The more we understand these delicious bug-eyed creatures, the better off they — and their precious, threatened habitat — will be.
(Picture book; ages 4 to 7) If you've never thought of dragons as especially sweet creatures, this delicious story about making friends and maintaining good manners will rid you of worn-out prejudice.
These gentle creatures produce delicious honey, of course, but they are also essential to the pollination of more than 100 of our most important crops, including broccoli, oranges, melons, onions, almonds and sunflowers.
"These gentle creatures produce delicious honey," Ms. Bishop reminds us, "but they are also essential to the pollination of more than 100 of our most important crops, including broccoli, oranges, melons, onions, almonds and sunflowers".
"Though the human heart may indeed be shot through with bottomless desire, and while the world may well be full of alluring creatures and other delicious options, it seems one truly can make clear-eyed choices that limit and manage the risk of infatuation".
Nonetheless, as portrayed by Rupert Penry-Jones in a flashy but exquisitely modulated performance that would seem to promise imminent stardom, Carlos is a creature of exasperating and delicious extremes.
There is something profoundly satisfying about taking in a creature no one else wants, a delicious flicker of moral superiority, and the surprisingly powerful pleasure of generosity.
It's there in that never-sated interest in treats, those glowing barrels of some presumably delicious syrup used to lure and coax the creature into position, or revive him when he's famished and lethargic.
Based on Lucy Alibar's play Juicy and Delicious, Zeitlin's unexpected awards contender boasts rising waters, mythical creatures and superbly believable characters.
