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

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The audiobook is narrated by Coleen Mario. She speaks clearly but way too fast. I had to turn the speed down to 80%--and then it sounds distorted. There is a lot of information to absorb. A reader needs time to think about that which they are told if it is going to be remembered! Had she spoken slower, I would have given four stars to the narration but have instead settled on three. The characters of Andy and Terry parallel the author, Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton. The books are designed to be happening in real time while the characters are trying to finish the book. They mean the book to be more like a trip to the theatre instead of just reading a story.

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. Our Read with Oxford range of levelled readers help children develop reading confidence at home: Read with Oxford books > Winners of the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2012 Announced". Readings . Retrieved 12 July 2014. Science can be so cool and so interesting in the hands of the right author. I enjoyed learning about this subject and only marked it down to four stars b/c sometimes the subject matter and charts were just too detailed and got a little dry. 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.

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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. The Long, Long Life of Trees is written in praise of the physical beauty of trees and traces their cultural meanings. I worked on the principle that if I found something surprising, someone else probably would, too: what might be obvious to a botanist, a forester or local historian can still be a revelation to the rest of us. Andy wakes up one morning, and on his way to getting breakfast, he meets Terry, painting a white cat yellow to turn it into a canary, or a "catnary". After being dropped from the treehouse, the cat grows wings and flies away. Andy and Terry are then greeted by their animal-loving friend Jill, who wants to find her pet cat, Silky. It turns out that the cat Terry painted was that exact cat. Andy and Terry try to remain innocent when Jill questions them. Right after Jill leaves, Andy and Terry receive a call via a 3D video phone by their publisher, Mr Big Nose, who is upset that the duo is behind schedule.

The author of this book is a dendrochronologist. Dendrochronologists are scientists who study the rings that appear each year in tree trunks. The tree rings are used as means of calculating the dates when other events occur, for example the eruption of volcanoes, the destruction by hurricanes and earthquakes, the fall of meteorites. The bubonic plague, Angkor Wat, the Aztec and Mayan civilizations are studied and redated using dendrochronology. Dendrochronology’s been used by archeologists for nearly a century. The method pinpoints dates more accurately than carbon dating!Boeiende materie: jaarringen en wat daar allemaal uit afgeleid kan worden, maar vooral ook: hoe divers dat is en dat jaarringonderzoek in combinatie met andere wetenschappelijke disciplines zo veel verheldering kan scheppen als het gaat om het bestuderen en voorspellen van klimaatvariaties, en hoe die in het verleden duidelijk samenhingen met ingrijpende gebeurtenissen in de menselijke geschiedenis. Trouet has written a fascinating book - not only about how it all works - but also a peek into the life of a dendrochronologist. Perhaps contrary to popular belief, these scientists not just work in labaratoria, but actually go out into the woods, dating trees. Which, I discovered, does not mean they have to cut the tree down, but drill into a tree, which leaves the tree alive and allows them to get a sample. Trouet has worked in wide-ranging places such as Tanzania, Greece, the United States and Siberia. In lava fields, mountain ranges, and tropical jungles.