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This contribution by Gesine Manuwald provides an introduction to all varieties of ‘Roman comedy’, including primarily fabula palliata (‘New Comedy’, as represented by Plautus and Terence) as well as fabula togata, fabula Atellana, mimus and pantomimus.
The bestselling creators of the hilarious Penguin Problems, Jory John and Lane Smith, turn a giraffe's problematic long neck into an enviable advantage in this fun board book. Edward the giraffe can't understand why his neck is as long and bendy and, well, ridiculous as it is. No other animal has a neck this absurd. He's tried disguising it, dressing it up, strategically hiding behind bushes--honestly, anything you can think of. Just when he has exhausted his neck-hiding options and is about to give up, Cyrus the turtle ambles in (very slowly) and helps Edward understand that his neck has a purpose and, besides, looks excellent in a bow tie. Along with a heavy dose of humor comes a gentle reminder about the importance of acceptance.
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"Dummer township differs from its neighbours in many ways. Perhaps most significant is its geology – the limestone outcroppings and the drumlins and eskers of the Dummer moraine which created a unique challenge for the earliest settlers who attempted to farm the land. But equally important was the character and quality of those settlers themselves – largely self-sufficient, independent yeoman stock from England and Scotland, with a smaller number of Irish families. Little has been written about the groups of English and Scottish settlers who found their way to Peterborough County as part of the great wave of immigration to Canada in the early 1830s. Of the latter group, some 2000 came to...
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