Résultats pour "Just" dans Fiction sur les animaux

In the first book of the Just Cindy series, Cindy leaves her familiar home in Lima, Ohio, and moves with her family to Florida. Everything feels new and different., and Cindy isn't quite sure what to think about her new home. As she explores her surroundings and begins settling into life in a new state, Cindy discovers Florida is full of surprises, from its unique wildlife and wild places to the unexpected mysteries that seem to follow her wherever she goes.

"How the Whale Got His Throat", "The Elephant's Child", "How the Leopard Got His Spots", "How the Alphabet Was Made" and "The Butterfly That Stamped" are just a few of these enchanting tales of the dawn of the world.

Rudyard Kipling's twelve Just So Stories answer, in the most delightfully unscientific way, the questions children love to ask: how the whale got his throat, how the camel got his hump, how the rhinoceros got his skin, how the leopard got his spots, and how the alphabet was made. Written in 1902...

Travel to a world of wild imagination and playful curiosity with Just So Stories, the complete collection of Rudyard Kipling's timeless animal tales, specially presented for young children at bedtime. In these delightful and whimsical stories, you'll discover how the elephant got its trunk, why the camel has a hump, and how the leopard got its spots—each tale bursting with charm, gentle humour, and wonder. Told in Kipling's beautifully rhythmic and poetic style, these stories spark imagination while offering soothing, thoughtful storytelling perfect for winding down at the end of the day.

From Jill Murphy, creator of the classic Peace at Last, comes the long-awaited third story about the lovable Bear family comes a Top 10 bestselling picture book. It had been a long night . . . so Mr and Mrs Bear woke up late. When Mr and Mrs Bear wake up late, it's raining outside – and Baby...

Gus is a livestock guardian dog with one job—protecting his farm from coyotes and foxes. He likes keeping the sheep, the chickens, and his humans safe, and he’s very good at it. One day, Diego and his dad come to visit the farm, and Gus immediately connects to the small boy. They both like to sit still and enjoy the quiet, and Gus can tell that Diego likes being around a gentle giant of a dog, that it helps relieve the boy’s constant worry. When Gus detects the scent of a bear in the woods, he rushes to protect his flock, injuring his leg in a fight with the dangerous beast.

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling. Kipling's delightful collection of imaginative tales about natural history has captivated children and adults alike since its publication in 1902. Here stories are presented in dramatic format by members of The Online Stage. Stories include:"How the Whale Got His Throat", "How the Camel Got His Hump", "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin", "How the Leopard Got His Spots", "The Elephant's Child", "The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo", and more.

Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to his daughter Josephine. These had to be told "just so" (exactly in the words she was used to) or she would complain. The stories describe how one animal or another acquired its most distinctive features, such as how the leopard got his spots.

Here is the complete and unabridged collection of Rudyard Kipling's delightful Just So Stories, which he first told to his own children before setting them down on paper: How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Leopard Got His Spots, How the Elephant Got His Trunk, The Butterfly that Stamped, and many others.

Drawing from the oral storytelling traditions of India and Africa, Nobel prizewinner Rudyard Kipling's vigorous, amusing tales offer imaginative answers to unanswered questions about animals and provide little pearls of wisdom. These classic tales, filled with playfully clever animals and people have entertained young and old alike for over a hundred years.

How do some young animals know what to do and how to do it? Does someone teach a caterpillar what to eat? Who gives a baby shark swimming lessons? Sometimes young animals learn things from their parents, but other times...they just know! Explore animal instincts through engaging audio.

Coretta Scott King Honor winner Brenda Woods’s poignant, heartfelt story of an adopted boy and the bird he rescues Everyone expects Coop to be musical like his beloved parents, but he’s not. That’s one of the few things he finds awkward about being adopted—well, that and the fact that he...

Becky always loved visiting her dad in New Zealand until she returns during the pandemic. Now he’s got a baby with her new stepmom and everything has changed. Worse still, her windsurfer hasn’t arrived yet, so there’s nothing for her to do but wait for Mom who is stuck overseas. Then Becky finds a strange stone at Whale Bay, and her luck changes. She makes new friends, joins an environmental group, borrows a windsurfer, and has several close encounters with a bottlenose dolphin who simply won’t leave her alone. 

Just So Stories is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling in 1902. He developed them during one of his many journeys to Africa. He told children wonderful accounts of how the animal kingdom's eccentricities came about. The collection of stories came to be known for their wordplay and insistence of placing the wisdom of children at the heart of his stories.

Have you ever wondered how and why the animals came to be as they are? In these magical tales, drawn from stories he heard as a child in India as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world, Rudyard Kipling gives some wonderfully imaginative explanations.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first...

It’s bedtime for Little Brown Bunny. So Mummy reads him a bedtime story. Then another … then another …'Just one more!' cries Little Brown Bunny. But there are no stories left! Then Little Brown Bunny has a wonderful idea …

L'hiver est là ! Avec sa longue écharpe, Léa la poule a bien chaud. L'oiseau, qui a très froid, lui demande un petit bout de son écharpe. Le lapin fait de même. Léa les accueille bien volontiers. Mais lorsqu'arrive le renard, les trois animaux hésitent.

When a new chicken arrives at the farm, she quickly learns that compared to the others she is very plain. That is when the Wise Rooster teaches her that outside appearances are not always important. Sometimes being "just red" is the best compliment of all.

After decades of famine and natural disasters, a man is determined to reclaim his family land and his independence. Just a Man and His Dog is a heartwarming story about a man who finds purpose and companionship in his beloved dog, Jasper. Their story resonates the love that many of us experience within our own canine families. In addition to the main story, this book also contains the sequel, Jasper's Adventures. Jasper is a mischievous basset hound who wanders off into the forest when a game of chase becomes a skill of hide-and-seek.