Books in Flamingo series

Paperback. Pub Date :2004-12-06 Pages: 176 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK Beautiful reissue of this wonderful Fitzgerald backlist title. shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize.In 1912 Fred Fairly is a Junior Fellow at the college of St Angelicus in Cambridge. where for centuries no female. not even a pussy cat. has been allowed to set foot (though the starlings couldnt altogether be regulated). Fred lectures in physics and the questionable nature of matter and worries about the universal problem known in Cambridge at the time as' the absurdity of the Mind-Body Relationship '. To Fred this is tormenting rather than absurd.The young woman beside him when he wakes up one evening in the Wrayburns' spare bedroom might help resolve it. but how can he tell if she is quite what she seems Fred is a scientist.To him the truth should be everything. and indeed he thinks it...

Penelope Fitzgerald's Booker Prize-shortlisted novel about a troubled printworks in Moscow. Frank Reid had been born and brought up in Moscow. His father had emigrated there in the 1870s and started a print-works which, by 1913, had shrunk from what it was when Frank inherited it. In that same year, to add to his troubles, Frank's wife Nellie caught the train back home to England, without explanation. How is a reasonable man like Frank to cope? How should he keep his house running? Should he consult the Anglican chaplain's wife? Should he listen to the Tolstoyan advice of his chief book-keeper? How do people live together, and what happens when, sometimes, they don't?

It is Marco?s birthday and he receives an invitation from his friend, E. E. Elephant, to visit him in the jungle. Marco has quite a harrowing boat trip across the ocean, but arrives in the jungle safely. His friend, Elephant, takes him to the watering hole to cool off after his trip. Then Marco has a great time laughing with hyena, finding buried treasure with ostrich and even roaring with lion. At the end of the story there is a big surprise. Another birthday wish comes true for Marco.

Filled with beautiful vivid pictures to keep children engaged combined with rhyming phases is a great way to introduce young children to Flamingos. A wonderful approach to familiarize a young child with Flamingos arranged to form a pictorial representation of the subject.My Flamingo Fun Facts Book is a chance to combine writing and photography. The text has been written to appeal to the pre-school and the early school age child. It is also a great book for toddlers learning about Flamingos with great rhymes and the connection of a photograph. Photos are combined with a two line poetic verse to make a child think and smile. The book is told through learning about Flamingos with each photo clear, interesting, colorful and pleasing. Kids love actual pictures with different environments and will be able to correlate the Flamingo phrases with the photos. This is great for young children who are just learning about Flamingos and how to distinguish one photo from another. The photos paired up with a Flamingo reference have an educational value and is quite entertaining.

Filled with beautiful vivid pictures to keep children engaged combined with rhyming phases is a great way to introduce young children to Flamingos. A wonderful approach to familiarize a young child with Flamingos arranged to form a pictorial representation of the subject.My Fascinating Flamingo Book is a chance to combine writing and photography. The text has been written to appeal to the pre-school and the early school age child. It is also a great book for toddlers learning about Flamingos with great rhymes and the connection of a photograph. Photos are combined with a two line poetic verse to make a child think and smile. The book is told through learning about Flamingos with each photo clear, interesting, colorful and pleasing. Kids love actual pictures with different environments and will be able to correlate the Flamingo phrases with the photos. This is great for young children who are just learning about Flamingos and how to distinguish one photo from another. The photos paired up with a Flamingo reference have an educational value and is quite entertaining.