The 13-Storey Treehouse (The Treehouse Books) (The Treehouse Series, 1)

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The enduring classic of all things arboreal. Evelyn published his marvellous account of England’s trees soon after the Restoration of Charles II, to promote tree-planting and so secure the country’s future supplies of oak timber. In the days before iron and steel, trade, exploration and defence all depended on oak-built ships. What’s appealing about this classic is Evelyn’s infectious enthusiasm and strong opinions about trees. Gabriel Hemery’s recent revisiting, The New Sylva, brings Evelyn up to date and includes beautiful pencil sketches by Sarah Simblet. But I learned a lot of stuff. Trouet writes well and doesn't take herself too seriously. This is my favorite kind of popular science book: a working scientist describing her specialty, and doing a first-rate job of it. She was aiming the book at non-specialists and succeeded. The descriptions of her fieldwork were one of the real highlights. Highly recommended. Subsequent chapters cover other means of using dendrochronology, mostly in service of determining climate at given times in history and its effect on events. Fascinating what can be read from tree rings and other scars.

However, Andy is still upset with how he and Terry haven't got their book done, but Terry suggests that they write what happened that day. They write the events up and with the help of Jill in a Santa-like sleigh, get their book to Mr Big Nose for it to be published. The 13-Storey Treehouse is a 2011 book [1] written by author Andy Griffiths and illustrated by Terry Denton, [2] and a stage play based on the book. [3] The story follows Andy and Terry, who are living in a 13-storey treehouse, struggling to finish their book on time among many distractions and their friend Jill, who lives in a house full of animals and often visits them. According to the book, the 13-storey treehouse has "a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of man-eating sharks, a secret underground laboratory, a vegetable vaporizer and a marshmallow machine that shoots marshmallows into your mouths when it sees that you are hungry". Our Read with Oxford series features the much-loved characters who have been helping children learn to read for over 30 years.

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I had the opportunity to zoom on an author’s interview on the publication date, so I managed to get more information about this book before I read it. That helped give it more depth and context as to what Trouet is like in her work and writing. Blake, Jason (September 23, 2013). "Andy Griffith's 13-Story Treehouse goes to the edge of the ridiculous". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 12 July 2014. Our Read with Oxford range of levelled readers help children develop reading confidence at home: Read with Oxford books > These stories have been made into a play as well. The play has the treehouse at 52 stories high. It happens to be Andy’s birthday, but Terry forgot. Another character has disappeared, and Terry’s partner, Jill, has fallen into a deep sleep. Andy and Terry must set off on an adventure beyond the Treehouse. They face some very challenging obstacles along the way. There is a hungry caterpillar and a kingdom of angry vegetables. There is even a voyage of ninja snails that has been going on for 100 years. This vivid account of self-sufficiency at the outbreak of the second world war is a testament to the human capacity to keep going and keep hoping. The apples are vital to the Bells’ physical and spiritual survival: reminders of nature’s eternal, cyclical strength and pledges of future peace. The book is valuable, too, for the portrait of the infant Anthea Bell, who grew up to become famous as the translator of the Asterix books.

Winners of the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2012 Announced". Readings . Retrieved 12 July 2014. Look at the title and particularly the subtitle. The subtitle tells you exactly what the book is about! Using trees to figure out climate history is fascinating & she describes both its upsides & limitations. It's not straight forward & there are some big gaps, but also some surprisingly detailed records that are used to calibrate other methods such as carbon dating. She briefly touches on ice & stalagmite sampling, both of which are similar to tree ring samples. This gets her into wood microscopy a little & the book has some pictures. It's a fascinating field & she discusses it to the correct depth for this book. ( R. Bruce Hoadley is tops in the field & I've worked through 2 of his books with my cheap microscope.) Towards the end of the book her theme really embraces our current climate change & she has a lot of interesting facts to support it, but she also gets rather strident & repetitive, both a real turn off to me.

