The famed French naturalist Fabre covers a large variety of subjects in these 70 short but fascinating essays about insects, animals and nature in general. The translator explains in her foreword, "The young in heart and the pure in heart of whatever age will find themselves drawn to this incomparable story-teller, this reverent reveler of the awe-inspiring secrets of nature, . The identity of the "Uncle Paul," who in this book and others of the series plays the story-teller's part, is not hard to guess; and the young people who gather about him to listen to his true stories from wood and field, from brook and hilltop, from distant ocean and adjacent millpond, are, without doubt, the author's own children, in whose companionship he delighted and whose education he conducted with wise solicitude." More information to be added later (Summary by )
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hallejk wrote:Hi Phil!
Are you in need of a DPL for this project? If you are i'd love to do it!
Thank you halle. You already have your password so that is fine. I will fix it up later today so you can access the MW. I will send some of my personal preferences later too. And it will be a fun listen, I promise.
Peruvian owls always hunt in pairs because they are inca hoots.
89 Decibels? Easy Peasy ! https://youtu.be/aSKR55RDVpk
hallejk wrote:Hi Phil!
Are you in need of a DPL for this project? If you are i'd love to do it!
Thank you halle. You already have your password so that is fine. I will fix it up later today so you can access the MW. I will send some of my personal preferences later too. And it will be a fun listen, I promise.
Awesome! Thanks! I remember reading this when I was younger and it being my favorite!
Halle Kill
I'm going to be away from LV for a while. I have had some serious family things come up and LV is to much at the moment.
Rats! My word counting apps have BOTH stopped working! Halle, if you know how to do this I would appreciate you making and posting the word counts. If you don't that is ok, maybe one or the other will magically show up again. Or is anyone else wishes to do it for me ... there are 80 chapters .. whew!
Peruvian owls always hunt in pairs because they are inca hoots.
89 Decibels? Easy Peasy ! https://youtu.be/aSKR55RDVpk
philchenevert wrote:Rats! My word counting apps have BOTH stopped working! Halle, if you know how to do this I would appreciate you making and posting the word counts. If you don't that is ok, maybe one or the other will magically show up again. Or is anyone else wishes to do it for me ... there are 80 chapters .. whew!
I'd be happy to do it! Unfortunately I'm out if the house right now, so I'll have to wait till a little later tonight to do it.
Halle Kill
I'm going to be away from LV for a while. I have had some serious family things come up and LV is to much at the moment.
philchenevert wrote:Rats! My word counting apps have BOTH stopped working! Halle, if you know how to do this I would appreciate you making and posting the word counts. If you don't that is ok, maybe one or the other will magically show up again. Or is anyone else wishes to do it for me ... there are 80 chapters .. whew!
I'd be happy to do it! Unfortunately I'm out if the house right now, so I'll have to wait till a little later tonight to do it.
Oh, there is no rush at all Halle. I would be most gratified if you could do this; apparently I am blessed with a DPL who knows her way around technological stuff. My Firefox add on to count words stopped working and then the backup program stopped working. I just cannot figure out these things and give up. <sigh>
Peruvian owls always hunt in pairs because they are inca hoots.
89 Decibels? Easy Peasy ! https://youtu.be/aSKR55RDVpk
philchenevert wrote:Rats! My word counting apps have BOTH stopped working! Halle, if you know how to do this I would appreciate you making and posting the word counts. If you don't that is ok, maybe one or the other will magically show up again. Or is anyone else wishes to do it for me ... there are 80 chapters .. whew!
I'd be happy to do it! Unfortunately I'm out if the house right now, so I'll have to wait till a little later tonight to do it.
Oh, there is no rush at all Halle. I would be most gratified if you could do this; apparently I am blessed with a DPL who knows her way around technological stuff. My Firefox add on to count words stopped working and then the backup program stopped working. I just cannot figure out these things and give up. <sigh>
Did you add me into the MW? It's not showing that you did when I try to login.
Halle Kill
I'm going to be away from LV for a while. I have had some serious family things come up and LV is to much at the moment.
Hi Phil!
I'm totally fine finishing up the word counting on this project, but I if you need to use a word counting tool for any other projects that can't wait you can use this website: http://www.wordcounttool.com/.
Halle Kill
I'm going to be away from LV for a while. I have had some serious family things come up and LV is to much at the moment.
hallejk wrote:Hi Phil!
I'm totally fine finishing up the word counting on this project, but I if you need to use a word counting tool for any other projects that can't wait you can use this website: http://www.wordcounttool.com/.
Thank you Halle you are being a great help. I should have mentioned that the word count doesn't need to be very exact, just so people have an idea of the length.
Peruvian owls always hunt in pairs because they are inca hoots.
89 Decibels? Easy Peasy ! https://youtu.be/aSKR55RDVpk
francesb wrote:Hi Halle! I will gladly help you with the word counts!
Thanks so much Frances! You're not in the MW, so if you want to help you'll have to just email or PM the word counts you get. Could you do sections 60-80? Thanks so much again! This will be a great help!
Halle Kill
I'm going to be away from LV for a while. I have had some serious family things come up and LV is to much at the moment.