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Railway Jack: The True Story of an Amazing Baboon
by KT JohnstonJim was a South African railway inspector in the late 1800s who lost his legs in an accident while at work. Unable to perform all his tasks with his disability but desperate to keep his job, Jim discovered a brilliant solution, a baboon named Jack. Jim trained Jack to help him both at home and at the depot. But when the railway authorities and the public discovered a monkey on the job, Jack and Jim had to work together to convince everyone that they made a great team. This inspiring true story celebrates the history of service animals and a devoted friendship.
Railway Rabbits: Book 1
by Georgie AdamsA piglet has escaped from Fairweather's Farm Park, on the run from an angry dog! Wisher, the smallest of the Longears family, is determined to help, and sets off in search of the piglet. But it's a dangerous world for a little rabbit, and Wisher must be very brave if she wants to avoid Burdock the buzzard's clutches, or a run-in with the Red Dragon, and save the day.Heartwarming and hilarious, with Anna Currey's charming illustrations, this is a brilliant animal adventure series from a bestselling children's author.
Railway Rabbits: Book 1
by Georgie AdamsA piglet has escaped from Fairweather's Farm Park, on the run from an angry dog! Wisher, the smallest of the Longears family, is determined to help, and sets off in search of the piglet. But it's a dangerous world for a little rabbit, and Wisher must be very brave if she wants to avoid Burdock the buzzard's clutches, or a run-in with the Red Dragon, and save the day.Heartwarming and hilarious, with Anna Currey's charming illustrations, this is a brilliant animal adventure series from a bestselling children's author.
Railway Rabbits: Book 1
by Georgie AdamsMeet the Railway Rabbits! Join this irrepressible rabbit family as they get in and out of scrapes, meet new friends, perform daring rescues, and explore the ancient castle on the hill... But watch out for the wily buzzard, always on the lookout for naughty rabbits who stray too far from home.Heartwarming, hilarious, and charmingly illustrated, this is a brilliant new animal adventure series from a best selling children's author.(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd
Railway Rabbits: Book 3
by Georgie AdamsMeet the Railway Rabbits! Join the irrepressible Longears family as they get in and out of scrapes, meet new friends, and perform daring rescues. But Burdock the buzzard and the terrifying Red Dragon, are always on the lookout for naughty rabbits who stray too far from home...When timid Fern finds a shiny hare-shaped brooch, she's sure there's something special about it. Wisher is too, and together they set off to uncover the mystery.Heartwarming, hilarious, with Anna Currey's charming illustrations, this is a brilliant new animal adventure series from a best selling children's author.
Railway Rabbits: Book 3
by Georgie AdamsMeet the Railway Rabbits! Join the irrepressible Longears family as they get in and out of scrapes, meet new friends, and perform daring rescues. But Burdock the buzzard and the terrifying Red Dragon, are always on the lookout for naughty rabbits who stray too far from home...When timid Fern finds a shiny hare-shaped brooch, she's sure there's something special about it. Wisher is too, and together they set off to uncover the mystery.Heartwarming, hilarious, with Anna Currey's charming illustrations, this is a brilliant new animal adventure series from a best selling children's author.
Railway Rabbits: Book 4
by Georgie AdamsBramble the rabbit never finds anything exciting. His brothers and sisters always get there first! So when he hears a strange story about golden eggs at Fairweather's Farm Park, he knows that this is his chance to do something special. But what he finds when he gets there turns out to be much more important than an Easter egg...Heartwarming and hilarious, with Anna Currey's charming illustrations, this is a brilliant animal adventure series from a bestselling children's author.
Railway Rabbits: Book 4
by Georgie AdamsBramble the rabbit never finds anything exciting. His brothers and sisters always get there first! So when he hears a strange story about golden eggs at Fairweather's Farm Park, he knows that this is his chance to do something special. But what he finds when he gets there turns out to be much more important than an Easter egg...Heartwarming and hilarious, with Anna Currey's charming illustrations, this is a brilliant animal adventure series from a bestselling children's author.
Railway Rabbits: Book 5
by Georgie AdamsOn a misty morning in Ripple Valley, Bracken and his sister Wisher decide to go exploring - and end up getting very lost! Then Bramble discovers a mysterious tunnel in the forest. Where does it go? And who is waiting for them on the other side?Heartwarming and hilarious, with Anna Currey's charming illustrations, this is a brilliant animal adventure series from a bestselling children's author.
