Classic Nature

Celebrate the holiday season with Don Daily’s classic The Twelve Days of Christmas Cats, featuring all original twelve Christmas Cats in feline fashion. The traditional twelve days of Christmas poem is creatively transformed, with each spread featuring one of the twelve cats. Siamese, leopards, persians, calico cats and kittens playfully ring in Christmas cheer as they dance in this heartwarming classic.

On 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon. The local newspapers were awash with news of this triumphant achievement and of course, Mooty had to be the first mouse on the moon!

Uncle Wiggily has been around now for over 100 years delighting children, gently educating, and enchanting generations of faithful fans. That he is still as popular today as he was over a century ago is testament to the wit and character instilled in these tall tales by the author and the kind, old rabbit gentleman he created so long ago!

Kaum ein Hörer wird dieses Hörbuch ohne tiefe Ergriffenheit beiseite legen. Philosophie und Poesie sind in diesem Roman zu einer einzigartigen Dichtung verschmolzen, die einmalig in der deutschen Literaturgeschichte ist. Hyperions Ringen um die Einheit mit der Natur, seine Liebe zu Diotima, seine Vaterlands- und Menschenliebe bilden ein prophetisches Vermächtnis, das vielleicht erst heute, fast 200 Jahre später, in seiner vollen Bedeutung erfaßt werden kann.

We hope you enjoy Canarit Audiobooks' production of An Adjustment of Nature; feel free to listen! Did you know that O. Henry’s real name was William Syndey Porter? He had many pseudonyms, but is best known as O. Henry. He wrote over 300 stories and is known for playfully writing a twist at their end. Most of them are based in New York with characters being an average Joe. A census at the time stated there were about four million individuals living in NYC at the time, and that is how this volume of short stories received its name.

Teaching children about dreams as they grow and develop not only empowers them, it also strengthens and deepens your relationship with them. Dreamer's Powerful Tiger values and honors the inner life as well as the outer life of children, and shows how lucid dreamwork and dreamplay can benefit a child's relationship to his or her family and community. In this book, Dreamer and his family explore the powerful feelings that arise for children developmentally with chasing and animal dreams....

When an ugly duckling flies away from home to escape from teasing words, she begins the adventure of a lifetime. But when she returns to central park in Spring, she discovers she has transformed into a beautiful swan.

Die schönsten deutschen Gedichte mit den Themen Natur und Stadt.

In this fable by Aesop, Fox plays an insensitive trick on his friend Stork while they eat dinner together.

Doctor Dolittle is one of kind. Not only can he talk to animals - but he can understand them too! One day Doctor Dolittle receives a message from Africa - the monkeys there need his help. So he sails off from his home, bringing along all his pals: Dab-Dab, the duck; Jip, the dog; Gub-Gub, the baby pig; Polynesia, the parrot; and Too-Too, the owl. Join the doctor and his animal friends on an amazing adventure. They even meet the rarest of all animals, the two-headed pushmi-pullyu!

La ardillita Come nueces era una de las más juguetonas del bosque pero también una de las más pesadas y si no que se lo digan al pobre Viejo Pardo, el gran búho que vive en el enorme roble hueco en el centro del bosque. Va a tener que aguantar todas las bromas, canciones y acertijos que la ardillita Comenueces le plantea sin cesar. Está un poco harto y al final el gran búho va tomar una determinación. ¿Queréis saber cuál?

Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character and beloved icon of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis. He began writing the stories for the Newark News in 1910. Garis penned an Uncle Wiggily take every day for more than 52 years. Uncle Wiggily has been around now for over 100 years delighting children, gently educating, and enchanting generations of faithful fans. That he is still as popular today as he was then is testament to the wit and character instilled in these tall tales by the author and the kind, old rabbit gentleman he created so long ago!

"Buck ne lisait pas les journaux, sinon il aurait su que cela risquait de barder, pas seulement pour lui, mais pour tous les chiens de la côte, à forte musculature et à longs poils chauds, du détroit de Puget à San Diego. Des hommes, qui cherchaient à l'aveuglette dans les ténèbres arctiques, avaient découvert un métal jaune, et des compagnies de paquebots et de navigation claironnaient la trouvaille : voilà pourquoi des milliers d'êtres humains se ruaient vers les terres du Nord. Or ces hommes voulaient des chiens."

Peter Rabbit sneaks into Farmer MacGregor's garden and is enjoying a feast when Farmer MacGregor spots him. The chase is on and Peter eventually escapes and returns home.

A sparklingly original reimagining of this classic fairytale from one of the most respected talents in children's books. Discover the tale of Puss in Boots as you've never experienced it before.... Imagine how Jacques feels when he learns that his older brothers have inherited the mill and the donkey, and all he's got is the cat! Well, he's not fed up for long, because he soon discovers that Puss is no ordinary cat....

Fresh new look for this bestselling book & tape featuring the Smarties prizewinner of 1995. It's Christmas, but Irina's family don't have enough money to buy her the present she wants. Then Irina sees the wooden horse in the junk shop window and all she wants is to take it home with her. Irina is sad and lonely and knows that the little horse is lonely too. But what Irina doesn't know is that this dusty little horse with the tattered mane is really an enchanted horse who comes to life and takes Irina on magical journeys.

Humphrey van Weyden, ein Mittedreißiger, "der sich nicht ganz ohne Erfolg als Kunstbetrachter in der Literatur versucht hatte", wird nach einem Schiffsunglück in der Bucht von San Francisco von dem Robbenfänger "Ghost" aufgefischt. Doch anstatt ihn im nächsten Hafen an Land zu setzen, macht Kapitän Wolf Larsen den Literaten zum Küchenjungen, denn für ihn gilt allein das brutale Recht des Stärkeren. Und Wolf Larsen ist der Stärkste.

Ein Gedicht von Gottfried Keller und 9 weitere bekannte Gedichte.

Fast jeder deutsche Lyriker hat sich schon mal mit diesem Motiv befasst: Dem Menschen und seiner Rolle in der Natur. Diese Sammlung von Gedichten spiegelt die Gedanken dieser Dichter jetzt endlich in einem Stück wieder. Tauchen Sie ein in die Idee hinter Natur und Mensch von deutschen literarischen Größen, wie Fontane, Storm, Heine und Goethe.

Nichts war eine derartige Inspiration für Gedichte, wie die Natur. Egal, ob Herzschmerz, Freude oder Trauer, jeder große Dichter hat sich von unserer wunderschönen Natur inspirieren lassen. In dieser Sammlung finden Sie ausgewählte Gedichte von Deutschlands größten Lyrikern.