50 Greatest Short Stories + Fun Facts: Animals (Set Of 2 Books)  (Paperback, TERRY O BRIEN)

Did you know?? ? Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale; ? A frog breathes through its skin when underwater; ? A female blackbird is actually brown in colour; ? Sharks never get sick?as far as it is known, they are immune to every disease, including cancer. These and many such informative and fascinating facts fill up the pages of Terry O?Brien?s Fun Facts: Animals. The book covers a wide range of interesting information about the animal world, which is presented lucidly in order to make learning a fun exercise for children. With ?edutainment? as its motto, this collection hopes to lay the foundation for creativity, problem-solving and the quest for knowledge in the minds of young readers+greatest short stories is a selection from the best of the world?s short fiction, bringing together writings by great masters such as anton chekov, rudyard kipling, h.g. wells, charles dickens, virginia woolf, saki, o. henry, f. scott fitzgerald and guy de maupassant. each story is a classic, a testimony to the skills of its creator that make it resonate with readers even today. carefully picked for their timeless quality, readers are sure to be delighted by the inclusion of such favourites as ?the gift of the magi?, ?the lady with the dog?, ?how the leopard got his spots?, ?the man who could work miracles?, ?the curious case of benjamin button? and ?mrs packletide?s tiger?, to name but a few. this outstanding and wideranging anthology of stories by great writers from britain, america, canada and europe is a collector?s item, designed for readers to refresh their acquaintance with some of the world?s finest writing and for newer readers to be introduced to it. anton chekov, charles dickens, katherine mansfield, guy de maupassant, f. scott fitzgerald, h. rider haggard, o. henry, rudyard kipling, w.w. jacobs, virginia woolf, d.h. lawrence, saki, jerome k. jerome, h.g. wells, kate chopin, ambrose bierce, jack london, frank stockton, edgar allan poe, stephen leacock, james joyce, bram stoker, joseph conrad, m.r. james, w. somerset maugham, r. l. stevenson