Common Name: The animal chosen is the Atlantic Puffin, also known as the Common Puffin. Scientific Name: The Atlantic Puffin’s scientific name is Fratercula Arctica. Puffins are part of the Auk family, which is classified as the Alcidae family. They belong to the order Charadriiformes, a diverse order of small to medium sized birds that commonly live near the water. (A few occupy deserts and rain forests.) Habitat: The Atlantic Puffin mates and raises its young in a burrow, usually in the soil
Land of the Midnight Sun Although Norway is a country sometimes mistaken for a frozen wasteland, this “Land of the Midnight Sun” is more than that. The combination of culture, cuisine, and animals gives this land a unique personality. Norway is located in northern Europe, bordered by Finland, Switzerland, and Russia (Evensberget). The entire population of Norway is 5,136,700 as of 2013. The capital is Oslo, with a population of approximately 630,000. According to mythology, in the beginning the world
season of their respective shows, would the levels of aggressive/prosocial behavior be similar? What if all three shows had all-human casts? This project also demonstrated the effect preconceived notions can have on collecting data. In the case of Puffin Rock, the children’s educational show, it’s possible less effort was made in looking for acts of aggression simply because it’s not expected. Meanwhile, Sense8 purported to have high levels of action and is the type of show one doesn’t expect to have
Verne picked a group of students and place them into Advanced Algebra. Doug was in that group including Lillian. • Doug and Lucas got into an argument, Doug ripped off the bandage that was covering Lucas's eyes. • The picture of the Large-Billed Puffins was in the house of James
where traffic is held on red. Visually impaired pedestrians often prefer using signal controlled crossings because of the tactile push button units and audible bleepers. The style of signal controlled pedestrian crossing recommended is known as a Puffin Crossing. It offers the advantage of advanced pedestrian detection technology that can vary the time that traffic is held if there are large groups of pedestrians such as schoolchildren or slower moving pedestrians such as the elderly or people with
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Published 1967 Published by: Puffin Books Genre: fiction The book The Outsiders is the realistic story about this between two very different groups in a town in the United States: the poor Greasers from the east side, and the Socs, whitch is what the greasers call the socials, the richer boys from the other side of the town. Ponyboy Curtis is the narrator of the story, a 14-year-old boy who lives with his two older brothers, Darry and Soda. He is a pretty good athlete
provide the reader with an alternate universe to dive into when reading. By explaining these kid’s experiences, she showed readers how many things were wrong with civil rights at that time. Frank, Anne, et al. Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl. Puffin, 2011. This book allows readers to understand the lack of civil rights the Jewish faced during the Holocaust. Through a first-person narrative, Anne Frank describes the horrors her family faced in concentration camps and in their home. She describes
*Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor, shows that power doesn’t always go to those who will uses it correctly. They misuse the power they were gifted and use it for their own benefit. Examples of people who abuse their power would be the Simms, the Wallace’s, and Mr. Granger.* To begin with the majority of the Simms family don't all use their power correctly. Most of the family demands respect and trick people to do their dirty work for them. Examples of this would be when Lillian
eighty-five feet long and weigh approximately eighty tons. However it was not only the large sight of the whale that alarmed the men, but it was its strange behavior. “Instead of fleeing in panic, it was floating quietly on the surface of the water, puffin occasionally through its blowhole, as if it were watching them. After spouting two or three times, the whale dove then surfaced about 35 yards from the ship (81).” After diving the whale began to do the unspeakable it began to charge the Essex, “Its
Some may say that Aesop is infamous for the life he led over 2000 years ago and mostly for the hundreds of fables that have been attributed to his name since. Aesop’s fables have reached countless generations since he is reported to have been alive, and they continue to be a part of the lives of many. Not every fable, however, that has been linked to Aesop is his own original material. In actuality, there are many fables attributed to Aesop that, for a variety of reasons, couldn’t possibly be his
Have you ever thought about having the ability to transform into another creature? Well Penhallow Finch is a gargoyle that can actually turn into a boy! Or at least, he prefers to be called a “grotesque”. The Last Gargoyle written by Paul Durham is a shadowy story about Penhallow and his adventures to save the residents of a Boston apartment that he’s protecting. Penhallow is the last grotesque of his kind, so although he’s a bit lonely, he rather enjoys being sarcastic. After the abrupt death of
I read a book named SilverFin, written by Charlie Higson, published by Puffin Books on 3rd March 2005, in United Kingdom. It is the first book of the Young Bond series that talks about Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. SilverFin was in three parts, not including the prologue. In the prologue, it tells that a boy which does not mention which school he was from was attacked by eels when they are fishing in Loch Silverfin, which caused a cut. First, it writes about James
1- Bibliography Bruchac, Joseph. The first strawberries: a Cherokee story. n.p.: Puffin Books, 1993. ISBN: 978-1-4420-0361-3 2- Plot Summary This Cherokee folktale tells the story of the first man and woman on Earth. They were married and lived happily together for a long time. One day, they quarreled and the woman left. The man followed her to apologize, but the woman walked so fast that he could not catch her. It was then that, seeing his frustration, the Sun decided to help him
Did you know that the frog species were the first animals with vocal cords? Did you know that seahorses are actually fish not little serpents or mermaids as legend tells us, and that it is the male who becomes pregnant, not the female? Did you know that an area of a rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed each second? If not, then you should definitively consider making a visit to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Dramatic architecture and bright outdoor graphics invite you to
it's the most respectable or because it would make your family the proudest. Happiness is the greatest goal in life and is self-contained. The happiness of others will not satisfy you in the long run. If your fondest wish is to become an Atlantic Puffin breeder in northern Maine, then go for it. Don't allow anyone or anything to stop you. Also, many of you must fully realize how much time of your life a job will take up. Not just working, but preparing for it and the thought that will go towards
through the conflict with the protagonist and develops the overall theme of the novel: the self-respect arises from appreciating oneself as a whole, not from concealing the inner Feeling from others. Works Cited Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. London: Puffin Books, 1994. Print.
A Christmas Carol was written by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) and published in 1843. The novel was the first of five in a series of Christmas books that Dickens was commissioned to write. It is thought that several of the darkest episodes in his novels are based on his own personal experiences, for instance when his father spent some months in a debtor’s prison in London. Memory serves as an important tool for the ghosts to reach out to Mr. Scrooge’s sympathetic feelings, thus contributing to the
“The Difference of Initial Inference of Identity” S.E. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders, is at first a narrative of Ponyboy, a young outcast boy who later becomes a young man filled with identity. At the end of the novel, it is revealed that the narrative is actually Ponyboy’s autobiographical account of his quest for a place in society. The symbols and motifs of The Outsiders contribute immensely to the novel’s most prominent theme: Commonality between the rich and the poor is camouflaged by economics
The novel Red Cap is about a young boy who joins the army during the Civil War to help protect his beliefs. It is a common tale but each boy has his own story. This historical fiction by G. Clifton Wisler displays Ransom J. Powell’s story in an entertaining and informational manner. This book has no dull moments and beautifully shows the ugly truth about boys fighting in the Civil War and the life of the prisoners of war during this time period. Ransom is thirteen years old when he joins the army
Off the south-west coast of England lies a small piece of granite that bears the name, Lundy Island. It is situated in the Atlantic at the mouth of the Bristol Channel. A few weeks ago I saw a man wearing an aqua colored T shirt today that had emblazoned on its back, ‘LUNDY ISLAND’ with ‘BRISTOL CHANNEL’ beneath it in smaller letters. I was immediately reminded about the time during World War Two when I spent eighteen months on a farm near Westward Ho! on the North Devon coast. I was fortunate