The Wild Swans

Eleven brothers who have been turned into swans by their evil stepmother are saved by their beautiful sister.

The Wild Swans (English and Danish Edition)

Children's Books

Dugan, Karen

Andersen, Hans-Christian

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Troll Communications Llc

Ms April & Ms Mae is a finalist for Foreword Magazine’s 2009 Book of the Year.Lively, charming art illuminates this zesty modern fable. Ms. April loves her field and forest, pond and hill. When widespread land development forces animals from their rural homes, Ms. April invites them to live safe and protected on her land.  With Ms. Mae, a resourceful fox (and her closest friend), she shelters the animals until the day she falls ill and greedy enemies seize the moment to invade her land, bulldozers poised. At this moment of peril, Ms. Mae steps in to match wits with their adversaries.In this book, Karen Dugan asks: "What would an intelligent animal do if her relatives and their homes were threatened? As human beings, we’d call the police, go to court, or fight a war. But in these pages I suggest another way. I am talking about the possibility of civility to all, of walking as gently as possible upon this earth."Karen Dugan speaks to the kinship of beings and the need for a secure home for all creatures.Karen Dugan, author and artist, has published twenty previous books, many of them prizewinners (Reading Rainbow selection winner; Skipping Stone Honor Award; Winner, Scientific American Young Reader’s Book AwardsMulticultural; Winner, International Reading Association; and Honor, Notable Children’s Book of the Year). Her most recent title is Mazes & Labyrinths (Lankford / HarperCollins, 2007). A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, she lives a rural life in North Attleboro, Massachusetts.

Ms. April & Ms. Mae: A Fable

Animals

The Gryphon Press

"This heart-warming and delightful story will intrigue and interest children while it charms their parents. It is a pleasure to see a children’s picture book that is exciting and amazing yet accessible and accurate. Always Blue for Chicu captures the life and spirit of this fascinating parrot and the saga of his finding a home with people who understand his needs."Joanna Burger, author of The Parrot Who Owns Me
Always Blue for Chicu recounts thirty years of an Amazon parrot’s adventures. Captured as a young bird by smugglers, Chicu frees himself from a market-place cage, is befriended by a kindly sailor, Big Blue, and goes to sea, where he finds a new flock in the sailors on board. When Big Blue goes back to sea, friends agree to care for Chicu. Over many long years, Chicu is handed off from one owner to another until he is brought to a parrot sanctuary where, after a long search, Big Blue finds him again in a heart-warming finale.
Karen Dugan includes elements of humor to lighten Chicu's story, a tale that might be similar to that of thousands of other exotic birds that are trapped, smuggled, and sold into lives of captivity. Parrots are long-living birds who flourish in flocks with mates and families, flying freely and happily through the treetops; in their captive existencewhich may be fifty or sixty years, or longerthey often endure isolation and a tedious, neglected life without proper care or human attention. Through more than seventy striking, full-color illustrations, Chicu’s story opens a window into the life of these exotic birds whose very beauty leads to their imprisonment, birds whose unique qualities call out for understanding and care.

Always Blue for Chicu

A collection of poems that explore a variety of warm weather activities and outings.

Bicycle Riding and Other Poems

Literature & Fiction

Boyds Mills Press

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