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Buddha Stories
No full textThis book is again like all those I have known from Demi, delightfully and playfully illustrated. For each of the twelve spreads in this book, there is a right-hand page illustration done in gold on deep indigo. Each left-hand page is a Jataka story. Some are now familiar, like "The Lion King"; TT; and "The Clever Crab." Others touch on fable tropes, like "The Golden Goose" and "The Little Gray Donkey." Demi is described as a practicing Buddhist, and the Buddhist wisdom of stories like "The Beautiful Parrots" and the "Cunning Wolf" is apparent. This is a heart-warming book, and I am glad to have found it. It fits well with Demi's body of work.First editionFirst printingDem
A Chinese Zoo: Fables and Proverbs
No full textHere is another lovely book by Demi. The proverbs of the title are the morals of the thirteen fables, which invite reflection very effectively. The layout of each two-page spread is the same: a fan-design encloses the illustration, with text above left and right and moral in English and Chinese below in the center. My favorites include the stories of the hedgehogs and the supposedly stolen spade, of the bee-stung bear who explains I only saw the honey, of the pandas with three-foot chopsticks in hell and heaven, and of the artist who exclaimed It took a year to learn how to paint a perfect picture of the Dragon Queen in a flash! Several fables present variations of better known stories. Thus DS features a phoenix over water, there are three blind mice around an elephant, a squirrel is ready to hold up the falling sky, and a lion approaches unicorns in TB. Well done, Demi! The extra copy has seen a great deal of use. Its dust jacket tells some interesting tales: Did Jovanovich bow out of the firm between the two printings? In any case, the firm's addresses both in San Diego and in New York have changed between printings.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)This book has a dust jacket (book cover)First editionSecond printingDem
A comparison of measured height and demi-span equivalent height in the assessment of body mass index among people aged 65 years and over in England
No full textObjectives: to examine differences between measured height and demi-span equivalent height (DEH) among people aged >= 65 and investigate the impact on body mass index (BMI) of using DEH.Design and Setting: nationally representative cross-sectional sample of adults living in England.Participants: 3,346 non-institutionalised adults aged >= 65, taking part in the Health Survey for England (HSE) 2001.Measurements: height, weight and demi-span measurements were taken according to standardised HSE protocols. DEH was calculated using Basseys equation.Results: the height measurement was lower than the DEH from age group 70-74 years onwards in men and in each age group in women. No significant differences in mean DEH and measured height were found for men (0.46) or women (2.64). BMI derived from measured height did not differ significantly from BMI derived from DEH. The prevalence of underweight was lower when using measured height than when using DEH in women aged >= 65, particularly in those aged 80 years and over. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was higher using measured height than DEH in women aged >= 65.Conclusion: we confirmed in a large nationally representative sample that demi-span measurement may be a useful estimate of stature in people (particularly women) aged >= 65 for BMI calculations
The Dragon's Tale and Other Animal Fables of the Chinese Zodiac
No full textThis book is like all those I have known from Demi: it is delightfully and playfully illustrated. For each of the twelve spreads in this book, there is a tale plus a moral within a circle on the left and a circular animal painting on the right. The Rat's Tale is a variant of The Marriage of the Rat's Daughter. Only here there is no marriage and no daughter. The rat himself becomes the sun and then wishes to be a cloud and then successively the wind and the rock and…a rat! The Ox's Tale is about the oxen who were safe as long as they stayed together but were devoured as soon as gossip broke them apart. The Tiger's Tale is about the fox's claim to be king of animals. He demonstrates it by approaching animals together with the tiger; they run, but not from him. The Rabbit's Tale is the tale about the thump of a falling piece of fruit misinterpreted as the end of the world. The Dragon's Tale is about the smallness of any river compared to the sea. The Snake's Tale is about the suspicious appearance of the behavior of one snake when his friend snake has started to suspect him. The Horse's Tale is the old The Bull and the Gnat story. The Goat's Tale condemns those who see the world as if from the bottom of a well. Their view, like their experience, is narrow. A dramatic illustration shows the narrowness of the frog's view from the well's bottom. The Monkey's Tale is new to me. A chain of monkeys allows the last of them to try to fetch the moon from the bottom of a well. When they finally notice the moon in the sky, they get out of the well rejoicing. The Rooster's Tale is a good cart and horse conundrum. The sun tells the rooster that he waits for the rooster to crow before rising. The rooster answers that he waits for the sun's rising before he crows. The Dog's Tale is probably in the genre of joke. The dog asks the pup conundrum-like questions, especially on whether the sun or the city is closer. The Boar's Tale is about the boar who got stuck smashing against a tree. The title-page, The Dragon's Tale, and The Boar's Tale are my favorite illustrations here.