Heather Forest Bio: Heather Forest's unique minstrel style of telling stories blends her original music, folk guitar, poetry, and prose along with song and the spoken word to give her stories an uncommon warmth and charm. Readers will learn the importance of resourcefulness, respect, and courage. This Aesop fable emphasizes the strength of gentleness and kindness. Susan Gaber's dramatic illustrations imagine a dream-like universe filled with vivid moments of destruction, unexpected beauty, and transformation. With a storyteller's sense of the spoken word, Heather Forest's dynamic retelling captures the essence and cadence of boasts and wagers. With warmth and light and a bit of gentle persuasion, the sun encourages the man to remove his own coat This timeless tale from the fables of Aesop offers a poignant portrait of the power of gentleness. The howling wind boasts and bullies, but the shivering man tightly clutches his coat. The sun and the wind compete to see who can remove the man's coat. Walking along a winding road, a man finds himself swept into a magical world where a contest of strength between the sun and the wind takes place. A beautifully illustrated tale that encourages gentleness and kindness.
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As Philbrick reveals in this electrifying history of the Pilgrims, the story of Plymouth Colony was a fifty-five year epic that began in peril and ended in war. How did America begin? That simple question launches the acclaimed author of In the Hurricanes Eye and Valiant Ambition on an extraordinary journey to understand the truth behind our most sacred national myth: the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymouth Colony. Book Synopsis Vivid and remarkably fresh.Philbrick has recast the Pilgrims for the ages.- The New York Times Book Review Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History New York Times Book Review Top Ten books of the Year With a new preface marking the 400th anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower. About the Book The startling story of the Plymouth Colony-from the flight to religious freedom to the war that ravaged New England-is told by the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, winner of the National Book Award. |