairies of the forest) that she risks playing with them time and time again. The legend explores the resistance many of us harbor of entering adulthood. This is the fifth title written by Kathy-jo Wargin and illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen in our Legend series which currently has 400,000 copies in print. The Legend of the Sleeping Bear, the title that began the series, is the official State of Michigan childrens's book. Leelinau was so...
The young maiden Leelinau is forbidden from going into the Spirit Wood. But Leelinau so enjoys her time spent there with the Pukwudjinees (the tiny fa...
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78,40 zł |
Legend of the Old Man of the Mountain
ISBN: 9781585362363 / Angielski / Twarda / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For centuries, the Great Stone Face kept silent watch from Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire. Here, the author recounts the legend of Chief Pemigewesset, whose steadfast love and devotion to his wife is forever honored in his profile on the mountainside. Illustrations.
For centuries, the Great Stone Face kept silent watch from Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire. Here, the author recounts the legend of Chief Pemigewesse...
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78,40 zł |
Favorite Children's Stories from China
ISBN: 9781589630390 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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112,28 zł |
Monkey Subdues the White-Bone Demon
ISBN: 9781589633681 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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97,60 zł |
Wee Gillis
ISBN: 9781590172063 / Angielski / Twarda / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Caldecott Honor Book by the creators of the beloved Story of Ferdinand Wee Gillis lives in Scotland. He is an orphan, and he spends half of each year with his mother's people in the lowlands, while the other half finds him in the highlands with his father's kin. Both sides of Gillis's family are eager for him to settle down and adopt their ways. In the lowlands, he is taught to herd cattle, learning how to call them to him in even the heaviest of evening fogs. In the rocky highlands, he stalks stags from outcrop to outcrop, holding his breath so as not to make a sound. Wee Gillis...
A Caldecott Honor Book by the creators of the beloved Story of Ferdinand Wee Gillis lives in Scotland. He is an orphan, and he spends half ...
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74,04 zł |
The Journey of Tunuri and the Blue Dear: A Huichol Story
ISBN: 9781591430162 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A contemporary adaptation of an indigenous Huichol teaching tale, illustrated with traditional yarn drawings by Huichol artisans - Shares the hidden treasures of a nature-based indigenous culture - A teaching tool for multicultural studies for children ages 6 to 9 - Explains who the Huichol people are and the symbolism of the images used by the artists The Huichol Indians live in the remote regions of the Sierra Madre Mountains of western Mexico, where geographic isolation has allowed them to retain their culture and spiritual traditions in the face of colonization. Their...
A contemporary adaptation of an indigenous Huichol teaching tale, illustrated with traditional yarn drawings by Huichol artisans - Shares the hidd...
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77,56 zł |
American Fairy Tales
ISBN: 9781595406729 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - No one intended to leave Martha alone that afternoon, but it happened that everyone was called away, for one reason or another. Mrs. McFarland was attending the weekly card party held by the Women's Anti-Gambling League. Sister Nell's young man had called quite unexpectedly to take her for a long drive. Papa was at the office, as usual. It was Mary Ann's day out. As for Emeline, she certainly should have stayed in the house and...
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLi...
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53,57 zł |
The Faery Tales of Weir by Anna McClure Sholl, Fiction, Horror & Ghost Stories, Fairy Tales & Folklore
ISBN: 9781598184754 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The nursery was high up under the eaves, so that the rest of the house seemed faraway -- a wonderful region where music might sound, or where, by stealing down, one might see fair ladies like the princesses of the tales smiling at gallant gentlemen. One's own mother might turn, indeed, into a princess just before it was time to go to bed, with white arms and jewels upon her neck.
Then one fell asleep knowing that no day in Weir could be without its enchantment, whether the clouds seemed caught in the tree-tops, or the snow flew and made the red roofs white; or whether the sun danced on the... The nursery was high up under the eaves, so that the rest of the house seemed faraway -- a wonderful region where music might sound, or where, by stea...
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65,30 zł |
The Magical Monkey King: Mischief in Heaven
ISBN: 9781885008251 / Angielski / Miękka / 113 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ALA Notable author of "Red Scarf Girl" presents traditional tales about the Monkey King, the irrepressible trickster hero of Chinese legend. Embellished with Hui Hui Su-Kennedy's charming black-and-white illustrations, these hilarious stories bring the Monkey King and his friends to life.
The ALA Notable author of "Red Scarf Girl" presents traditional tales about the Monkey King, the irrepressible trickster hero of Chinese legend. Embel...
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74,04 zł |
The Legend of Sleeping Bear
ISBN: 9781886947351 / Angielski / Twarda / 43 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this retelling of an Ojibwe Indian tale, a mother bear loses sight of her two cubs as they all attempt to escape a forest fire by swimming across Lake Michigan.
In this retelling of an Ojibwe Indian tale, a mother bear loses sight of her two cubs as they all attempt to escape a forest fire by swimming across L...
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78,40 zł |
Cuentos de la Selva
ISBN: 9788498167405 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Este es un libro de relatos infantiles protagonizados por animales y ambientados en la selva de Misiones. Quiroga dedico este libro a sus hijos, con quienes vivio un periodo de pobreza en un humedo y pequeno sotano."
Este es un libro de relatos infantiles protagonizados por animales y ambientados en la selva de Misiones. Quiroga dedico este libro a sus hijos, con q...
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60,54 zł |
West African Folk-Tales (Yesterday's Classics)
ISBN: 9781599152318 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A delightful collection of folk tales from West Africa including 18 Anansi tales, as well as 17 others. Includes the story of how the tales came to be called Anansi tales. In the olden days all the stories which men told were stories of Nyankupon, the chief of the gods. Spider wanted the stories to be about him. Nyankupon agreed, on one condition, namely that he bring him three things: a jar full of live bees, a boa-constrictor, and a tiger. How Anansi contrived to achieve all these tasks is related in the opening story. Suitable for ages 6 and up.
A delightful collection of folk tales from West Africa including 18 Anansi tales, as well as 17 others. Includes the story of how the tales came to be...
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53,57 zł |
Seeking the Source
ISBN: 9780955618321 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Memorable and uplifting stories set in a mythical town in India, drawing the reader into an inner place of great depth and mystery. Suitable for young and old. "A delightful change from the norm" - The Friend
Memorable and uplifting stories set in a mythical town in India, drawing the reader into an inner place of great depth and mystery. Suitable for young...
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73,38 zł |