The Eagle and the Wren
by Jane Goodall
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When the birds have a contest to see which one can fly the higest, they all learn a valuable lesson about cooperation.Tags
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Summary: All of the birds claim that they can fly the highest of all the birds. Owl suggests a contest to see who can fly the highest. Many of the birds drop out quickly, finally it is only the Eagle who is left flying. Suddenly a surprise twist changes the end.
Review: Jane Goodall is the author of this book and tells a wonderful short story from her childhood that is well illustrated by Alexander Reichstein. A memorable story that is going to be easy to be retold. I really enjoyed the the section at the end of the book where Jane Goodall describes herself as a bird and tells of the feathers (people) who help her fly.
School Use: This book could be an introduction into Jane Goodall. Her work with animals, especially Chimpanzees, is show more recognized around the world. show less
Review: Jane Goodall is the author of this book and tells a wonderful short story from her childhood that is well illustrated by Alexander Reichstein. A memorable story that is going to be easy to be retold. I really enjoyed the the section at the end of the book where Jane Goodall describes herself as a bird and tells of the feathers (people) who help her fly.
School Use: This book could be an introduction into Jane Goodall. Her work with animals, especially Chimpanzees, is show more recognized around the world. show less
This story by Jane Goodall is a fable that has been passed down through her family. It is a sweet story about birds who get into an argument about who can fly the highest. The wise owl suggests a race to see who actually can fly the highest. In the end everyone learns that friends can be found in unlikely places.
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Jane Goodall, 1934 - Jane Goodall, a well-respected English zoologist, is famous for her fieldwork with chimpanzees in Africa. An early interest in African wild animals and the opportunity, at age 18, to stay on a friend's farm in Kenya, led her to Dr. Louis Leakey; then curator of the National Museum of Natural History in Nairobi. Almost show more immediately Leakey hired Goodall as his assistant secretary, and she was soon accompanying Leakey and his wife on their expeditions. Following Leakey's suggestion that a field study of some of the higher primates would be a major contribution to the understanding of animal behavior, she began studying the chimpanzees of the Gombe Stream Research Center in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) in 1960. Although she had no undergraduate degree, Goodall earned a Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1965, based on her first five years of research at the Gombe Center. After more than 20 years of extensive study and direct contact with wild chimpanzees in their natural habitat, Goodall continues to research, teach, and write about primate behavior today. (Bowker Author Biography) Jane Goodall's research at Gombe, Tanzania, is entering its fifth decade. Her books include "In the Shadow of Man", "Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe", & "Africa in My Blood: An Autobiography in Letters", edited by Dale Peterson. She resides in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Der Adler und der Zaunkoenig
- Original publication date
- 2000
- First words
- Once upon a time, long, long, ago, the birds got into an argument about who could fly the highest.
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- Picture Books, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 398.24 — Social sciences Customs, etiquette & folklore Folklore Folk literature Tales and lore of plants and animals
- LCC
- PZ8.2 .G57 .E — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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