Railway Rabbits: Book 5
by Georgie AdamsOn a misty morning in Ripple Valley, Bracken and his sister Wisher decide to go exploring - and end up getting very lost! Then Bramble discovers a mysterious tunnel in the forest. Where does it go? And who is waiting for them on the other side?Heartwarming and hilarious, with Anna Currey's charming illustrations, this is a brilliant animal adventure series from a bestselling children's author.
Railway Rabbits: Book 6
by Georgie AdamsMellow and her children are on a visit to Eldermarr and Elderparr Eyebright. Along the way, they meet twins Tansy and Teasel. The young rabbits are enjoying themselves, but a heavy rainfall leaves Mellow worried. When danger threatens Daisy Duck and her ducklings, will careful Mellow be brave enough to help?Heartwarming and hilarious, with Anna Currey's charming illustrations, this is a brilliant animal adventure series from a bestselling children's author.
Railway Rabbits: Book 6
by Georgie AdamsMellow and her children are on a visit to Eldermarr and Elderparr Eyebright. Along the way, they meet twins Tansy and Teasel. The young rabbits are enjoying themselves, but a heavy rainfall leaves Mellow worried. When danger threatens Daisy Duck and her ducklings, will careful Mellow be brave enough to help?Heartwarming and hilarious, with Anna Currey's charming illustrations, this is a brilliant animal adventure series from a bestselling children's author.
Rain (Rise and Shine)
by Manya Stojic<p>When rain comes to the parched African savanna, the animals use all their senses to track the storm. The porcupine smells rain in the air. The zebras see lightning. The baboons hear thunder. The rhino feels the first drops. And the lion tastes the cool water. For a time, the grasslands abound with new green leaves, juicy fruits, and fresh pools of water. But soon the hot sun dries out the land, and the animals must again wait for the next big rain. <p>Manya Stojic's picture book debut is as satisfying and refreshing as the rain she describes. With paintings that are exuberant and saturated with color and a simple text that rolls off the tongue with pleasure and ease, here is a book parents and teachers will enjoy sharing again and again.</p>
Rain Forest Alert! (Into Reading, Level P #86)
by David BauerNIMAC-sourced textbook. What is a rain forest? Read about the animals and plants that live there. You'll also find out why it is so important to preserve this precious ecosystem.
Rain Forest Animals: Animals in Their Habitats
by June RandolphThis book is all about animals' habitats in rain forests.
Rain Forest Relay: Rain Forest Relay (Race the Wild #1)
by Kristin EarhartOn a once-in-a-lifetime race through the animal kingdom, it takes smarts, strength, and skill to win!When Russell entered the race, he knew it was going to be a wild ride. Especially the first race course! He'd been studying up on the Amazon's animals and culture forever. But nothing could prepare him or his teammates for what they'd find in the rain forest: raging rapids, poisonous venom, and sneaky competitors who'd do anything to win. Can the red team work together to make it to the finish line in one piece? Each chapter in this action-packed adventure series is bursting with totally true facts about wild and wonderful creatures, dangerous habitats, maps, and more!
Rain Forest in Your Kitchen: The Hidden Connection Between Extinction And Your Supermarket
by Jeremy Rifkin Martin TeitelThe biodiversity crisis -- the extinction of thousands of species of plants and animals -- is not just a faraway problem for scientists to solve. Instead, the crisis is as close as our backyards, our gardens, and our refrigerator shelves. This engaging, practical guide inspires average Americans to wield their consumer power in favor of protecting the world's plant and animal species.Environmentalist activist Martin Teitel offers compelling evidence that by slightly modifying how we shop, eat, and garden, we can collectively influence the operating decisions of today's corporate agribusiness and help preserve our precious genetic resources. Teitel offers strategies so simple that they require no significant lifestyle change or expense.
Rain Is Wet!: An Acorn Book (Best Buddies)
by Vicky FangPet friends Sniff and Scratch have fun in the rain, in this laugh-out-loud, full-color book perfect for beginning readers!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!Sniff and Scratch enjoy a rainy day! Across three laugh-out-loud short stories, these two best friends discover that rain can be fun, they share a funny encounter with a balloon, and they learn to be brave together when lightning strikes.These sweet, laugh-out-loud, pet-themed stories -- with color-coded speech bubbles, and easy-to-read text throughout -- are perfect for new readers!
