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Tico and the Golden Wings by Leo Lionni,

From master storyteller feathers handful and artist Leo Lionni, here's the hope-filled tale of a little bird born without wings who is one day granted his dearest wish. A NOTE TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS The fun continues after the story is finished! As part of the Dragonfly Difference, we've included two pages of activities inspired by this story. We hope you'll enjoy them with a child after reading this Dragonfly Book. Dragonfly's Feather Fun Tico is granted a shimmering pair of golden wings. You can make your own beautiful golden feather with just a few supplies. You'll need: -- some old newspapers -- yellow construction paper -- scissors -- glue -- gold glitter 1. Spread the newspapers over your work area. This could get messy! 2. Have an adult help you cut a long feather shape out of the yellow paper. 3. Carefully cut little slits all along the edges of your feather with an adult's help. 4. Have an adult help you pour a little glue onto your feather. Then carefully sprinkle gold glitter over the glue. Shake off the extra glitter onto the newspapers. 5. Hang your golden feather in a special place for everyone to see! Dragonfly's Helping Hand You may not have golden wings, but you can still help other people! You might: -- Clean your room without being asked. -- Draw a picture for someone who lives far away. -- Tell a story to a younger sibling or friend. -- Ask an adult to help you collect cans or newspapers for recycling. Dragonfly's Read feathers handful and Remember 1. How do the birds treat Tico when he gets golden wings? Why? 2. Why does Tico give away his golden feathers? 3. How do the birds treat Tico after his wings turn black? 4. Why does Tico stillfeel different than his friends at the end of the story? 5. How are you different from your friends or family members? Dragonfly Dreams The wishingbird in this story gives Tico golden wings. Imagine that the wishingbird granted you one wish.
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Mountain Hands: A Portrait of Southern Appalachia by Sam Venable,

Hazel Pendley creates heirloom-quality quilts. Ed Ripley wraps bits of fur feathers handful and feathers into trout flies the size of gnats. Edna Hartong still makes an item that has all but disappeared from the American scene: lye soap. All of these people, feathers handful and many more like them, are Appalachians who work with their hands. Journalist Sam Venable feathers handful and photographer Paul Efird spent four years combing the hills feathers handful and hollows of southern Appalachia to find these talented individuals feathers handful and let them talk about their work. Mountain Hands is an intimate look at more than three dozen such craftspeople feathers handful and their vocations. Venable feathers handful and Efird encountered folks who pursue popular crafts, such as basketweaving feathers handful and clockmaking. But they found practitioners of other trades -- wallpaper hangers feathers handful and rail splitters, beekeepers feathers handful and gravediggers -- whose work also depends upon dexterity feathers handful and upon expressing a distinctive Appalachian way of life. Some are college educated, some can barely read feathers handful and write; some have lived in these hills all their lives, others have only recently come to call them home. Yet each feels bound to the region through a deep sense of belonging, feathers handful and each owes at least part of his or her livelihood to handwork. While most of us may think of working with one's hands as entering computer data, these individuals attest to the perseverance -- feathers handful and appeal -- of more traditional ways. Mountain Hands is a celebration in words feathers handful and photographs of gifted people who understand feathers handful and appreciate the Appalachian heritage -- feathers handful and who live it every day.
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Speculum feathers - The speculum feathers are the inner (secondary) flight feathers of a duck. They are often brightly coloured, especially in dabbling ducks, and can help to identify a duck in flight.

Down feathers - The down of birds is a layer of fine feathers found under the tougher exterior feathers. Very young birds are clad only in down.

Prince of Wales's feathers - The Prince of Wales's feathers is the heraldic badge of the Prince of Wales. It consists of three white feathers behind a gold coronet.

A Handful of Dust - A Handful of Dust is a novel by Evelyn Waugh published in 1934.

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