Anyone looking to improve his or her vocabulary and anyone who loves words will be enthralled by this unique and impressive thesaurus that provides only the most unusual -- or is it recondite? --words for each entry.
Who better to wreak havoc with eight beloved fairytales than Gregory Maguire, the brilliantly funny author of the adult novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, as well as of the hilarious middle–grade series, The Hamlet Chronicles. Zany animals of all species run through these fractured tales with alarming speed and dexterity. Who would have thought that Sleeping Beauty, that most regal of all fairy– tales, could be twisted into the story of a frog with a most unusual and promising dance career? Get ready to meet a gorilla queen and a psycho chimp, seven giant giraffes; and one very bad walrus.
The Ghost of The Mountains written by Sujatha Padmanabhan, is a story about the residents of Ang, a small village in the Himalayas, Ladakh and their unusual vistor.
Illustrated throughout with outstanding full-colour artwork and detailed photographs, the Atlas of the World’s Strangest Animals presents an in-depth look at 50 of the most unusual species. The selection spans a broad spectrum of wildlife, from the naked mole rat to the aardvark to the laughing chorus of Australian kookaburra birds to the Wels Catfish to the three-toed sloth. Each entry describes the unusual characteristics of each animal and a map illustrates its geographical distribution.
Baldassare Mineo is owner of Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery in Medford, Oregon, one of the world's great sources of plants for rock gardens. Mineo's own photographs are supplemented with many by the renowned horticulturist Fritz Kummert. This authoritative includes rare and unusual plants as well as proven, readily available garden performers.