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)This book has a dust jacket (book cover)Dem
Childhood portrait of Demi and Angelique Lampros
No full textDemi and Angelique Lampros, c. 1939. Courtesy of The Lampros Famil
Juliza berjuang melawan penyakit demi segulung ijazah
No full textKUANTAN - Berdepan dugaan masalah penyakit asma kronik bukan penghalang bagi seorang graduan Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Juliza Ameruddin, 36 untuk terus berjuang dalam tempoh yang panjang demi mengenggankan segulung ijazah
An Owlet Book
No full textI am sorry that I cannot remember where or when I got this book. I am not even sure that it should be called a fable. I love the story and the artist, and that may influence my decision. Ping is great at raising flowers. The emperor needs a successor and gives each child a flower seed. He promises to take as successor the child who can show him his or her best in a year. Despite his best efforts, Ping's seed does not bloom, and he has to bring an empty pot to the final show. You will have to read the book to find out what happens then! Demi's work is enchanting. Originally published in hardback by Holt in 1990.Third printingDem
Demi's Reflective Fables
No full textA lovely book of thirteen ancient Chinese fables, which happens to include one usually told as an Aesopic fable: The Bat and the Weasels. The book's special approach is reflection: a mirror on the flyleaf lets a reader look at each fable's picture in reverse. The best fable in this approach is The Butterfly's Dream. Is the dreamlife of butterfly or the other life of the caterpillar the dream? Excellent illustrations throughout.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)This book has a dust jacket (book cover)Dem
The Emperor's New Clothes: A Tale Set in China
No full textThere are some differences from the traditional in Demi's telling of this tale. The first is that the tale is set in China. The two strangers, male and female, promised clothes no one else has ever had. Only clever people could see them. And so the emperor wanted to see who was clever and who a fool. The weavers asked not to be interrupted in their work. An unusual quality of the book lies in several fold-out pages. Alas! It turns out that these pages are the first to suffer folds and creases. "The Emperor decided to walk among his people and be admired." The people, like the court officials, exclaimed over the beauty of the clothes that they could not see. When the child called out, the emperor "knew who the fools were in his province. But he held his head high and continued to walk among his people." And that is the ending! Demi's work is always visually engaging. Perhaps the best illustration of all here is of the emperor's astonishment as he could not see the clothes. This library copy has suffered some wear and tear.First printingTold by Dem
The Emperor's New Clothes: A Tale Set in China
No full textThis third printing is a better copy, though without a dust-jacket, of the book of the same year that we have in a first printing. In fact, I went out and looked for a better copy once I saw the condition of our first printing. As I wrote there, there are some differences from the traditional in Demi's telling of this tale. The first is that the tale is set in China. The two strangers, male and female, promised clothes no one else has ever had. Only clever people could see them. And so the emperor wanted to see who was clever and who a fool. The weavers asked not to be interrupted in their work. An unusual quality of the book lies in several fold-out pages. Alas! It turns out that these pages are the first to suffer folds and creases. "The Emperor decided to walk among his people and be admired." The people, like the court officials, exclaimed over the beauty of the clothes that they could not see. When the child called out, the emperor "knew who the fools were in his province. But he held his head high and continued to walk among his people." And that is the ending! Demi's work is always visually engaging. Perhaps the best illustration of all here is of the emperor's astonishment as he could not see the clothes.Third printingTold by Dem
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