Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Woods of Wicomico
    The Woods of Wicomico
    The Woods of Wicomico
    Ebook151 pages1 hour

    The Woods of Wicomico

    By Nuala Galbari

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    During the hot, lazy days of summer, life in the woods of Wicomico is peaceful. Mukki the muskrat makes herbal teas, Cornelius the crow fruitlessly tries to take a midday nap, and young Timothy Trumble the tortoise marvels at the world around him. But when humans plan to build a new development in their woodland, the community of animals springs into action to save their homes.
    Join a host of loveable characters as they work together to stop the destruction of the Wicomico woodland and preserve their way of life. Travel with them on the Chesapeake Bay, where they meet new friends and find a bright world outside the Wicomico woods. After an ample share of excitement, they learn that small animals can make a difference and discover that plenty of wisdom can be found right at home.
    Songs, vocabulary, and fun facts about the history and wildlife of the Chesapeake Bay make The Woods of Wicomico a delightful educational experience for the whole family. This imaginative, richly illustrated story invites us all to discover, enjoy and preserve the natural world around us.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrandylane Publishers
    Release dateMar 23, 2011
    ISBN9781883911485
    The Woods of Wicomico
    Author

    Nuala Galbari

    Nuala Galbari was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the daughter of a Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander. She studied hospitality management at the Belfast College of Business Studies and later moved to London to pursue a career in aviation. After attending Normandale College and the Minnesota School of Business, she joined the editorial staff of a Minnesota advertising agency. She has contributed articles and stories to Pleasant Living Magazine, and writes regularly for Airways magazine. Nuala is a member of the Authors Guild and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). She lives in Virginia.

    Related to The Woods of Wicomico

    Related ebooks

    Children's For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Six Bestiary Poems

      Nov 1, 2020

      The world, is it finite? Pliny the Elderon what he saw and heard, 37 “books” toround that up, early C.E. as heproceeded to be infinite. His Naturalis. His Historia.First bestiary ever in Book 8. Land lifeand sea life and through-the-air and undergrou

      4 min read

    • Article

      Gutbucket

      Feb 27, 2024

      Gutbucket
      18 min read

    • Article

      Cicada Cray

      Jun 3, 2021

      Cicada Cray
      6 min read

    • Article

      Ellie Harrison

      Apr 30, 2020

      Ellie Harrison
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Travelling Artist

      Feb 10, 2022

      The Travelling Artist
      7 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Mar 2, 2022

      There seems to be a continual dribble within the shooting press about how good it is to be small and how bad it is to be big. Bag sizes, I mean. We get enough flak from outside bodies without the continual drip between us. There is a joy in all forms

      4 min read

    • Article

      At Home

      Mar 12, 2020

      At Home
      5 min read

    • Article

      Singing The Blues

      Feb 23, 2022

      THE weather is very changeable today. Sunny one moment, the sea a sheet of burnished gold, dark the next, as a heavy squall sweeps in off the Atlantic and turns it slate grey. The air coming in through my open study window smells of seaweed and salt.

      5 min read

    • Article

      French Connection

      Sep 18, 2023

      French Connection
      7 min read

    • Article

      As the Worm Turns

      Nov 15, 2021

      As the Worm Turns
      3 min read

    • Article

      Everglades Passage

      May 23, 2022

      Everglades Passage
      5 min read

    • Article

      Your Countryside

      Aug 25, 2022

      Your Countryside
      4 min read

    • Article

      Earthrise

      Oct 29, 2018

      Earthrise
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Colours Of Tumby Bay

      Aug 27, 2020

      The Colours Of Tumby Bay
      5 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Aug 26, 2020

      Further to your story (News, 19 August), the pollution at Afon Llynfi has had a significant and damaging effect on the wildlife that live in its waters. We know that local people care deeply about the river and are very upset about the impact this ha

      3 min read

    • Article

      Friends Of The Red Handfish

      Dec 6, 2023

      The Friends of the Red Handfish (FORH) organise their first community information session for a Monday night. It's a modest affair, held in a Besser-block community hall with fluorescent bar lighting and teal nylon seats. There's tea and biscuits, ch

      8 min read

    • Article

      Mataura Lessons with Merv

      Feb 17, 2022

      Mataura Lessons with Merv
      8 min read

    • Article

      BOOKS & MUSIC

      Oct 21, 2019

      Don Pinnock is a respected South African author, photographer and investigative journalist. Along with Colin Bell, he compiled The Last Elephants, which features 42 chapters by some of Africa’s top experts, conservationists and other interested parti

      6 min read

    • Article

      Wild Seas

      Dec 15, 2021

      Wild Seas
      8 min read

    • Article

      Three Poems

      Mar 1, 2019

      I was like you once, a sealed plastic bag of water filters floating on the sea. I thought my numbers proved my time and space on earth. I thought having children was a way of creating more love. I thought thoughts I was ashamed to speak in case they

      15 min read

    • Article

      Beyond The Path

      Oct 15, 2020

      Beyond The Path
      6 min read

    • Article

      May The Fort Be With You

      Nov 2, 2023

      May The Fort Be With You
      14 min read

    • Article

      Return to Anchor Bay

      Jul 25, 2023

      Return to Anchor Bay
      5 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Woods of Wicomico

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      The Woods of Wicomico - Nuala Galbari

      What others are saying about The Woods of Wicomico:

      … A narrative that’s up-to-the minute in its environmental message but timeless in its ability to bring animals to vital life as distinct individuals. Best of all, through its sparkling vocabulary and original songs and lyrics, this book invites an engaged and creative response on the part of its young readers.

      ~ Barbara J. King, author of Being with Animals

      "Nuala Galbari’s The Woods of Wicomico is a winner out of the gate. It expresses her powerful concern for the Chesapeake Bay environment, and is alive with endearing and expertly animated wildlife characters."