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Inhoudelijk is er duidelijk geprobeerd om dit toch wat academische onderwerp toegankelijk te maken. Dat is goed gelukt, maar ik denk dat er wel meer uit gehaald kon worden. Een ander inhoudelijk punt van kritiek is dat er toch behoorlijk deterministisch met de gegevens wordt omgegaan. Trouet zegt enerzijds dat er natuurlijk nooit direct bewijs is dat droogte X de oorzaak is voor de ondergang van wereldrijk Z, maar legt anderzijds wel erg vaak de relatie tussen de twee. Tegelijkertijd meldt ze dan dat er allerlei andere factoren zijn die ook een rol kunnen spelen bij de ondergang van wereldrijk Z, waardoor je eigenlijk je eigen argument onderuit haalt. Causaliteit, oorzaak en aanleiding, worden niet helder uit elkaar gehaald en dat vind ik niet sterk voor iemand die daar beroepsmatig dagelijks mee bezig is. Uit de jaarringen kan heel wat meer afgeleid worden, want de dikte van elke jaarring, de samenstelling van vroeg- en laathoutcellen en de aanwezige koolstof14-isotopen in elke jaarring zegt ook wat over de temperatuur en de neerslag van dat jaar. Zo kan de een gemiddelde temperatuur en neerslag van eeuwen terug gereconstrueerd worden. These books can help cover standards of the curriculum. Hopefully, they can even inspire your students to write their own stories.

The playwright, Richard Tulloch, is a very popular writer, and he adapted these beloved books into the lay. He wrote 150 episode of the show, Bananas in Pyjamas, which has reached a very large a very large audience. I have two complaints. Many words are defined, but only once and there are many, many words that mean something very specific. The reader is less familiar with the terminology than the author, and she forgets this. Many words can be used in a general sense This causes confusion. Complaint number two—the author goes on and on from one subject to another. The information should have been better organized. I would have preferred more structure to the information presented. On closing the book, I feel I’ve been told a huge quantity of interesting information, but I have difficulty summing up and organizing what has been said.There are also other theatre adaptations of previous books in the series: The 13-Story Treehouse and The 26-Story Treehouse. The adaptation is targeted to children between the ages of 6 and 12 and the adults that come with them. The story continues with the expanded treehouse with new things to find and explore. There is a trampoline, a chocolate waterfall, a dinosaur petting zoo, and so much more. This time, they have the added benefit of a time machine to help them get their book finished in time. There are four steps involved to get a class discussion going about the series. They should come to the discussion prepared with all necessary materials, then you need to establish rules to drive the discussion. Everyone needs to respond to questions, and then you can draw conclusions from the book. Het verband dat ze schetst tussen de natuurlijke klimaatvariaties en de menselijke geschiedenis is verbijsterend. Zo gaat ze in op de val van het West-Romeinse Rijk, maar ook de Khmer, de Maya, de Azteken, de oude puebloculturen in Noord-Amerika, enz. Nooit pretendeert ze dat het klimaat de enige factor is, wel dat je telkens opnieuw ziet dat die grote rupturen in de menselijke geschiedenis elke keer samengaan met ingrijpende klimatologische variaties (bv. droogtes die decennia duren en waartegenover de droogtes die we nu meemaken een peulschil zijn). Als culturen en maatschappijen dergelijke klimaatvariaties goed doorstaan, is dat omdat ze flexibel waren, niet op één paard wedden, omdat er snel en doortastende aanpassingen werden doorgevoerd, en dat alles voldoende gedragen door de maatschappij. Meestal zie je echter politieke instabiliteit, opstanden, hongersnoden, gebieden die verlaten worden. Dat laatste kon nog makkelijk in een dunner bevolkte wereld, maar is nu allesbehalve evident. Helemaal vrolijk word je er niet van, maar het goede is dat ze de verbanden uitlegt, wel eens formuleert wat er nodig zou zijn om de huidige klimaatverandering aan te pakken, maar nooit pamflettistisch wordt.