Rain Reign
by Ann M. MartinWinner of the Schneider Family 2015 Middle School Award<P><P> Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She's thrilled that her own name is a homonym, and she purposely gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein), which, according to Rose's rules of homonyms, is very special. Not everyone understands Rose's obsessions, her rules, and the other things that make her different - not her teachers, not other kids, and not her single father.<P> When a storm hits their rural town, rivers overflow, the roads are flooded, and Rain goes missing. Rose's father shouldn't have let Rain out. Now Rose has to find her dog, even if it means leaving her routines and safe places to search.<P> Hearts will break and spirits will soar for this powerful story, brilliantly told from Rose's point of view.
Rain or Shine (Fountas & Pinnell LLI Blue #Level K)
by Erica SilvermanCowgirl Kate and her cow horse, Cocoa, discover what it means to work, play, and be together- rain or shine.
Rain or Shine (Funny Bunnies #3)
by David MellingThis bright, bold, rhyming story from the creator of the bestselling Hugless Douglas is a wonderfully funny introduction to weather for the very young and great to read aloud.Follow the hilarious pogo-stick loving bunnies through rain, wind, ice and snow. Whatever the weather, the funny bunnies always play together!Don't miss Funny Bunnies: Up and Down - a brilliant introduction to opposites.Praise for Hugless Douglas: 'A new Hugless Douglas book is always a cause for celebration. Daily Mail
Rain without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement
by Francione Gary L.Are "animal welfare" supporters indistinguishable from the animal exploiters they oppose? Do reformist measuresreaffirmthe underlying principles that make animal exploitation possible in the first place? In this provocative book, Gary L. Francione argues that the modern animal rights movement has become indistinguishable from a century-old concern with thewelfareof animals that in no way prevents them from being exploited. Francione maintains that advocating humane treatment of animals retains a sense of them as instrumental to human ends. When they are considered dispensable property, he says, they are left fundamentally without "rights. " Until the seventies, Francione claims, this was the paradigm within which the Animal Rights Movement operated, as demonstrated by laws such as the Federal Humane Slaughter Act of 1958. In this wide-ranging book, Francione takes the reader through the philosophical and intellectual debates surrounding animal welfare to make clear the difference between animal rights and animal welfare. Through case studies such as campaigns against animal shelters, animal laboratories, and the wearing of fur, Francione demonstrates the selectiveness and confusion inherent in reformist programs that target fur, for example, but leave wool and leather alone. The solution to this dilemma, Francione argues, is not in a liberal position that espouses the humane treatment of animals, but in a more radical acceptance of the fundamental inalienability of animal rights. Author note:Gary L. Francioneis Professor of Law and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach Scholar of Law at Rutgers University Law School, Newark. He is the co-director of the Rutgers Animal Rights Law Center and the author ofAnimals, Property, and the Law(Temple).
Rainbow Bird: A Play Based on a Folktale from Northern Australia
by Pat BetteleyThis is the myth of the evil Crocodile Man, who would not share his firesticks with the other animals, and the cunning Bird Woman, who wanted to share fire with the people.
Rainbow Custodians
by Candice Leathem Michael HeadThe narrative Rainbow Custodians describes the incredible efforts of creatures to rise against the environmental destruction caused since the European invasion of Australia. The central characters Bert and Bennie Koala rally all manner of wildlife to jolt humans into growing a conscience and acting to save endangered creatures and the environment. Rainbow Custodians is designed to link to school curriculum and focuses on important issues such as indigenous people's relationship to land, creation, spiritual connection to mother earth and custodianship. The text exposes environmental degradation, human apathy towards extinct and endangered species and sustainability. Cultural inclusion, sustainability and right relationship are further topics that can be used to enhance the application of this book. Australian wildlife is proudly paraded throughout to familiarise the reader with our unique and wonderful creatures. Poetry is woven throughout the text to enchant the audience with this tale of perplexing complications, intelligent solutions and climactic inspirational codas. The text assumes a life of its own through the brilliant illustrations of Candice Leathem that adorn the cover and each of the ten chapters. These images are designed to delight viewers, provoke discussion and are superb teaching tools. The intended audience ranges from middle - upper primary to early secondary levels, as the text relates to key concepts explored within educational curriculum, but it also has inherent appeal for an older audience. The issues explored within this book have global appeal and it is hoped that a wider audience may enjoy this text and learn from the experience. Thank you for taking the time to read Rainbow Custodians.