      ~ Jim Welch, CEO IPAC Marine Environmental Research Corp, (a concerned nonprofit corporation)

      * * * * *

      The Woods of Wicomico

      Story, Music and Lyrics by Nuala C. Galbari

      Illustrated by Buttons Boggs

      Published by Brandylane Publishers, Inc. on Smashwords

      Copyright 2010 by Nuala C. Galbari. No portion of this work may be reproduced in any form whatsoever without written permission from the publisher.

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work.

      * * * * *

      For my parents and Aunt Ada and for Reginald Corvus, whose wings are now folded but whose spirit lives on in my heart

      ~ Nuala Galbari

      With love for Joy and Jeannie, in memory of my dad, and for Mr. Grriffin, of course

      ~ Buttons Boggs

      * * * * *

      "I have noticed in my life that all men have a liking for some special animal, tree, plant, or spot of earth. If men would pay more attention to these preferences and seek what is best to do in order to make themselves worthy of that toward which they are so attracted, they might have dreams which would purify their lives. Let a man decide upon his favorite animal and make a study of it, learning its innocent ways. Let him learn to understand its sounds and motions. The animals want to communicate with man but Wakantanka does not intend they shall do so directly—man must do the greater part in securing an understanding."

      ~ Brave Buffalo (late 19th century) Teton Sioux medicine man

      * * * * *

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Chapter One: Timothy Trumble Meets a Powhatan Corvid

      Chapter Two: Grahame Conveys Disquieting News

      Chapter Three: Rupert and the Flight Cadets

      Chapter Four: Dispatching the Company

      Chapter Five: Stowaways

      Chapter Six: Arrival of the Apparatus

      Chapter Seven: Assateague Island

      Chapter Eight: Tarquin

      Chapter Nine: Penelope

      Chapter Ten: Mustering the Muskrats

      Chapter Eleven: The Sub-Tropical Tempest

      Chapter Twelve: Sebastian

      Chapter Thirteen: Powhatan Past

      Chapter Fourteen: Tea and Archaeology

      Chapter Fifteen: Honored Visitors

      Chapter Sixteen: Right of Passage

      Word List

      Latin Glossary

      * * * * *

      Acknowledgements

      In writing The Woods of Wicomico I received assistance from many sources, people and institutions. I would like to express my gratitude to all who offered inspiration, advice, support and encouragement, without whom this book would not have been published, including:

      Geff C. Galbari, Barbara J. King, Ph.D., Meredith Hogg, Joseph Filipowski, Jim Welch, Connie Stewart, Chip Croft, David Meredith, Sharon Owen, Sarah Hogg, Annie Tobey, Ruby Lee Norris, and Charlie Moores.

      I am grateful to the following organizations:

      Wildlife Rehabilitation & Release, Minnesota Abingdon Animal Clinic, Mid-Atlantic Turtle and Tortoise Society, Kaleidoscope Fine & Performing Arts Gallery at York Hall, Carrot Tree Restaurant, Yorktown Best of British, Hampton SEA-TV Film & Production Company, Marine Environmental Research Corporation, DATA Investigations, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Virginia Indian Cultural Center, Virginia Living Museum, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Be the Bay—Chesapeake Environmental Communications, Ware Academy, Fairfield Foundation, Rosewell Foundation, Inc., Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and The Mariners’ Museum.

      Special appreciation goes to Buttons Boggs for her lavish illustrations, to Alyssa Owens for her fine music transcription, and to Samuel Running Deer Opechancanoe McGowan and Susan McGowan for their suggestions and encouragement. To Timothy Seaman, who never ceases to inspire, and to Thane Harpole and David Brown.

      For their guidance and backing from the book’s conception to its publication, I am deeply grateful to David L. Justis, M.D., Ph.D, to Robert H. Pruett, editor-in-chief and publisher, and to John Wegg, Editor-in-Chief, AIRWAYS magazine, without whom this would not have been possible.

      Finally, to the animals – tame and wild – who have inspired this story.

      CHAPTER ONE

      Timothy Trumble Meets a Powhatan Corvid

      Timothy Trumble navigated a direct path toward a group of dandelions. The small tortoise moved with a decisive gait, anticipating the delectable green leaves ahead of him. The morning sun moved higher through the azure sky, and a cluster of bright white stratus clouds drifted, almost imperceptibly, toward the east. Timothy followed a wildlife trail, a well-used thoroughfare that made his travel somewhat easier than working his way through the blades of grass.

      Suddenly, he was interrupted by a loud voice above him.

      No, no, no! said the voice. Not that way! This way!

      Timothy lifted his head a little to the left to see a rather large fish crow surveying him from a low branch on the tulip tree.

      If you please, how do you know where I’m going? asked Timothy, quite politely.

      The corvid studied Timothy with his head cocked slightly to the side.

      Well, said the crow, rather precociously, It’s obvious, isn’t it? You appear to be heading west, toward the dandelions, when you could be heading east, toward the vegetable patch. What’s the use expending all that energy for a few dandelion leaves, when you might feast on the carrot tops, peas, green beans and peppers, growing over there? Of course, he added, thoughtfully, dandelions are alright – I mean, if you like that sort of thing.

      Who are you, please? inquired Timothy.

      My name is Cornelius, said the crow. I am a Powhatan corvid. My family has been around these parts for many generations.

      Well, Sir, said Timothy, How do you do? I would appreciate it if you would kindly let me continue on my way.

      You see, implored the crow, it’s simply the intelligent thing to do.

      What’s ‘intelligent’ exactly? asked Timothy.

      Well, ‘clever’, answered the crow, in a soft voice.

      "Then, I

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1