الوصف: Excerpt:'Since the childhood of the races, certain old-world stories have appeared in different form in the folklore of different nations, all bearing the stamp of the same source; the interest of primitive people in attributing human impulses and human lines of conduct to the animal world. Perhaps the earliest of all is The Kid Who Would Not Go, which corresponds to the old New England nursery tale of the Old Woman and Her Pig, and which, in its original form, dates back to Hebrew translations. How They Brought Hairlock Home is a typical cumulative tale of Norway. The Story of Ibbity is one of the few obtainable Madagascar folk tales, and symbolizes the search of a primitive people for the source of natural phenomena. Our own southern negroes have given us the stories of Mr. Elephant and Mr. Frog, Why the Bear Sleeps All Winter, Little Bear, and Brother Wolf and the Rock. The American Indians have given us a varied collection of animal myths including How the Rabbit Tried to Coast, How the Squirrel Got Wings, The Talking Grass, and many other camp fire tales that have a nature background. The reason for using these animal stories for story telling and supplementary reading lies in the instinctive interest which all children have in those stories that express the interpretation of life made by primitive races. This interest, and the indirect moral teaching of many of the stories included in this volume, give them a point of departure over and above that held by the modern story.'

المؤلفون: Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

نوع المادة: eBook.

تصنيفات: FICTION / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, NATURE / Animals / General

الوصف: Excerpt:'In this book I have attempted to bring together many old and new observations which tend to show the human-like qualities of animals. The treatment is neither formal nor scholastic, in fact I do not always remain within the logical confines of the title. My sole purpose is to make the reader self-active, observative, free from hide-bound prejudice, and reborn as a participant in the wonderful experiences of life which fill the universe. I hope to lead him into a new wonderland of truth, beauty and love, a land where his heart as well as his eyes will be opened.'

المؤلفون: Royal Dixon

نوع المادة: eBook.

تصنيفات: NATURE / Animals / General

الوصف: Excerpt:'Fabre's great merit is his graphic portraiture of the living insect as it really is. This proves to be very different from insect life as it is usually supposed to be by the uninstructed, and as it is only too frequently represented to be in books. In the volume now offered to the reader he is almost entirely concerned with the instinct of Hymenoptera, the highest of the insect world in this respect. His studies of this subject have been continued in several other volumes, and he has also included in the series the results of many years of observation of the habits of other and very different insects.'

المؤلفون: Jean-Henri Fabre

نوع المادة: eBook.

تصنيفات: NATURE / General, NATURE / Animals / General

الوصف: Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts entstand Goethes progressiver Beitrag zur Naturwissenschaft, der noch heute hoch geschätzt wird. Durch den teils fragmentarischen Charakter entsteht der Eindruck eines noch immer experimentierenden und forschenden Genies. An seinen Schriften und Aufzeichnungen lassen sich gesammelt Untersuchungen zur Farbenlehre, Zoologie und Botanik detailliert nachverfolgen: Ein faszinierendes Stück Forschungsgeschichte. (Amazon)

المؤلفون: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

نوع المادة: eBook.

تصنيفات: NATURE / General, NATURE / Animals / General, NATURE / Animals / Mammals, NATURE / Animals / Marine Life

الوصف: Often considered the father of modern entomology, Jean Henri Fabre makes science accessible in Field, Forest, and Farms Uncle Paul discusses a variety of scientific topics with his band of attentive nephews. These discussions introduce readers to soil and soil-enriching substances, to plants and their various parts, as well as to insects and several different bird species. Uncle Paul also teaches his listeners about plant cultivation and plant-care, offering a full picture of how various life-forms affect and interact with each other. (Amazon)

المؤلفون: Jean Henri Fabre

نوع المادة: eBook.

تصنيفات: NATURE / General, NATURE / Animals / General

الوصف: Excerpt:'Once upon a time two little puppies were born on the very same day. Of course that made them twins! One day when they were quite small, Jimmy's father brought them home in a big basket. Their backs were turned to each other. One big, black eye was sticking out over one side of the basket, and two saucy brown ones over the other side.'

المؤلفون: Edna Groff Deihl

نوع المادة: eBook.

تصنيفات: NATURE / General, NATURE / Animals / General

الوصف: Excerpt: “She had not really minded being an Alley Cat until the kittens came. But every one who has had children knows that one feels being poor much more keenly on their account, than on one's own. And the strawless corner of a deserted shed did not seem a suitable bed for her mother's grandchildren The Alley Cat took no pride in her own appearance. Indeed, it had been said when she was born that her mother, the blooded tortoise-shell of a beautiful home, had never produced such a terrible kitten. She would not have been allowed to live, if an accident had not deprived her mother of the others. And as she grew up even her own parent saw that she was homely It may be thought that homely cats have no feelings; but this is not the case, for homely cats, like plain people, are sensitive, and have even more feelings than others. So one day when some particularly unkind remark had been made about the brindled kitten with yellow sides, she left her home and ran away to become an alley cat She was sorry for this afterwards, of course, like every other kitten that runs away. But she would not go home, and slept all summer in empty boxes and under the barns of people who did not like cats. She visited garbage pails, and learned to dash off with the others when the maid opened the kitchen door. She learned to walk on her stomach when crossing the street, and by the time that winter came, she had cobwebs in her whiskers, and looked at everybody out of frightened green eyes.'

المؤلفون: Caroline Fuller

نوع المادة: eBook.

تصنيفات: FICTION / Fantasy / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, NATURE / Animals / General

الوصف: Excerpt: “Let that sugar-bowl alone, Posy,” said Tom, as Posy extracted a lump while they were waiting for Papa and Mamma to come down to breakfast “I'm not taking it for myself,” answered Posy, as plainly as the large lump in her mouth permitted her to speak; “I'm only just getting a lump for Dicky. “That's a story,” said Tom “I was only just tasting it to see if it was a real sweet lump,” said Posy very distinctly now, for the lump had disappeared. “I didn't mean to eat it, but it went all to pieces in my mouth.” “You might have known it would,” said Tom “I guess I'd better pick out a real hard lump next time,” said Posy; and she made up her mind not to put that one in her mouth, so she only lapped it a little as she walked towards the canary's cage.'

المؤلفون: Lily F. Wesselhoeft

نوع المادة: eBook.

تصنيفات: FICTION / Fantasy / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, NATURE / Animals / General

الوصف: Die Entstehung der Arten von Charles Darwin ist das wichtigste und einflussreichste Buch in der Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften. Es bot erstmals eine überzeugende Erklärung zur Entwicklung der Vielfalt des Lebens. Inhalt: Tier- und Pflanzenarten verändern sich durch Variation und natürliche Selektion.

المؤلفون: Charles Darwin

نوع المادة: eBook.

تصنيفات: NATURE / General, NATURE / Animals / General, NATURE / Animals / Mammals, NATURE / Animals / Marine Life

الوصف: Birds, Beasts and Flowers is a collection of poetry by the English author D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1923. These poems include some of Lawrence's finest reflections on the'otherness'of the non-human world.

المؤلفون: D. H. Lawrence

نوع المادة: eBook.

تصنيفات: NATURE / Animals / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General, NATURE / General