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Author
Series
Nature's folklore volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Lore of the Wild delves into traditional nature folklore from around the world, revealing the influence of trees, plants, insects, birds, animals and weather on daily life. Did you know that people used to believe that rabbits' ears would twitch in the direction of a thunderstorm? That lily of the valley flowers were formed from fairies' drinking cups? And that taking dandelions into the house would make you wet the bed? Traditional nature folklore...
68) Plant life
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
Uses a question and answer format to discuss the structure and function of plants.
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Traces the search for order in the natural world, a search that for hundreds of years occupied some of the most brilliant minds in Europe, reaching its apex during the Renaissance. From Athens in the third century BC, through Constantinople, Venice, the medical school at Salerno to the universities of Pisa and Padua, the journey involves a world full of intrigue and intensely competitive egos, from Europe to the culture of Islam, the first expeditions...
70) Wildflowers
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Information about wildflowers for children"--
Author
Series
Land of the far horizon volume 1
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
George Prentice, deported in chains to Australia in 1787, mourns for his family, believing that he will never see them again. But without his knowledge, George's wife and daughter are also bound for Australia.
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