By Rosemary Sutcliff
One in every of Rosemary Sutcliff's acclaimed books set in Roman Britain. The Eagle of the 9th tells the tale of a tender Roman officer who units out to find the reality in the back of the mysterious disappearance of the 9th Legion, who marched into the mists of northern Britain and not got here back.
Rosemary Sutcliff spent so much of her lifestyles in a wheelchair, struggling with Still's ailment. She wrote her first e-book for kids, The Queen's tale, in 1950 and went directly to turn into a hugely revered identify within the box of children's literature. She acquired an OBE in 1975 and died on the age of seventy two in 1992.
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ISBN: 0224614622
EAN: 9780224614627
ASIN: 0224614622
SKU: YU-KNH0007073
Publisher: Doubleday
Publication Date: 1968
Number of Pages: 112
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Author identify: joan aiken (Born: 1924/09/04 / Died: 2004/01/04)
Author Description: Joan Delano Aiken was once a far enjoyed English author who obtained the MBE for prone fairly to Children's Literature. This 12 months marks the fiftieth ANNIVERSARY of her most renowned vintage children's ebook, THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE, that's being celebrated with occasions at Cheltenham competition within the united kingdom and at a distinct occasion in big apple in October, and with the e-book of 3 fresh variations of the booklet and a brand new AUDIO recorded by way of her daughter Lizza.
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Joan's Life:
She was once born in Rye, East Sussex, right into a family members of writers, together with her father, Conrad Aiken (who received a Pulitzer Prize for his poetry), and her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge.
She labored for the United countries details place of work throughout the moment global war,and then as an editor and freelance on Argosy journal ahead of she all started writing complete time, frequently children's books and thrillers. For her books she bought the parent Award (1969) and the Edgar Allan Poe Award (1972).
Her hottest sequence, the "Wolves Chronicles" which all started with 'The Wolves of Willoughby Chase', used to be set in an intricate exchange interval of background in a Britain within which James II was once by no means deposed within the excellent Revolution,and so supporters of the home of Hanover consistently plot to overthrow the Stuart Kings. those books additionally function cockney urchin heroine Dido Twite and her adventures and travels everywhere in the world.
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Her many novels for adults comprise a number of that proceed or supplement novels via Jane Austen. those contain 'Mansfield Revisited' and 'Jane Fairfax'.
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When there is no food aboveground, frogs band together and stir up the mud at the bottom of their pond. This helps them find any tiny creatures that might be hiding there. Really desperate frogs will eat anything, anytime—even one another. Green frog Leopard frog 38 How do frogs swallow their food? With their eyes! After a frog catches a fly or other prey in its mouth, it blinks. This presses the eyeballs down against the roof of the mouth. The roof bends and pushes the food down into the frog’s stomach, all in the blink of an eye!
If their skin is not moist, they can’t breathe—and they suffocate. Are all frogs noisy at night? No, just the males. Both male and female frogs have vocal cords in their throats, just as we do. But in most species, only the males produce the sounds. They do this by pumping air over their vocal cords. To make the sounds louder, the frogs puff up their throats like balloons. They use these calls to attract females. 6 km) away. Where are frogs during the day? Some are hiding. These frogs keep cool and damp under rotting tree stumps, piles of leaves, mounds of mud, and around wells, docks, or bridges.
Then, it raises its tail and arches its back. , the smelly, oily liquid shoots out from under the skunk’s tail. How far can a skunk spray? Up to 12 feet (4 m). The smell chokes nearby animals and they flee. Even worse, the odor can last many days—as people who live in the country know only too well. As bad as the smell is, the spray itself is even worse. If it strikes an eye, the spray can cause burning and temporary blindness. Even one whiff can bring on a stomachache! Which skunk enemy doesn’t mind the smell?
