Names for Snow - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Names for Snow write by Judi K. Beach. This book was released on 2003-09-29. Names for Snow available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A mouse describes snow to her child, using words which poetically reflect its many characteristics.
Fifty Words for Snow
Fifty Words for Snow - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fifty Words for Snow write by Nancy Campbell. This book was released on 2021-10. Fifty Words for Snow available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Snow. In Japan it is Yuki-onna -- 'a goddess'. In Icelandic, Hundslappadrifa -- 'flakes as big as a dog's paw'. In Hawai'ian, snow is hau - 'mother of pearl', but also 'love'. Every language and culture has its own words for the feathery, jewel-like flakes that fall from the sky. From Iceland to Greenland, mountain top to frozen forest, school yard to park, snow is welcomed, feared, played with and prized. In this lyrical, evocative and beautiful book, Arctic traveller and award-winning writer Nancy Campbell digs deep into the meanings, etymologies and histories of fifty words for snow from across the globe. Held under her magnifying glass, each of these linguistic snow crystals offers a whole world of myth, culture and story.
A Hundred Words for Snow
A Hundred Words for Snow - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Hundred Words for Snow write by Tatty Hennessy. This book was released on 2019-01-31. A Hundred Words for Snow available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A monologue play depicting a teenage girl's solo journey to the North Pole with her father's ashes.
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow write by Jessica Day George. This book was released on 2013-12-10. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An exciting new repackage of Jessica Day George's fairy tale adaptation!
The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language
The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language write by Geoffrey K. Pullum. This book was released on 1991-07-09. The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contains a collection of twenty-three essays originally appearing in the journal "Natural Language and Linguistic Theory."
