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The Triumphant Tale of the House Sparrow
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Artikel-Nr:
9781773060064
Veröffentl:
2018
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.04.2018
Seiten:
44
Autor:
Jan Thornhill
Gewicht:
499 g
Format:
282x226x10 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
JAN THORNHILL is an author and illustrator who brings her fascination with the natural world to her books for children. They include The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk (Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award finalist); I Found a Dead Bird (National Parenting Publications Gold Award, Norma Fleck Award, Children¿s Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award); The Wildlife 123 (UNICEF-Ezra Jack Keats International Award, Governor General¿s Award finalist) and The Wildlife ABC (Governor General¿s Award finalist). Jan has also won the Vicky Metcalf Award. She spends her spare time in the woods obsessively collecting and cataloging wild mushrooms and slime molds. She lives near Havelock, Ontario.
In this riveting, beautifully illustrated story of the House Sparrow, Thornhill traces the history of this perky little bird, one of the most adaptable creatures on Earth, from its beginnings in the Middle East to its spread with the growth of agriculture into India, North Africa and Europe. Full color.