It’s a sunny winter day on St. Joseph Island, Ontario, and two young foxes hear nature’s call. Betty, a beautiful red fox, is ready to discover a big new world! She sets out to leave her den, find a mate, and make a new home. Soon, Betty meets a handsome fox named Rex, who is immediately interested in her. Betty and Rex get to know each other through games, song, and dance. With each passing moment, their consideration, respect, and understanding for each other grows. Is this the love they’ve both been waiting for? Betty and Rex’s story is jointly told through Malenfant’s enchanting storytelling and his breathtaking photographs, which capture nature’s miracles in action. Foxy Tales and Adventures is engaging, entertaining, and educational; it’s a book for the whole family to enjoy!

The only book that closely examines this fascinating storytelling culture of Scotland

Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce children to foxes, describing their habitat, behavior, physical characteristics, hunting habits, care for their young, and other related topics.

In What Are the Animals to Us? scholars from a wide variety of academic disciplines explore the diverse meanings of animals in science, religion, folklore, literature, and art.

Here is a treasury of favorite and little known tales from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, Australia, and Oceania, gracefully retold and accompanied by fascinating, detailed information of their historic and cultural backgrounds. The introduction provides an informative overview of folklore, its purpose in world cultures and in contemporary society and popular culture. Following this, the main sections of the book are arranged by tale type, covering wonder tales, hero tales, tales of kindness repaid and hope and redemption, and finally tales of fools and wise people. Each section begins by comparing the tales cross-culturally, explaining similarities and differences in the folkloric narratives. Tales from diverse cultures are then presented, introduced, and retold in a highly readable fashion.

Following the critically acclaimed publication eight years ago of Buccaneer Boys, long-serving Buccaneer navigator Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork has now followed up the great success of the book with more true tales from those who flew the last all-British bomber. Thirty Buccaneer ‘Boys’, drawn from the Fleet Air Arm, the Royal Air Force and the South African Air Force, outline their experiences in the maritime role, operations overland, including the first Gulf War, and operations by the South Africans in the Border Wars. In addition to the aircrew, air engineer officers and ground crew have also contributed. The reader is left in no doubt that the ‘Buccaneer Boys’ knew how to work hard and to play hard. The skill, professionalism and excitement of operating and servicing this iconic British aircraft shines throughout every page. This book is lavishly illustrated with 100 black and white photographs and two-color plate sections of 40 photographs, many never previously published.